Fernanda França da Silva (born 25 September 1989) is a Brazilian female

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

er who plays as a left wing. She has previously played for the Brazilian national team. In 2013 she won the

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; the first time ever for Brazil and South America.

Career

Fernanda da Silva began playing handball at Metodista/São Bernardo. In February 2010 she joined Spanish side

BM Sagunto Club Balonmano Sagunto was a Spanish women's handball club from Sagunto founded in 1978 which in July, 2012 moved to Valencia and joint CE Handbol Marítim to play in División de Honor as Valencia Aicequip. History Mar Valencia was founded in 19 ...

Hypo NÖ

In the summer of 2011 she joined Austrian top club

Hypo Niederösterreich Hypo Niederösterreich (Hypo NÖ) is an Austrian women's handball club, headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf. They are one of the most successful teams on the EHF Champions League, having won the title eight times. They are also former winners of t ...

, who had a cooperation with the

Brazilian Handball Confederation The Brazilian Handball Confederation () is the governing body of handball in Brazil, established in 1979. The president is Manoel Luiz Oliveira. It organises the Liga Nacional de Handebol; it also runs the Brazil national teams for men and women ...

and a history of having many Brazilian national team players. Here she won the Austrian League and Cup double three times in a row from 2012 to 2014.

CSM București

In 2014 she joined Romanian

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Judo *Scrabble *Volleyball Defunct ...

together with Brazilian team mate Ana Paula Belo. Together with three other Brazilian players she won the Romanian National League in 2015, which was the first in club history. In her second season at the club she won the league for a second time in 2016, and this time she also won the Romanian cup and the 2016 Champions League, beating Hungarian Gyor in the final.

SG BBM Bietigheim

In 2016 she joined German side

SG BBM Bietigheim HB Ludwigsburg is a German professional handball club from Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Its women's team is playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, and internationally in the Women's EHF Champions League, EHF Champions League. The men's te ...

. In November 2016 she took a break from handball due to pregnancy. The same season they won the German Championship.

Bera Bera

In 2018 she joined Spanish

BM Bera Bera Bera Bera Eskubaloia is a Basque women's handball club from San Sebastián competing in División de Honor since 1998. It was previously known as Corteblanco Bidebieta, having played in top-flight since 1989. Bera Bera has won nine Spanish c ...

, but left the club already in December the same year.

National team

Fernanda da Silva won silver medals at the 2009 Pan American Championship, losing to Argentina in the final. Two years later she would win the 2011 edition. She defended her title at 2013 Pan American Championship. With 55 goals she was the tournament top scorer. At the

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in London she came in 6th place with the Brazilian team. In 2013 she was part of the Brazilian team that won the 2013 World Championship. In 2011 she won gold medals at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...

, beating Argentina in the final. At the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

she won gold medals once again. She represented Brazil once again at the

2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Rio.

Achievements

* Austrian League: **''Winner'': 2012, 2013, 2014 *Austrian Cup: **''Winner'': 2012, 2013, 2014 * Romanian National League: **''Winner'': 2015, 2016 *Romanian Cup: **''Finalist'': 2015 *

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: **''Winner'': 2016 *

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: **''Winner'': 2013 *

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: **''Winner'':

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: **''Winner'':

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* Pan American Championship: **''Winner'':

* South American Championship: **''Winner'': 2013 *Provident Cup: **''Winner'': 2013

Awards and recognition

* All Star Team Left Wing of the Pan American Championship:

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* Austrian Handball Federation Left Wing of the Year – Women: 2013 * Pan American Championship Top Scorer:

References

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