Cristian Ugalde García (born 19 October 1987) is a Spanish professional handball player for Greek club

Tatabánya KC MOL-Tatabánya Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian team handball club from Tatabánya, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. History In Tatabánya, handball boasts a long history. The game took place in an organized form from 1942, within t ...

and the Spain national team. He started his career in FC Barcelona's youth teams and he played his first match with FC Barcelona's Senior Team in the

ASOBAL League The Copa ASOBAL is an annual cup competition for Liga ASOBAL teams. It was first played for in 1990 and is contested by the top four teams at the end of the first half of the Liga ASOBAL season. Season by season Titles by team External ...

20 October 2004, just one day after being 17 years old. He played for FC Barcelona Senior team 7 years and won 18 titles. In 2012 he signed a contract with MKB Veszprem for the next 3 seasons, which in his second season as a player in the Hungarian club, has been prolonged for 3 more years until 2018. Ugalde was called up for the first time to play for the senior Spain National Team 15 June 2007 and since then he has played 131 games and has scored 288 goals. He is a graduate in

Sports Science Sports science is a discipline that studies how the healthy human body works during exercise, and how sport and physical activity promote health and performance from cellular to whole body perspectives. The study of sports science traditionally inc ...

for the

Universidad Camilo José Cela The University Camilo José Cela (UCJC) is a private university established in 2000 and based in Madrid, Spain. Its main campus, located in Madrid-Villafranca, includes undergraduate studies (bachelor's degrees) in five integrated faculties (Comm ...

in 2018.

Honours

FC Barcelona

* 2x

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: 2004–2005, 2010–2011 **

finalist in 2010 * 3x

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of ...

: 2005–2006, 2010–2011, 2011–2012 * 3x

Supercopa ASOBAL The Supercopa ASOBAL or the Supercopa de España de Balonmano is an annual cup competition for Spanish handball teams. It is organised by the Liga ASOBAL. It was first played for in 1985 and is disputed between the Liga ASOBAL champions and the ...

: 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010 * 6x Pirenees Leagues: 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2011–2012 * 3x

King's Cup __NOTOC__ King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King Cup (sometimes named King's Cup), Saudi Arabian men's football nat ...

: 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010 * 2x

Copa ASOBAL The Copa ASOBAL is an annual cup competition for Liga ASOBAL teams. It was first played for in 1990 and is contested by the top four teams at the end of the first half of the Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in ...

: 2009–2010, 2011–2012

MKB Veszprém

* 2x Hungarian Supercup: 2014–2015, 2015-2016 * 6x

Magyar Kupa (men's handball) Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) is the main domestic cup for Hungarian men's team handball clubs, which is organized and supervised by the Hungarian Handball Federation. The competition is held annually, starting in September and concluding in ...

: 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017–2018 * 5x Hungarian League

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28 ...

: 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017 * 2x

SEHA League South East Handball Association League or simply SEHA League is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast and East Europe, divided in two zones. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom League (or Gazprom Sout ...

winner: 2014–2015, 2015-2016 ** 1x

finalist: 2016–2017 * 2n place in

: 2014–2015, 2015–2016 * 3rd place in

: 2016–2017 * 4th place in

: 2013–2014 * 2n place

IHF Super Globe The Men's Super Globe is a handball competition contested between the champion clubs from continental confederations. On 7 December 2018, the IHF moved the Super Globe to Saudi Arabia for four years, until 2022. Summary Records and statistics ...

: 2015–2016

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf

* 13th place in

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche K ...

2019 * 4th place in

2020 * 2x semifinalist in FINAL4

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bunde ...

2019 & 2020 * Quarter Finals in

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

2019

AEK Athens HC

* 1x

EHF European Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European Leagu ...

winner: 2020–2021 *1x Handball Premier winner: 2020–2021 *1x

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most i ...

winner: 2020–2021

International

Gold Medal European Youth Summer Olympic Festival U17 - Paris 2003 * 13th place in IHF World Men's Handball Championship - Croatia 2009 * 6th place in EHF European Men's Handball Championship - Austria 2010 * Bronze medal world centered-2

Bronze Medal IHF World Men's Handball Championship - Sweden 2011 * 4th place in EHF European Men's Handball Championship - Serbia 2012 * 7th place in Olympic Games - London 2012 * Bronze medal europe

Bronze Medal EHF European Men's Handball Championship - Denmark 2014 * 4th place in IHF World Men's Handball Championship - Qatar 2015 * Silver medal europe

Silver Medal EHF European Men's Handball Championship - Poland 2016

Individual

* Top Scorer at

: 2009–2010 * Gold Medal of

Royal Order of Sports Merit The Royal Order of Sports Merit ( es, Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo) is a Spanish civil order of merit established in 18 June 1982. The order is indented to recognise distinguished service in sports, in teaching physical education, or the mana ...

: 2013 * Silver Medal of Sports Merit in Handball for

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2014 * All Star Team of the Final4 of the SEHA League 2016. * All Star Team of the Final4 of the EHF Champions League 2016.

References

External links

Veszprém Player Profile

All Star Team of SEHA's FINAL4
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ugalde, Cristian 1987 births Living people Spanish male handball players Liga ASOBAL players FC Barcelona Handbol players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Barcelona Expatriate handball players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Veszprém KC players Olympic handball players of Spain Handball players from Catalonia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany