Samira Pereira da Silva Rocha (born 26 January 1989) is a Brazilian handball player for Kisvárdai KC and the Brazilian national team.EHF profile
She was part of the Brazilian team that won the 2013 World Championship, the first time ever that Brazil won the World Championship. She also participated at the 2011 World Championship in Brazil.Samira. cob.org.br
Career Rocha started playing handball at the age of 14 at Colégio Decisão in Recife. She later played for Sport Recife and Clube Portuguese do Recife. After the 2011 World Championship she moved to Europe to become professional. She chose Austrian Hypo Niederösterreich due to them having many Brazilian players.
In 2012 she signed for Russian Zvezda Zvenigorod together with Alexandra Lacrabère. A year later she signed for French club Mios Biganos Handball, followed by OGC Nice.
After two seasons at Nice she joined Hungarian Kisvárdai KC, where she played until 2020. In the 2021-22 season she joined Spanish CB Salud, followed by SCM Craiova in Romania.
Achievements Austrian League: Winner: 2012 Austrian Cup: Winner: 2012 Russian Superleague: Bronze Medalist: 2013 EHF Challenge Cup: Semifinalist: 2014 World Championship: Winner: 2013 Pan American Championship: Winner: 2011, 2013, 2015 Pan American Games Winner:2011, 2015 South American Championship: Winner: 2013
Individual awards All Star Team Left Wing of the Pan American Championship: 2015, 2017 Top Scorer of the Women's Four Nations: 2016 MVP of the Pan American Championship: 2017
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