Jérôme Fernandez
French handball player (born 1977)
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Jérôme Fernandez (born 7 March 1977) is a French handball coach and former handball player. He was a captain of the France men's national handball team and currently holds the record for the number of goals for France's national team (1,463 through 9 January 2020).[2] He is in the French handball Hall of Fame.[3]
| Jérôme Fernandez | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Fernandez in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
March 7, 1977 Cenon, France | ||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1985-1993 | Carbon-Blanc HB | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1993–1997 | Girondins de Bordeaux HBC | ||
1997–1999 | Toulouse Union HB | ||
1999–2002 | Montpellier HB | ||
2002–2008 | FC Barcelona | ||
2008–2010 | BM Ciudad Real | ||
2010–2011 | THW Kiel | ||
2011–2015 | Toulouse Handball | ||
2015–2017 | Pays d'Aix UC | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2015 | France | 390[1] | (1463) |
| Teams managed | |||
2016-2017 | Pays d'Aix UC Assistant | ||
2017-2020 | Pays d'Aix UC | ||
He is a knight of the Legion of Honour and an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite.[4][5]
Career
Fernandez began playing handball at the Club La Bastidienne. In 1985 he joined Carbon-Blanc. In 1993 he joined Girondins de Bordeaux HBC and in 1997 he joined Toulouse Union HB. Here he won the French cup in 1997-98. In 1999 he joined Montpellier Handball, where he won the 1999-2000 and 2001-02 French championship and the French cup three times in a row from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.
In 2002 he moved to Spain to join FC Barcelona. Here he won the 2002-03 and 2005-06 Spanish Championship and the 2003-04 and 2006-07 Copa del Rey, the 2003-04 Spanish Supercup, Copa ASOBAL and European Supercup. In 2008 he joined league rivals BM Ciudad Real. Here he won the 2008-09 and 2009-10 Spanish championship and the 2009-10 EHF Champions League.
In 2010 he joined German champions THW Kiel to replace the injured Daniel Narcisse.[6] The season after he returned to France and joined Fenix Toulouse Handball.[7] He was in contact with several French clubs including Toulouse, Paris, Nantes and Dunkerque.][8] In 2015 he joined Pays d'Aix UC. where he became the player-assistant manager under Marc Wiltberger.[9] He retired in 2017.[10][11]
Coaching career
His coaching career began as the player-assistant coach at Pays d'Aix UC in 2015, and in 2016 he became the player-coach.[12] From 2017 to 2000 he was the head coach of the club.[10]
Honours
- Olympic Games: 2000 (sixth), 2004 (fifth), 2008 (Gold)[13]2012 (Gold)
- World Championship: 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015
- European Championship: 2006, 2010, 2014
- EHF Champions League: 2005
- EHF Cup: 2003
- European Supercup: 2004
- Spanish Supercup: 2004
- Copa del Rey: 2004
- French Championship: 2000, 2002
- Spanish Championship: 2003
- French Cup: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
- DHB-Pokal: 2011
- German Supercup: 2011
- IHF Super Globe: 2011
