Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández (born 25 December 1981) is a Spanish-Qatari

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player for Al-Qiyada and the Qatari national team. He formerly played professionally

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

in Spain until 2005, when he changed to handball. In 2013, Fernández got the

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

i passport for playing with their

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. He competed in

handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics The handball tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 21 August at the Future Arena in the Barra Olympic Park. The tournaments were won by Denmark in the men's competition and Russia for the women's tourna ...

Club career as basketball player

*1999–2001

Joventut Badalona Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams ...

( Spain 4th and Spain 1st) *2001–2002

Club Melilla Baloncesto Club Melilla Baloncesto is a professional basketball team based in Melilla that plays in the LEB league. This is the only team in Spain that played all LEB seasons. The team's home arena is the Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz (formerly known as ...

( Spain 2nd) *2002–2003

Bilbao Basket Club Basket Bilbao Berri S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Basket (), also known as Surne Bilbao Basket for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Bilbao, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is the Bilba ...

(Spain 2nd) *2003–2004

Basket Napoli Napoli Basket, known for sponsorship reasons as GeVi Napoli, is an Italian professional basketball team of the city of Naples. It's the ''de facto'' successor of the Basket Napoli which was dissolved in 2009. The team has achieved the promotion t ...

( Italy 1st) *2004–2005

CAI Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is th ...

(Spain 2nd)

Gallery

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References

External links

Basketball profile at ACB.com
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidal, Borja 1981 births Living people Spanish male handball players Spanish men's basketball players Liga ACB players Joventut Badalona players Melilla Baloncesto players Bilbao Basket players Basket Zaragoza players People from Valdés, Asturias Sportspeople from Asturias Naturalised citizens of Qatar Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2014 Asian Games Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Qatari male handball players Olympic handball players of Qatar Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games