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Liga ASOBAL
Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 16 teams, including famous ones like FC Barcelona, Ademar León, Bidasoa and Granollers. Famous handball players who have played in the league include Jackson Richardson, Talant Dujshebaev, Staffan Olsson, Mikhail Yakimovich, Ólafur Stefánsson, Oleg Kisselev, Alberto Urdiales, Mateo Garralda, Enric Masip, Iñaki Urdangarin, David Barrufet, Kristian Kjelling, Mikkel Hansen, Petar Metličić, Ivano Balić, Juanín García, Mats Olsson, David Davis, László Nagy, Raúl Entrerríos, Alberto Entrerríos, and many others. History * The "División de Honor" Handball championship was created in 1958 and was managed by the Spanish Handball Federation (FEBM) until 1990. ASOBAL (Handball Clubs Association) was formed in 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Richardson
Jackson Richardson (born 14 June 1969) is a French former handball player. Regarded as one of the best and most influential handball players of his era, Richardson won fourteen titles at club level and the World Championship in 1995 and 2001 with the French national team. He was awarded IHF World Player of the Year in 1995, and voted the most valuable player at the World Championships in 1990 and 1995, and the 2000 European Championship. With the national team, Richardson also received one silver medal and three bronze medals at the World Championships in 1993, 1997, 2003 and 2005, and won the bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He holds the record for most caps for the French national team with 417 appearances. As the captain of the national team, Richardson was France's flag bearer during the 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Athens. Club career Richardson started playing handball when he was six years old and was a part of the youth team at Saint- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Metličić
Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a Croatian former handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team"Croatia" – ''European Handbal Federation'' (Retrieved on January 25, 2008) from 2006 to 2009, after the departure of . He won the gold medal at the in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikkel Hansen
Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish former professional handball player. Widely regarded as the greatest handball player of all timeHansen has won the IHF World Player of the Year a record-tying three times. He played as a left back for most of his career, but towards the end of his career he transitioned to play more as a centre back/playmaker. He was inducted into the European Handball Federation, EHF Hall of Fame in 2024. Career He was voted as the IHF World Player of the Year in 2011, 2015 and 2018 by the International Handball Federation. He joined FC Barcelona Handbol in June 2008. He previously played for Danish Handball League club GOG Gudme, GOG, with whom he won the Danish Handball League, Danish championship in 2007. On 2 June 2010, he returned to Denmark to play for AG København after two years of playing in Spain. After two years and two championships, the club folded in 2012 with Hansen joining the newly formed French team Paris Saint-Germain Handb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Kjelling
Kristian Cato Walby Kjelling (; born 8 September 1980) is a retired Norwegian handball player, who was part of the national team from 2001 to 2014. He last played for the Norwegian club Drammen HK. He is now their coach. Career Before re-joining Drammen HK he played for the Spanish clubs Portland San Antonio and Ademar León and the Danish clubs AaB Håndbold and Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and the Norwegian clubs Kjelsås, Vestli, and Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such .... Kjelling won King's cup in 2002 and the EHF Cup-Winners Cup in 2004/2005 with Ademar Leon. References External linksProfile on Dagbladet.no 1980 births Living people Norwegian male handball players 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen SDC San Antonio players Liga ASOBAL players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Barrufet
David Barrufet Bofill (born 4 June 1970 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former Spanish handball goalkeeper and current handball coach. Until 2021 he had the record for most matches for the Spanish national team until he was overtaken by Alberto Entrerríos. He played his entire career for FC Barcelona. He is considered one of the best goalkeepers of all time. , and in 2001 he came second World best player voting. He began playing handball in SAFA Horta school in Barcelona at 8 years old. Six years later, he went to FC Barcelona for playing in younger categories till 1988, when he played with the professional team. On 8 February 2010, Barrufet announced his retirement from handball at the end of the 2009-10 season and F.C. Barcelona decided to retire the shirt number 16 on his honor. He won more than 70 titles with the club. He originally retired from the national team after the 2008 Olympics, but reconsidered on the suggestion from Valero Rivera. Coaching career From October 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iñaki Urdangarin
Iñaki Urdangarin Liebaert (born 15 January 1968) is a retired Spanish handball player turned entrepreneur and the former husband of Infanta Cristina, younger daughter of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía. He was the brother-in-law of King Felipe VI. Urdangarin was convicted in the so-called Nóos case for embezzling about 6 million euros in public funds for sporting events through his nonprofit foundation beginning in 2004, and for political corruption by misusing his former courtesy title of consort Duke of Palma de Mallorca as the husband of Infanta Cristina. In June 2018 he was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison; he was initially imprisoned in Ávila, but as of 2021 he was on supervised release. Early life and education Iñaki Urdangarin was born on 15 January 1968 in the town of Zumárraga, in Gipuzkoa province, within the autonomous community of Basque country in northern Spain. Urdangarin's father, Juan María Urdangarin Berriochoa, also born in Zumarraga, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enric Masip
Enric Masip Borrás (born September 1, 1969 in Barcelona) is a retired Spanish handball player. He is considered one of the best Spanish handball players ever. Formed in the younger categories of BM Granollers, in 1987 begun to play with the first team. After his good matches, in 1990 joined the FC Barcelona, winning 6 European Cups and 7 Leagues. As a member of the Spanish national handball team, he participated in two Summer Olympics, six World Championships and three European Championships, serving as team captain in 2003. After some years with a lot of back injuries, he retired in 2004. Teams playing * BM Granollers 1987-1990 * FC Barcelona Handbol 1990-2004 Honours ;National team * Bronze medal in the Olympic Games ''Sydney 2000'' * Silver medal in the European Championship ''Spain 1996'' * Bronze medal in the European Championship ''Croatia 2000'' * Silver medal in the Junior World Championship in Spain 1989 ;FC Barcelona * European Cup: 6 (1990–91, 1995–96, 1996� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateo Garralda
Mateo Jesús Garralda Larumbe (born 1 December 1969) is a Spanish retired handballer and the current head coach of italian club Albatro Siracusa. Career Garralda started playing handball in his hometown club BM Burlada. He then joined BM Granollers where he played his first league match. In 1991 he joined Atlético Madrid BM for one season before joining Teka Cantabria. Here he won the Spanish championship, Spanish Supercup, the EHF European League, EHF Champions League, Copa ASOBAL, IHF Super Globe and the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. I 1996 he joined FC Barcelona, where he once again won the Spanish championship, Spanish Supercup and EHF Champions League. In 1999 after having a disagreement with his coach, he joined Portland San Antonio, where he won the 2000 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, 2001 Copa del Rey and Champion League and the 2002 and 2005 Spanish league. In 2006 at the age of 37 he joined Ademar León. In 2008 he joined Danish side KIF Kolding. Here he won the Danish cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Urdiales
Alberto Urdiales Márquez (born 17 November 1968) is a Spanish handball player. He competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics. In 1992, he was a member of the Spanish handball team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches and scored 30 goals. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Spanish team in the 1996 Olympics. He played all seven matches and scored 31 goals. At the 2000 Games, he won his second Olympic bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ... as part of the Spanish team. He played three matches and scored one goal. References * 1968 births Living people Spanish male handball players Handball players from Cantabria Olympic handball players for Spain Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Kisselev
Oleg Viktorovich Kiselyov (; born 11 January 1967 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian handball player. He won a gold medal with the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He played for the Russia men's national handball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ... in Atlanta, where Russia finished 5th. References 1967 births Living people Russian male handball players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Olympic handball players for Russia Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in handball Sportspeople from Yaroslavl Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics BM Granollers players Russian expatri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ólafur Stefánsson
Ólafur Indriði Stefánsson (born 3 July 1973) is an Icelandic former handball player who, for many years was the captain of the Iceland men's national handball team but announced his international retirement after the 2012 London Olympics. His position was right back. At his peak he was considered to be one of the very best handball players in the world. As a player for his national team, his goal tally of 1570 is third only to the Hungarian Péter Kovács and Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson. He is also one of the most enduring handball players of all times, being a senior field player since 1992. He was voted Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2009. He won silver with the Icelandic handball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as bronze at the 2010 European Championship. Career in clubs Ólafur's career started with the Reykjavík based sports club Valur. With Valur, Ólafur became Icelandic champion 5 times. After Valur, he transferred to the Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
