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Spanish handball player (born 1994)

Ignacio Plaza Jiménez
Personal information
Born	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30) Ciudad Real, Spain
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	MOL Tatabánya KC
Number	17
Youth career
Years	Team
2009–2010	BM Ciudad Real
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2010–2012	BM Ciudad Real
2012–2013	AD Ciudad de Guadalajara
2013–2015	BM Puerto Sagunto
2015–2018	Füchse Berlin
2018–2019	SC Magdeburg
2019–2022	AEK Athens
2022–2024	FC Porto
2024–	MOL Tatabánya KC
National team
Years	Team
	Spain junior

Ignacio Plaza Jiménez (born 10 January 1994) is a Spanish handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC.

Career

Club

The player nicknamed Nacho started his career at BM Ciudad Real. BM Ciudad Real was one of the best teams in the world at the time, with the best players in the world, so he only played a few games for the team. He made his debut in the EHF Champions League in the 2010/11 season, scoring 2 goals in 4 matches. In 2011, BM Ciudad Real moved to Madrid, the new name was Atlético Madrid. It was finally disbanded two years later. He played for AD Ciudad de Guadalajara in the 2012/2013 season. He then spent 2 years with the BM Puerto Sagunto team. In the 2015/16 season, he moved to the German Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin, with which he signed a three-year contract. He became the club world champion with Füchse Berlin in 2015 and 2016. In the 2017/18 season, he suffered a torn cruciate ligament and had to watch Füchse Berlin's EHF Cup win from the stands. From the summer of 2018, he signed a contract with SC Magdeburg. A year later, he moved to the Greek club AEK Athens. With AEK Athens, he won the Greek Championship in 2020 and 2021, the Greek Cup in 2021, and the EHF European Cup in 2021. In the summer of 2022, he joined the Portuguese first division FC Porto, with whom he won the Portuguese championship in 2023. In the spring of 2024, it was announced that he would transfer to the number three Hungarian club, MOL Tatabánya KC.

National team

He was 4th with the Spanish team at the 2013 World Youth Championship and was selected to the tournament's all-star team. As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2014 Junior European Men's Handball Championship, where the Spanish team finished 3rd and was selected to the tournament's all-star team.