Joana Resende (born 23 March 2001) is a Portuguese

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 ...

player for

Paris 92 Paris 92 is a French professional handball club from Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2010. The club was previously named Issy-les-Moulineaux Handball (1999-2009) and Is ...

and the Portuguese national team. She represented Portugal in the

2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship The 2018 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship that took place in Debrecen, Hungary from 1 to 14 July 2018. Hungary won their first ever title by defeating Norway 28–22 in the ...

, placing 18th and in the

2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship The 2019 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship, held in Győr, Hungary from 11 to 21 July 2019. Qualification Draw The draw was held on 26 February 2019 in Gy� ...

, placing 14th. She was also top scorer for Portugal and the overall topscorer at the

, with 55 goals. She made international debut on the Portuguese national team on 25 November 2018, against

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. She is the daughter of former Portuguese top handball player, Carlos Resende.

Individual awards

* Topscorer of the

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* 2001 births Living people Portuguese female handball players Sportspeople from Porto Portuguese expatriate handball players Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in France Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate handball players in France Expatriate handball players in Spain 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen {{Portugal-handball-bio-stub