Daniel Fernández (handballer)
| Daniel Fernández | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Fernández in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Daniel Fernández Jiménez | ||
| Born |
28 March 2001 Sabadell, Spain | ||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | TVB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2017–2020 | FC Barcelona B | ||
2020–2022 | CB Cangas | ||
2022– | TVB Stuttgart | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Spain | 32 | (101) |
Daniel Fernández Jiménez[a][1] (born 28 March 2001) is a Spanish handball player who plays for TVB Stuttgart and the Spanish national team.
Club career
[edit]From the 2017/18 season, Fernández played in the second team of FC Barcelona in the second Spanish league. For the 2020/21 season, the Spanish first division club Frigoríficos Morrazo signed him.[2] For the team from Cangas, the left winger scored 130 goals in 34 games in his first season and was voted into the league's All-Star team.[2] In the 2021/22 season, he improved his rate to 147 goals in 30 appearances and was again named the best left winger.[3]
For the 2022/23 season, Fernández signed a three-year contract with the German Bundesliga club TVB Stuttgart, which was coached by his former coach in Barcelona, Roi Sánchez.[2] He signed a contract with FC Barcelona in March 2024 for the 2025/2026 season.[4]
International career
[edit]Fernández made his debut for the Spanish senior national team on 4 November 2021, in 33–29 win against Romania.[5] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, he won the gold medal with Spain.[5] He took part in a World Championship for the first time in January 2023 in Poland and Sweden.[6] He won the bronze medal with the Spanish squad in the 2023 World Championship.
By January 2024, Tarrafeta had played 31 international matches, in which he scored 101 goals.[5]
Honours
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.
References
[edit]- ^ "UAB students to participate in the Olympic Games Paris 2024". UAB.cat. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 19 July 2024.
There will also be two students in the Olympic Games Paris in the handball team: Ian Tarrafeta Serrano (Political Science and Public Management) and Daniel Fernández Jiménez (Physiotherapy).
- ^ a b c "TVB Stuttgart verpflichtet besten Linksaußen der Liga Asobal" [TVB Stuttgart signs best left winger of the Liga Asobal]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Presentamos el Equipo Ideal de la Liga Sacyr ASOBAL 2021/2022" [We present the Ideal Team of the Sacyr ASOBAL League 2021/2022]. Liga ASOBAL (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Viktor Hallgrimsson y Dani Fernandez refuerzos del Barça para 2025" [Viktor Hallgrimsson and Dani Fernandez are Barça's new signings for 2025]. mibalonmano.com (in Spanish). 27 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "DANIEL FERNANDEZ JIMENEZ". rfebm.com (in Spanish).
- ^ "Los ocho debutantes de España serán nueve" [The eight debutants from Spain will be nine]. as.com (in Spanish). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Men's All-Star team revealed". ihf.info. IHF. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
External links
[edit]
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Sabadell
- Spanish male handball players
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Spain
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- Handball players from Catalonia
- TVB Stuttgart players
- Spanish expatriate handball players in Germany
- FC Barcelona Handbol players
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in handball