Débora Costa

Débora Fernandes da Costa (Americana, São Paulo, 12 August 1991) is a Brazilian basketball player for Sesi Araraquara and the Brazilian national team.

Débora Costa
Débora Costa (right) guards Waleska Perez of Venezuela
No. 5 – América de Recife
PositionGuard
LeagueBrazilian League
Personal information
Born (1991-08-12) August 12, 1991
Americana, São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Listed height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Listed weight59 kg (130 lb)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
2019 LimaTeam
Americas Championship
2013 Xalapa Team
South American Championship
2014 Ambato Team
2013 Mendoza Team
Americas U-18 Championship
2008 Argentina Team

Career

Club

She started practicing the sport at the age of 8, growing an interest due to her sister training basketball and the fact they living in a city with a traditional club, ADCF Americana. Costa thrived despite her short stature - she began at basketball measuring 1.4 metres (4.6 ft), and grew to only 1.64 metres (5.4 ft) - drawing inspiration from a national team player with the same height, Adriana Moisés Pinto, and focusing on having a fast game. Playing for Americana, she won the Brazilian championship twice, in 2011 and 2013.[1]

International

After many years in the youth Brazilian teams, Costa was given a chance at the senior squad once Americana coach Luiz Augusto Zanon assumed the Brazilian national team in 2013. As part of the rotation replacing her idol Adrianinha, Costa won two South American Championships and a bronze at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women,[2] and competed at the 2014 FIBA World Championship,[3] and the 2015 Pan American Games.[4]

References
  3. "FIBA profile". fiba.com. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  4. "BRA - BRAZIL" (PDF). Pan American Sports Organization. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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