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Gonzalo Perez de Vargas

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Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas
Vargas in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas Moreno
Born (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991
Toledo, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club THW Kiel
Number 1
Senior clubs
Years Team
2009–2025
 FC Barcelona
2011–2013
 → BM Granollers (loan)
2013–2014
 → Fenix Toulouse (loan)
2025–
 THW Kiel
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–
 Spain 193 (18)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2021 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2018 Croatia
Gold medal – first place2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
Silver medal – second place2016 Poland
Silver medal – second place2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place2014 Denmark
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13 January 2025

Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas Moreno (born 10 January 1991) is a Spanish professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Spanish national team.[1][2]

Career

Vargas started playing handball at his hometown club Amibal Toledo. In 2007, he switched to FC Barcelona Handbol. In the 2010/2011, he won the treble with the club, with the Spanish championship, Copa del Rey and EHF Champions League.

For the 2011/2012 season, he joined league rivals BM Granollers.[3] Two years after he joined French side Fenix Toulouse Handball on a three year deal.[4]

For the 2014/2015 season, he returned to FC Barcelona to replace Arpad Šterbik.[5]

In February 2025, he tore his cruciate ligament which has kept him out for the rest of the season.[6] To replace him Barcelona signed Vincent Gerard, who came out of retirement to join FC Barcelona.[7]

National team

Vargas debuted for the Spanish national team in 2012 in a 34-20 win against Portugal.[8]

His first major international tournament was the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship. Here Spain won bronze medals. He also represented Spain at the 2015 World Championship.[2]

At the 2018 European Championship in Croatia he won gold medals with the Spanish team.[9] In the last main round game he was injured and could not play for the rest of the tournament.

He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.[10][11]

At the 2020 European Championship in Sweden/Austria/Norway he won gold medals with the Spanish team. In the latter he made the tournament All-star team as the goalkeeper.[12][13]

At the 2021 Olympics he won bronze medals.[14]

At the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship, he won a silver medal.[15] He played all 9 games and had a save percentage of 33%.

At the 2023 World Championship he won bronze medals. He also represented Spain at the 2024 Olympics where Spain won bronze medals.

At the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in a match against Sweden, Vargas showed a high level of fair play, when at the 40 minute mark Hampus Wanne got an incorrect red card for hitting Vargas in the head on a penalty throw, Pérez de Vargas went to the referee to correct him and let Wanne play on.[16]

Honours

  • Catalan Supercup
    • 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

References

  1. "Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. "Zukunft von Granollers in der Asobal scheint gesichert" (in German). www.handball-world.com. 6 July 2011.
  4. "Toulouse gelingt Transfer-Coup im Tor" (in German). www.handball-world.com. 23 March 2013.
  5. "Relevo en la portería del Barça de balonmano". FC Barcelona (in Spanish). 2 June 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  6. Joachim Glenthøj (17 February 2025). "Emil Nielsens konkurrent har fået bekræftet sin værste frygt". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  7. Rasmus Skannerup Kleis (8 April 2025). "Emil Nielsen får pensioneret keeper som makker". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  8. www.rfebm.com, Match Report Spain - Portugal, 1 November 2012, Read 15. April 2023
  9. "Defensive masterclass leads Spain to maiden EHF EURO title". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
  11. "Abel Serdio y Sergey Hernández descartes de Jordi Ribera". rfebm.com. 29 December 2018.
  12. "Finale der Handball-EM: Spanien gegen Kroatien mit dem besseren Ende im Duell grandioser Deckungsreihen" (in German). handball-world.news. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  13. "Hendrik Pekeler in All-Star-Team berufen - Duvnjak wertvollster Spieler" (in German). handball-world.news. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  14. "Match Team Statistics: Germany vs. Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  15. "Men's EHF Euro 2022: Spain". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  16. ""I prefer to be faithful to myself, than to live with a bad conscience": Perez de Vargas makes sure that fair-play rules at Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025". International Handball Federation. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.