Fernando Hernández (handballer)

Fernando Hernández Casado^[a] (born 24 February 1973) is a Spanish handball player who won 2005 World Men's Handball Championship. He also the competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Fernando Hernández
Hernández in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Hernández Casado
Born	(1973-02-24) 24 February 1973 (age 52) Valladolid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Youth career
Team
	La Salle
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1992-1996	BM Valladolid
1996-2000	Ademar León
2000-2007	FC Barcelona
2007-2010	Portland San Antonio
2010-2012	BM Badajoz
2012-2014	BM Valladolid
2006–2008	BM Atlético Valladolid
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Spain	120	(327)
Medal record Men's handball Representing  Spain Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Championship 2005 Tunisia European Championships 1996 Spain Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari Team

In 1996, he won the bronze medal with the Spanish team. He played one match and scored three goals.

Eight years later, he was a member of the Spanish handball team which finished seventh in the 2004 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches and scored 15 goals.

Career

Hernández started playing handball at the club La Salle in his hometown, Valladolid. Here, he won the Spanish youth championship in 1989.

In 1992, he made his senior debut for BM Valladolid in the top Spanish league, Liga ASOBAL. In 1996 he joined Ademar León, where he won the Copa ASOBAL and EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2000. The following summer, he joined FC Barcelona. Here he won the Copa ASOBAL and Spanish Supercup, the 2002 Copa ASOBAL, the 2003 Spanish league and EHF European League, the 2004 Copa del Rey, Spanish Supercup and EHF Men's Champions Trophy, the 2005 EHF Champions League, the 2006 Spanish league and in his last season at the club in 2007 the Spanish Supercup. In 2007, the team did however only finish 4th in the league, which made the club leadership completely change the squad. So Hernández left, together with Albert Rocas, to SDC San Antonio.

In 2010, he joined BM Badajoz in the second tier, before returning to BM Valladolid. In 2014, the club was dissolved and recreated as BM Atlético Valladolid. He chose to stay and followed the club down to the second division under a new name.

With 617 league games, he has had the third most Liga ASOBAL appearances behind Juanín García (628) and José Javier Hombrados (767).^[2]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Casado.