Ángel Fernández Pérez (born 16 September 1988) is a Spanish

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player for

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and the Spanish national team. With the Spanish national team he has won the

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twice, in 2018 and 2020. In addition to regular handball, he also plays

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Career

Ángel Fernández started playing handball at his home town club SDC Astillero, before joining

CB Cantabria Club Balonmano Cantabria was a team of Team handball, handball based in Santander, Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria. CB Cantabria was not registered in any handball league after 2008. History Balonmano Cantabria was founded in 1975 when bought th ...

in 2006, where he made his senior debut. In 2008 he left the team, as the club was disbanded. He ten joined 3. league team CD Torrebalonmano, where he was promoted to the 2nd tier in the first season. In 2013 he left for CBM Logroño La Rioja, where he came second in the league in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and reached the cup final in 2017 and 2018. Three times he was included in the league all star team. In 2018 he joined Polish top team

Vive Kielce KS Iskra Kielce SA, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Industria Kielce, and previously named Vive Kielce between 2002 and 2022, is a professional men's handball club based in Kielce in southeastern Poland. The club plays in the Polish ...

. Under coach

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he won the 2019, 2020 and 2021 Polish championship and the 2019 and 2021 Polish cup. In the 2018-19 EHF Champions League he reached the

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, where the team lost in the semifinal to

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. In 2021 he left Kielce to return to Spain, where he joined

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. Here he won the

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and the

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. A year later he joined French side

. He left the club in 2024. He then returned to CD Torrebalonmano after 11 years away. Here he signed a deal until 2027.

National Team

Ángel Fernández debuted for the Spanish national team on 29 April 2015 against Germany. His first major international tournament was the

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Individual awards

* All Star Team as Best Left Wing at the 2023 World Championship

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez Perez, Angel 1988 births Living people Spanish male handball players Liga ASOBAL players Handball players from Cantabria Spanish expatriate handball players in France Expatriate handball players in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland FC Barcelona Handbol players Vive Kielce players CB Cantabria players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Spain Olympic medalists in handball Olympic handball players for Spain People from the Bay of Santander 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Beach handball players