Manuel Montoya Fernández (born 18 October 1959) is the handball coach and manager. He started at the Col·legi Pare Manyanet in

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. He has a

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in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and is a

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at the INEFc University in Barcelona. On 14 September 2018, he signed a two-year contract to coach the

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, replacing

Xavier Pascual Fuertes Xavier Pascual Fuertes (born 8 March 1968) is a Spanish former handball player and the current coach of CS Dinamo București and the Romania national team. He is one of the most successful handball coaches. On 9 February 2009, he replaced Manol ...

who previously resigned. In August 2019, he was dismissed as coach of Romania and replaced by Rareş Fortuneanu. On 20 July 2021, he signed a contract to coach the

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International honours

Manager

; Granollers *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

: **''Winner'':

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, 1996

Assistant Manager

; Qatar

2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship The 2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Isa Town and Manama, Bahrain, from 25 January to 6 February 2014. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Me ...

Winner

2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship The 2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held from 15 to 28 January 2016 in Isa Town and Manama, Bahrain. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Championshi ...

Winner

2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship The 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018. It acted as the Asian qualifying t ...

Winner

2015 World Men's Handball Championship The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time in Qatar, from 15 January to 1 Fe ...

Runners-Up Assistant manager ; Spain ;

2013 World Men's Handball Championship The 2013 World Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd World Men's Handball Championship, an international handball tournament that took place in Spain from 11 to 27 January 2013. This was the first time Spain hosted the World Men's Handball C ...

; Winner ; ; ; ; ;

References

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