Sergey Hernandez (born 17 June 1995) is a Russian-born Spanish

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

SC Magdeburg The SC Magdeburg is a professional handball club from Magdeburg, Germany. The team plays in the highest German league, the Handball-Bundesliga and regularly in highest international competitions. They won the EHF Champions League in 1978, 1981, ...

and the Spanish national team. He won a bronze medal with

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at the

2021 World Men's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021. Starting with this edition, the World Championship was expanded from 24 teams to 32. I ...

and silver at the

2022 European Men's Handball Championship The 2022 European Handball Federation, EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 Janua ...

. At club-level, he was a key player when

SL Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " B ...

won the

2021–22 EHF European League The 2021–22 EHF European League was the 2nd edition of the EHF European League, the second most important European handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). Benfica became the first ever Portuguese team t ...

, defeating

in the final. He was later named MVP in the FINAL4. He joined Magdeburg in 2023. At the

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, he was part of the Spanish team's unsuccessful tournament, where they finished 13th.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hernández, Sergey 1995 births Living people Spanish male handball players Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Handball players at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Pamplona Russian adoptees Spanish people of Russian descent People from Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai Sportspeople from Krasnodar Krai Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Spanish expatriate handball players in Germany Spanish expatriate handball players in Denmark SC Magdeburg players S.L. Benfica handball players Expatriate handball players in Portugal 21st-century Spanish sportsmen