Juan Francisco Muñoz
Spanish handball player (born 1959)
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Juan Francisco Muñoz Melo[a] (born 25 June 1959) is a former Spanish male handball player. He was a member of the Spain men's national handball team, where he has the fourth most all time appearances for an outfield player and sixth-most overall. He also have the fourth most all time goals, behind Juanín García, Iker Romero and Alberto Entrerríos.[1][2] He was part of the team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.[3]
Santander, Spain
Spain| Juan Francisco Muñoz | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Juan Francisco Muñoz Melo | ||
| Born |
25 June 1959 Santander, Spain | ||
| Nationality |
Spain | ||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | Instituto José María de Pereda | ||
– | BM Valladolid | ||
– | BM Salesianos | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1977-1981 | CB Calpisa | ||
1981-1988 | FC Barcelona Handbol | ||
1977-1981 | Teka | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?-? | Spain | 243 | (701) |
On club level he started his senior career at CB Calpisa in Alicante, where he won the 1978 Spanish championship and 1979 Copa del Rey de Balonmano.[citation needed] In 1981 he joined FC Barcelona, where he played until 1988. In this period he won the Spanish championship 3 times and the Copa del Rey 4 times and 3 times the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
In 1988 he left Barcelona to join his hometown club Teka, where he once again won the Spanish league and cup.
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Melo.
