Daniel Sarmiento Melián (born 25 August 1983) is a Spanish retired

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er, who last played for

Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (Wisła Płock S.A.), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship. They will compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season after wi ...

and the Spanish national team. He was part of the Spanish team that won the world title on home soil in 2013.

Career

Sarmiento started playing handball at his home town club. He later joined the biggest club on

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, where he debuted in the

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 ...

. In 2003, he joined Ciudad de Almería, after Gáldar had to declare bankruptcy. After four years, he joined

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in 2007 to replace

Claus Møller Jakobsen Claus Møller Jakobsen (born 24 September 1976) is a Retired Danish former professional handballer and current sports commentator for TV2. Career Møller Jakobsen began his professional handball career in Skjern Håndbold. Here he won the Dan ...

. In 2009, he joined

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. Here, he won the league title 6 times in a row from 2011 to 2016, as well as the

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in 2010-11 and 2014-15. In 2016, he joined French side

Saint-Raphaël Var Handball Saint-Raphaël Var Handball, is a team handball club from Saint-Raphaël, Var, France, that plays in the LNH Division 1. Saint-Raphaël Var handball, or SRVHB, is a French handball club based in Saint-Raphael in the Var region, founded in 1963. Th ...

. After 6 years in France, he retired from professional handball. In August 2022, he unretired to join Polish team

to replace Niko Mindegía and

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, who had left the club. He stayed until the end of the year. In 2024, he unretired for a second time to join Desatascos Jumbo Gáldar in the third tier of Spanish handball.

National team

In 2013, he won the 2013 World Championship at home. A year later, he won bronze medals at the 2014 European Championship in Denmark. At the

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and 2020 European Championships, he won gold medals with the Spanish team. At the

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in Tokyo, he won bronze medals with the Spanish team. At the 2022 European Championship, he won silver medals, playing 4 out of 9 games. Spain lost to Sweden in the final.

References

External links

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FCB profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarmiento Melian, Dani 1983 births Living people Spanish male handball players Liga ASOBAL players CB Ademar León players FC Barcelona Handbol players Wisła Płock (handball) players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Spain Spanish expatriate handball players in France Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Sportspeople from Las Palmas Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in handball Expatriate handball players in Poland 21st-century Spanish sportsmen