Luís Diogo Sousa Frade (born 11 September 1998) is a Portuguese

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player for

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

and the Portuguese national team.

Career

Early career

As a kid Frade played primarily Rugby and Basketball, and only discovered handball at the age of 14. In 2015 he Joined Portuguese first league team AA Águas Santas. In 2018 he joined Portuguese top team

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. In his first season at the club he came in second place in the Portuguese League

Andebol 1 The Campeonato Nacional de Andebol Masculino (English: Men's Handball National Championship), also known simply as Andebol 1 (or Campeonato Placard Andebol 1 for sponsorship reasons), is the premier handball league in Portugal and is overseen ...

FC Barcelona

In 2020 he joined

on a four year deal. In his first season at the club he reached the final of the

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

, where Barcelona lost the German side

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...

. In this season he was named best young player in the world by Handball Planet. The following season in 2021 he won the

, beating Danish team

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball () is a professional handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship rea ...

in the final.

National team

He represented Portugal at the

2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January ...

where Portugal came 6th. In 2025 he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France.

Honours

: ** ''Winner'': 2021, 2022, 2024 *

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 ...

: ** ''Winner'': 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 *

Copa ASOBAL The Copa ASOBAL is an annual handball cup competition for Liga ASOBAL teams. It was first played for in 1990 and is contested by the top four teams at the end of the first half of the Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball ...

: ** ''Winner'': 2023, 2024 *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: ** ''Winner: 2023'' * Supercopa Ibérica: ** ''Winner'': 2022 ;Individual awards *Handball-Planet - Best young player in the world: 2020

References

External links

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Frade at FC Barcelona website
Living people 1998 births Portuguese male handball players Sporting CP handball players Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Gondomar, Portugal Olympic handball players for Portugal Expatriate handball players in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate handball players FC Barcelona Handbol players 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen {{Portugal-handball-bio-stub