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Spanish handball player (born 1986)

Joan Cañellas
Cañellas with Spain in 2013
Personal information
Full name Joan Cañellas Reixach
Born (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38)
Santa Maria de Palautordera,
Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2005 BM Granollers
2005–2008 FC Barcelona
2008–2009 BM Granollers
2009–2011 BM Ciudad Real
2011–2013 Atlético Madrid
2013–2014 HSV Hamburg
2014–2016 THW Kiel
2016–2018 RK Vardar
2018–2021 SC Pick Szeged
2021–2024 Kadetten Schaffhausen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Spain 237 (570)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
Silver medal – second place 2016 Poland
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Denmark

Joan Cañellas Reixach (born 30 September 1986) is a Spanish former handball player.

Cañellas scored 50 goals for Spain at the 2014 European Championship in Denmark. He was the tournament's top scorer.

While playing in Madrid, he also studied pharmacy at University of Barcelona and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Joan is a member of a pharmacist dynasty, six of his family members are pharmacists.

Honours and awards

F.C.Barcelona

BM. Ciudad Real

BM. Atletico de Madrid

THW Kiel

Vardar Skopje

MOL-Pick Szeged

Kadetten Schaffhausen

Individual

References

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

External links

Spain squads
Spain squad2012 European Men's Handball Championship – 4th place
Spain
Spain squad2012 Summer Olympics – 7th place
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Spain squad2013 World Men's Handball Championship – Gold medal
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Spain squad2014 European Men's Handball Championship – Bronze medal
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Spain squad2015 World Men's Handball Championship – 4th place
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Spain squad2016 European Men's Handball Championship – Silver medal
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Spain squad2017 World Men's Handball Championship – 5th place
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Spain squad2018 European Men's Handball Championship – Gold medal
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Spain squad2019 World Men's Handball Championship – 7th place
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Spain squad2020 European Championship – Gold medal
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Spain squad2021 World Men's Handball Championship – Bronze medal
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SEHA League Finals MVP
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