Cristian Ugalde

Cristian Ugalde García (born 19 October 1987) is a Spanish professional handball player for Greek club AEK Athens and the Spain national team.[1][2]

Cristian Ugalde
Ugalde in 2013
Personal information
Full name Cristian Ugalde García
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club AEK Athens
Number 23
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2012
 FC Barcelona
2012–2018
 Telekom Veszprém
2018–2020
 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
2020–
 AEK Athens
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–
 Spain 131 (288)
Medal record
World Championship
2011 Sweden
European Championships
2016 Poland
2014 Denmark

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 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 graduate in Sports Science for the Universidad Camilo José Cela in 2018.

Honours

FC Barcelona

MKB Veszprém

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf

International

Individual

References
  1. "Ugalde Profile". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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