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Jérôme Fernandez

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This article is about the handball player. For the bishop, see Jerome M. Fernandez.

Jérôme Fernandez
Personal information
Born (1977-03-07) March 7, 1977 (age 47)
Cenon, France
Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Youth career
Years Team
1985-1993
 Carbon-Blanc HB
Senior clubs
Years Team
1993–1997
 Girondins de Bordeaux HBC
1997–1999
 Toulouse Union HB
1999–2002
 Montpellier HB
2002–2008
 FC Barcelona
2008–2010
 BM Ciudad Real
2010–2011
 THW Kiel
2011–2015
 Toulouse Handball
2015–2017
 Pays d'Aix UC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2015
 France 390[1] (1463)
Teams managed
2016-2017
 Pays d'Aix UC Assistant
2017-2020
 Pays d'Aix UC
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2001 France
Gold medal – first place 2009 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2015 Qatar
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Portugal
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Tunisia
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Switzerland
Gold medal – first place 2010 Austria
Gold medal – first place 2014 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Norway
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Tunis Team

Jérôme Fernandez (born 7 March 1977) is a French handball coach and former handball player. He was a captain of the France men's national handball team and currently holds the record for the number of goals for France's national team (1,463 through 9 January 2020[2]). He is in the French handball Hall of Fame.[3]

He is a knight of the Legion of Honour and an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite.[4][5]

Career

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Fernandez began playing handball at the Club La Bastidienne. In 1985 he joined Carbon-Blanc. In 1993 he joined Girondins de Bordeaux HBC and in 1997 he joined Toulouse Union HB. Here he won the French cup in 1997-98. In 1999 he joined Montpellier Handball, where he won the 1999-2000 and 2001-02 French championship and the French cup three times in a row from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.

In 2002 he moved to Spain to join FC Barcelona. Here he won the 2002-03 and 2005-06 Spanish Championship and the 2003-04 and 2006-07 Copa del Rey, the 2003-04 Spanish Supercup, Copa ASOBAL and European Supercup. In 2008 he joined league rivals BM Ciudad Real. Here he won the 2008-09 and 2009-10 Spanish championship and the 2009-10 EHF Champions League.

Fernandez with PAUC, 28 October 2015.

In 2010 he joined German champions THW Kiel to replace the injured Daniel Narcisse.[6] The season after he returned to France and joined Fenix Toulouse Handball.[7] He was in contact with several French clubs including Toulouse, Paris, Nantes and Dunkerque.][8] In 2015 he joined Pays d'Aix UC. where he became the player-assistant manager under Marc Wiltberger.[9] He retired in 2017.[10][11]

Coaching career

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His coaching career began as the player-assistant coach at Pays d'Aix UC in 2015, and in 2016 he became the player-coach.[12] From 2017 to 2000 he was the head coach of the club.[10]

Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Un Jour Avec... Jérôme Fernandez (1/5)". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ^ "EdF (M) | L'équipe de France inaugure son Hall of Fame" (in French). HandNews. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023..
  4. ^ "Auch Daniel Narcisse als Ritter der Ehrenlegion ausgezeichnet". archiv.thw-handball.de (in German). THW Kiel. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Cérémonie de remise de décorations aux médaillés Olympiques de Londres" (in French). elysee.fr. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Jerome Fernandez unterschreibt beim THW Kiel" [Jerome Fernandez signs with THW Kiel]. archiv.thw-handball.de (in German). THW Kiel. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Kieler Handballer Fernandez nach Toulouse" [Kiel player Fernandez to Toulouse] (in German). handball-world.news. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ^ Jérôme Fernandez (22 April 2011). "Retour sur la décision… Ma décision". jeromefernandez.com (in French). Official site of Jérôme Fernandez. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Jérôme Fernandez signe à Aix-en-Provence" (in French). lequipe.fr. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Fernandez, une fin de carrière entraînante" (in French). humanite.fr. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Jérôme Fernandez: "J'ai toujours l'envie d'entraîner"" (in French). sport.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Aix-en-Provence: La double vie de Jérôme Fernandez" (in French). eurosport.fr. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  13. ^ Olympic results
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