Daniel Fernández (handballer)
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Sabadell, Spain
| Daniel Fernández | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Fernández in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Daniel Fernández Jiménez | ||
| Born |
28 March 2001 Sabadell, Spain | ||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Barcelona | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2017–2020 | FC Barcelona B | ||
2020–2022 | Frigoríficos del Morrazo BM Cangas | ||
2022–2025 | TVB Stuttgart | ||
2025– | FC Barcelona | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Spain | 51 | (181) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2025 | |||
Daniel Fernández Jiménez[a][1] (born 28 March 2001) is a Spanish handball player who plays for TVB Stuttgart and the Spanish national team.
From the 2017/18 season, Fernández played in the second team of FC Barcelona in the second Spanish league. For the 2020/21 season, the Spanish first division club Frigoríficos Morrazo signed him.[2] 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.[2] In the 2021/22 season, he improved his rate to 147 goals in 30 appearances and was again named the best left winger.[3]
For the 2022/23 season, Fernández signed a three-year contract with the German Bundesliga club TVB Stuttgart, which was coached by his former coach in Barcelona, Roi Sánchez.[2] He signed a contract with FC Barcelona in March 2024 for the 2025/2026 season.[4]
International career
Fernández made his debut for the Spanish senior national team on 4 November 2021, in 33–29 win against Romania.[5] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, he won the gold medal with Spain.[5] He took part in a World Championship for the first time in January 2023 in Poland and Sweden.[6] 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.[5]
