Daniel Fernández Jiménez (born 28 March 2001) is a Spanish

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player who plays for

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and the Spanish national team.

Club career

From the 2017/18 season, Fernández played in the second team of

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in the second Spanish league. For the 2020/21 season, the Spanish first division club Frigoríficos Morrazo signed him. 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. In the 2021/22 season, he improved his rate to 147 goals in 30 appearances and was again named the best left winger. For the 2022/23 season, Fernández signed a three-year contract with the German Bundesliga club

, which was coached by his former coach in Barcelona, Roi Sánchez. He signed a contract with FC Barcelona in March 2024 for the 2025/2026 season.

International career

Fernández made his debut for the Spanish senior national team on 4 November 2021, in 33–29 win against

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. At the

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, he won the gold medal with Spain. He took part in a

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for the first time in January 2023 in Poland and Sweden. 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.

Honours

* All-Star left wing of the Olympic Games:

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Daniel Fernandez
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Daniel Fernández – COE – Paris 2024
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Daniel 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Sabadell Handball players from the Province of Barcelona Spanish male handball players Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Spain 21st-century Spanish sportsmen 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