Carlos Prieto (handballer)
Spanish handball player (born 1980)
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Carlos Prieto (born 2 February 1980 in Mérida, Spain) is a Spanish handball player. From 2013 to 2016 Prieto played for the German Bundesliga club HSG Wetzlar.
Full name
Carlos Prieto Martos
Nationality
Spanish
Height
203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
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| Full name | Carlos Prieto Martos | |||||||||||||
| Born |
2 January 1980 Mérida, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | |||||||||||||
| Height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | |||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
1997–1999 | FC Barcelona | |||||||||||||
1999-2002 | CBM Gáldar | |||||||||||||
2002-2007 | BM Ciudad Real | |||||||||||||
2007-2009 | BM Valladolid | |||||||||||||
2009-2010 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | |||||||||||||
2010-2012 | RK Celje | |||||||||||||
2012 | Bergischer HC | |||||||||||||
2012 | AG København | |||||||||||||
2012-2013 | Kadetten Schaffhausen | |||||||||||||
2013-2016 | HSG Wetzlar | |||||||||||||
2017-2018 | HSG Lollar/Ruttershausen | |||||||||||||
2019 | TV Hüttenberg | |||||||||||||
2019 | New York City THC | |||||||||||||
2019-2021 | TSV 1846 Lohr | |||||||||||||
2022 | ESG Gensungen/Felsberg | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1993–2004 | Spain | 87 | (140) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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He participated at the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the Spain men's national handball team. The team won a bronze medal, defeating Croatia. Prieto scored 7 goals, being one of the top scorers of the Spanish team.
He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.[1]
