Delaila Amega

Delaila Amega
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1997-09-21) 21 September 1997 (age 29)
Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionCentre back
Current clubBorussia Dortmund
Number14
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–2014Westfriesland SEW
2014–2016Virto/Quintus
2016–2020TuS Metzingen
2020–2022Borussia Dortmund
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Netherlands 23 (33)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2019 Japan
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2018 France

Delaila Amega (born 21 September 1997) is a Dutch former handball player for Borussia Dortmund and the Dutch national team.

She was part of the Netherlands that surprisingly won gold medals at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship. She was however not initially part of the team, but was called up to replace the injured Inger Smits.

Since 2022 she has been the coach of the VOC Amsterdam second team.

International honours

References

  1. ↑ "Delaila Amega Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "2018 European Championship roster" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mayonnade maakt definitieve WK-selectie bekend". handbal.nl (in Dutch). 4 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. ↑ 2019 World Women's Handball Championship roster
  5. ↑ "Abbingh nervenstark - Niederlande mit letztem Wurf gegen Spanien Handball-Weltmeister der Frauen" (in German). handball-world.news. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Amega maakt entree op WK" (in Dutch). handbalinside.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2020.