Ludovic Fabregas

Ludovic Fabregas (born 1 July 1996) is a French professional handball player for ONE Veszprém and the French national team.^[2]

Ludovic Fabregas
Fabregas in 2016
Personal information
Born	(1996-07-01) 1 July 1996 (age 29) Perpignan, France
Nationality	French
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	ONE Veszprém
Number	89
Youth career
Years	Team
2004–2011	Banyuls HB
2011–2015	Montpellier Handball
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2015–2018	Montpellier Handball
2018–2023	FC Barcelona
2023–2025	ONE Veszprém
2025–	FC Barcelona
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	France	159	(398)
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2017 France 2023 Poland/Sweden 2019 Germany/Denmark 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway European Championship 2024 Germany Youth World Championship 2015 Russia
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 3 February 2025[1]

Career

Fabregas started playing handball at Banyuls HB in 2004. In 2011, he joined the youth team of Montpellier Handball. Here he made his senior debut in the 2013-14 season. In 2015, he signed a professional contract with the club.^[3] With Montpellier, he won the 2016 French Cup. In 2018, he won the EHF Champions League and IHF Men's Super Globe.

He then joined Spanish top team FC Barcelona.^[4] Here, he won the Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL, Spanish Cup, and Supercup. In 2022, he once again won the Champions League. In the final he scored the deciding penalty to win the match.

In 2021, he was nominated to the best player in the world.^[5]

In 2023, he joined Hungarian Veszprém KC.^[6]

National team

Fabregas debuted for the French national team on 10 June 2015 against Czechia.

At the 2016 Olympics, he won silver medals with the French team. He won the 2017 World Championship. At the 2018 European Championship and 2019 World Championship, he won bronze medals at both occasions.

At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals.^[7] Here, he was included in the tournament All star team.^[8]

At the 2023 World Championship, he won silver medals with the French team, and was once again selected for the tournament all star team.

In 2024, he won the European Championship. He played all 9 games and scored 44 goals.^[9] At the 2025 World Championship, he won bronze medals with the French team. He played 8 games and scored 23 goals.^[10]

Personal life

Born in France, Fabregas' parents were Catalonians who fled Spain to France under the Franco regime.^[11]

Titles

Club

With Montpellier Handball

• French Men's Handball Cup: 2016
• French League Cup: 2016
• EHF Champions League: 2018
• IHF Men's Super Globe: 2018

With FC Barcelona

• Liga ASOBAL: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Copa del Rey: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Spanish Supercup: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Catalan Supercup: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• EHF Champions League: 2021, 2022
• IHF Men's Super Globe: 2019

With Veszprém KC

• Hungarian Championship: 2024
• Hungarian Cup: 2024
• IHF Men's Super Globe: 2024

National Team

• U-18 European Championship: 2014
• U-19 World Championship: 2015
• Olympics: 2020
  • Silver: 2016
• World Championship:
  • Gold: 2017
  • Silver: 2023
  • Bronze: 2019, 2025
• European Championship
  • Gold: 2024
  • Bronze: 2018

Individual awards

• All-Star Pivot at the Olympic Games: 2020^[8]
• All-Star Pivot of the World Championship: 2021,^[12] 2023^[13]
• All-Star pivot of the European Championship: 2024^[14]
• All-Star Pivot of the Youth World Championship: 2015
• All-Star Pivot of EHF Champions League: 2021^[15]
• Best Young Player of EHF Champions League: 2019
• EHF Excellence Awards Best line player of the season: 2022/23,^[16] 2023/24,^[17] 2024/25^[18]