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Ignacio Plaza Jiménez

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Ignacio Plaza Jiménez
Personal information
Born (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)
Ciudad Real, Spain
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club MOL Tatabánya KC
Number 17
Youth career
Years Team
2009–2010
BM Ciudad Real
Senior clubs
Years Team
2010–2012
Spain BM Ciudad Real
2012–2013
Spain AD Ciudad de Guadalajara
2013–2015
Spain BM Puerto Sagunto
2015–2018
Germany Füchse Berlin
2018–2019
Germany SC Magdeburg
2019–2022
Greece AEK Athens
2022–2024
Portugal FC Porto
2024–
Hungary MOL Tatabánya KC
National team
Years Team
Spain junior

Ignacio Plaza Jiménez (born 10 January 1994) is a Spanish handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC.

Career

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Club

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The player nicknamed Nacho started his career at BM Ciudad Real. BM Ciudad Real was one of the best teams in the world at the time, with the best players in the world, so he only played a few games for the team. He made his debut in the EHF Champions League in the 2010/11 season, scoring 2 goals in 4 matches. In 2011, BM Ciudad Real moved to Madrid, the new name was Atlético Madrid. It was finally disbanded two years later. He played for AD Ciudad de Guadalajara in the 2012/2013 season. He then spent 2 years with the BM Puerto Sagunto team. In the 2015/16 season, he moved to the German Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin, with which he signed a three-year contract.[1] He became the club world champion with Füchse Berlin in 2015 and 2016. In the 2017/18 season, he suffered a torn cruciate ligament and had to watch Füchse Berlin's EHF Cup win from the stands. From the summer of 2018, he signed a contract with SC Magdeburg.[2] A year later, he moved to the Greek club AEK Athens.[3] With AEK Athens, he won the Greek Championship in 2020 and 2021, the Greek Cup in 2021, and the EHF European Cup in 2021. In the summer of 2022, he joined the Portuguese first division FC Porto,[4] with whom he won the Portuguese championship in 2023. In the spring of 2024, it was announced that he would transfer to the number three Hungarian club, MOL Tatabánya KC.[5]

National team

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He was 4th with the Spanish team at the 2013 World Youth Championship and was selected to the tournament's all-star team. As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2014 Junior European Men's Handball Championship, where the Spanish team finished 3rd and was selected to the tournament's all-star team.[6]

Honours

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National team

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Club

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Füchse Berlin
SC Magdeburg
AEK Athens
FC Porto

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-65251.html
  2. ^ https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-1-106959.html
  3. ^ https://www.aek.gr/enarxi-synergasias-me-ton-ignacio-plaza-jimenez/
  4. ^ https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-3-141321.html
  5. ^ https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2024/04/ferfi-kezi-a-portobol-igazol-beallot-a-tatabanya
  6. ^ "European Handball Federation - All-star team named at Men's 20 EHF EURO / Article". history.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. ^ "European Handball Federation - All-star team named at Men's 20 EHF EURO / Article". history.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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