José Toledo

José Toledo
Personal information
Full name José Guilherme de Toledo
Born (1994-01-11) January 11, 1994
São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Wisła Płock
Number 37
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–2014 Handebol Itapema
2014–2015 BM Granollers
2015– Wisła Płock
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Brazil 55 (137)
Medal record
Pan American Championship
2016 Argentina
2018 Greenland
South American Games
2018 CochabambaTeam

José Guilherme de Toledo (born 11 January 1994) is a Brazilian handball player for Wisła Płock and the Brazilian national team.[1][2]

Career

José Toledo was born in São Paulo and started to play handball in the local club Handebol Itapema. In August 2013, Toledo was called-up to the national youth team of Brazil for the World Championship campaign. Toledo led his national team to the 9th place after beating Spain in the group stage, and Hungary in the 9th place game. He finished the tournament as the top goalscorer, with 64 goals.

One year later, in the summer of 2014, Toledo signed a three-year contract with Spanish team BM Granollers. In his first season in the European handball, Toledo scored 107 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions, what made him a key player in the rotation of BM Granollers, one of the most successful clubs in Spain. Toledo started the following season with 47 goals in nine games in Liga ASOBAL.

In November 2015, he joined Polish powerhouse Wisła Płock on a two-year contract. He made his debut in EHF Champions League against Beşiktaş, scoring four goals. He finished his first season with 82 goals, 30 of them were scored in the Champions League.

Toledo was part of the squad of Brazil senior team to the 2015 World Championship in Qatar. He also won the 2016 Pan-American Championship with Brazil and was part of the squad in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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