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Ángel Fernández Pérez

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Ángel Fernández Pérez
Personal information
Born (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 36)
El Astillero, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Limoges Handball
Youth career
Team
SDC Astillero
Senior clubs
Years Team
2006–2008
CB Cantabria
2008–2013
CD Torrebalonmano
2013–2018
CBM Logroño La Rioja
2018–2021
Łomża Vive Kielce
2021–2022
FC Barcelona
2022–2024
Limoges Handball
2024-
SDC Astillero
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–
Spain 123[1] (361)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 25 January 2024

Ángel Fernández Pérez (born 16 September 1988) is a Spanish handball player for Limoges Handball and the Spanish national team.[2] With the Spanish national team he has won the European Championship twice, in 2018 and 2020.

In addition to regular handball, he also plays beach handball.[1]

Career

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Ángel Fernández started playing handball at his home town club SDC Astillero, before joining CB Cantabria in 2006, where he made his senior debut. In 2008 he left the team, as the club was disbanded. He ten joined 3. league team CD Torrebalonmano, where he was promoted to the 2nd tier in the first season. In 2013 he left for CBM Logroño La Rioja, where he came second in the league in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and reached the cup final in 2017 and 2018. Three times he was included in the league all star team. [3]

In 2018 he joined Polish top team Vive Kielce. Under coach Talant Dujshebaev he won the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Polish championship and the 2019 and 2021 Polish cup. In the 2018-19 EHF Champions League he reached the Final Four, where the team lost in the semifinal to Telekom Veszprém.

In 2021 he left Kielce to return to Spain, where he joined FC Barcelona.[4] Here he won the 2021-22 EHF Champions League and the 2021-22 Liga ASOBAL.

A year later he joined French side Limoges Handball.[5] He left the club in 2024.[6] He then returned to CD Torrebalonmano after 11 years away. Here he signed a deal until 2027.[7]

National Team

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Ángel Fernández debuted for the Spanish national team on 29 April 2015 against Germany.

His first major international tournament was the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.[8]

Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b www.rfebm.com, „ANGEL FERNANDEZ PEREZ“
  2. ^ EHF profile
  3. ^ "Hintergrund: Die Geschichte der "siete ideal"" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. ^ "FC Barcelona präsentiert Ersatz für Casper Mortensen" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Ángel Fernández, du Barça au LH !". www.lh-handball.fr (in French). Limoges Handball. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Les départs en fin de saison". www.lh-handball.fr (in French). Limoges Handball. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Ángel Fernández vuelve a casa 11 años después" (in French). CD Torrebalonmano. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  8. ^ "25th Men's World Championship 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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