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Juanín García

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Juanín García
Juanín García in June 2013
Personal information
Full name Juan Antonio García Lorenzana
Born (1977-08-28) 28 August 1977 (age 47)
León, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Left Wing
Club information
Current club CB Ademar León
Senior clubs
Years Team
1997–2005
 Ademar León
2005–2014
 FC Barcelona
2014–2015
 Naturhouse La Rioja
2015–2019
 Ademar León
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2019
 Spain 206 (822)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team competition
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tunisia Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Sweden Team competition
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Switzerland Team competition
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Team competition
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Lorenzana.

Juan Antonio "Juanín" García Lorenzana better known as Juanín García (born 28 August 1977) is a Spanish former handball player. He retired in 2019 after playing for CB Ademar León. He is the all time top scorer in the Spanish Liga ASOBAL with 2684 goals.[1] He also has the second most matches in the league (628) behind José Javier Hombrados, and the most for any outfield player.[2] With 822 goals he is also the all time top scorer on the Spanish national team.[3]

He was included in the 2004 World team of the year as the left wing.[4]

Career

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Juanín Garcías senior debut came for Ademar León. Here he won the 2000-01 Spanish championship, the 2001-02 Copa del Rey, the 1998/99 Copa ASOBAL and the 1998-99 and 2004-05 EHF Cup Winners' Cup. Eventually he became the captain of the club.

In 2015 he joined league rivals FC Barcelona where he played for 9 years. Here he won the league in 2005-06, 2010-11, 2011-12, and 2013-14. He also won the 2006-07 and 2013-14 Copa Asobal, the 2013-14 Spanish Supercup and the 2010-11 EHF Champions League. In 2009/2010 he scored 13 goals in the final four, which is a record.Pazen, Björn (26 December 2020). "Trophies and tears, goals and galas". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2025. It was however not enough to win as Kiel beat them 36:34.

In 2014 he left Barcelona[5] to join Naturhouse La Rioja.[6] A year later he returned to his original club, Ademar León.[7] He retired after the 2018-19 season at the age of 40 and became a youth coach at the club.[8]

National team

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Juanín García became world Champion with the Spanish team at the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia. The same year he won the 2005 Mediterranean Games. At the 2006 European Championship he won silver medals.

At the 2007 World Championship he and the Spanish team was knocked out in the quarterfinal by Germany, and finished 7th.

He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where The team won a bronze medal, defeating Croatia in the third place playoff.[9] Juanín García was the top scorer of the tournament.

At the 2011 World Championship he won bronze medals.

In a decision that would create much debate, Valero Rivera López, the Spanish head coach, decided to leave him of the selection for the 2012 Olympics.

Titles

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Club

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FC Barcelona

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Ademar de León

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References

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  1. ^ "La Liga ASOBAL 2018/2019 baja el telón en una jornada de emotivas despedidas". asobal.es (in Spanish). Liga ASOBAL. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ "700 matches en Asobal pour Hombrados" (in French). handnews.fr. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. ^ "„JUAN ANTONIO GARCIA LORENZANA". rfebm.com (in Spanish). Spanish Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Henning Fritz ist Welthandballer des Jahres 2004" [Henning Fritz is World handballer of the year 2004]. thw-handball.de (in German). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Juanin to bow out in style". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Juanín García ficha una temporada por el Naturhouse La Rioja" (in Spanish). europapress.es. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Juanin Garcia kehrt in seine Heimat zurück" (in Juanin Garcia goes back to his home country). handball-world.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ^ "Juanin Garcia bleibt Ademar Leon nach Karriereende treu" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  9. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan García". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Full name: Juan García Lorenzana
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