Joana Resende | |
Nationality: | Portuguese |
Birth Date: | 23 March 2001 |
Birth Place: | Porto, Portugal |
Height: | 1.75 m |
Position: | Left back |
Clubnumber: | 73 |
Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs1: | Colégio de Gaia |
Years2: | 2018–2020 |
Clubs2: | Benfica |
Years3: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs3: | Paris 92 |
Nationalyears1: | 2018- |
Nationalteam1: | Portugal |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 12 |
Joana Resende (born 23 March 2001) is a Portuguese handball player for Paris 92 and the Portuguese national team.[1]
She represented Portugal in the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 18th and in the 2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, placing 14th.[2] She was also top scorer for Portugal and the overall topscorer at the 2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, with 55 goals.[3]
She made international debut on the Portuguese national team on 25 November 2018, against Greece.[4]
She is the daughter of former Portuguese top handball player, Carlos Resende.