Juan Francisco Muñoz
| Juan Francisco Muñoz | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Juan Francisco Muñoz Melo | ||
| Born |
25 June 1959 Santander, Spain | ||
| Nationality | Spain | ||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
– | Instituto José María de Pereda | ||
– | BM Valladolid | ||
– | BM Salesianos | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1977-1981 | CB Calpisa | ||
1981-1988 | FC Barcelona Handbol | ||
1977-1981 | Teka | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?-? | Spain | 243 | (701) |
Juan Francisco Muñoz Melo[a] (born 25 June 1959) is a former Spanish male handball player. He was a member of the Spain men's national handball team, where he has the fourth most all time appearances for an outfield player and sixth-most overall. He also have the fourth most all time goals, behind Juanín García, Iker Romero and Alberto Entrerríos.[1][2] He was part of the team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympics.[3]
On club level he started his senior career at CB Calpisa in Alicante, where he won the 1978 Spanish championship and 1979 Copa del Rey de Balonmano. In 1981 he joined FC Barcelona, where he played until 1988. In this period he won the Spanish championship 3 times and the Copa del Rey 4 times and 3 times the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
In 1988 he left Barcelona to join his hometown club Teka, where he once again won the Spanish league and cup.
Notes
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Melo.
References
- ^ Archived (Date missing) at rfebm.com (Error: unknown archive URL)
- ^ Archived (Date missing) at rfebm.com (Error: unknown archive URL)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Juan Francisco Muñoz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
External links
- Juan Francisco Muñoz at Olympedia
- Juan Francisco Muñoz at Olympics.com
- Juan Francisco Muñoz Melo at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archived)