Ludovic Fabregas

Ludovic Fabregas
Fabregas in 2016
Personal information
Born (1996-07-01) 1 July 1996
Perpignan, France
Nationality French
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club ONE Veszprém
Number 89
Youth career
Years Team
2004–2011
 Banyuls HB
2011–2015
 Montpellier Handball
Senior clubs
Years Team
2015–2018
 Montpellier Handball
2018–2023
 FC Barcelona
2023–2025
 ONE Veszprém
2025–
 FC Barcelona
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–
 France 159 (398)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2017 France
2023 Poland/Sweden
2019 Germany/Denmark
2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway
European Championship
2024 Germany
Youth World Championship
2015 Russia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 3 February 2025[1]

Ludovic Fabregas (born 1 July 1996) is a French professional handball player for ONE Veszprém and the French national team.[2]

Career

Fabregas started playing handball at Banyuls HB in 2004. In 2011, he joined the youth team of Montpellier Handball. Here he made his senior debut in the 2013-14 season. In 2015, he signed a professional contract with the club.[3] With Montpellier, he won the 2016 French Cup. In 2018, he won the EHF Champions League and IHF Men's Super Globe.

He then joined Spanish top team FC Barcelona.[4] Here, he won the Liga ASOBAL, Copa ASOBAL, Spanish Cup, and Supercup. In 2022, he once again won the Champions League. In the final he scored the deciding penalty to win the match.

In 2021, he was nominated to the best player in the world.[5]

In 2023, he joined Hungarian Veszprém KC.[6]

National team

Fabregas debuted for the French national team on 10 June 2015 against Czechia.

At the 2016 Olympics, he won silver medals with the French team. He won the 2017 World Championship. At the 2018 European Championship and 2019 World Championship, he won bronze medals at both occasions.

At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals.[7] Here, he was included in the tournament All star team.[8]

At the 2023 World Championship, he won silver medals with the French team, and was once again selected for the tournament all star team.

In 2024, he won the European Championship. He played all 9 games and scored 44 goals.[9] At the 2025 World Championship, he won bronze medals with the French team. He played 8 games and scored 23 goals.[10]

Personal life

Born in France, Fabregas' parents were Catalonians who fled Spain to France under the Franco regime.[11]

Titles

Club

With Montpellier Handball
With FC Barcelona
With Veszprém KC

National Team

Individual awards

  • All-Star Pivot at the Olympic Games: 2020[8]
  • All-Star Pivot of the World Championship: 2021,[12] 2023[13]
  • All-Star pivot of the European Championship: 2024[14]
  • All-Star Pivot of the Youth World Championship: 2015
  • All-Star Pivot of EHF Champions League: 2021[15]
  • Best Young Player of EHF Champions League: 2019
  • EHF Excellence Awards Best line player of the season: 2022/23,[16] 2023/24,[17] 2024/25[18]

References

  1. ^ "Ludovic Fabregas" (in French). ffhandball.fr. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Ludovic Fabregas". EHF.
  3. ^ "Handball / Montpellier : premier contrat pro pour Fabregas" (in French). Midi libre. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Ludovic Fabregas confirme qu'il va rejoindre le FC Barcelone". lequipe.fr. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. ^ "IHF gibt Kandidaten für Wahl zum Welthandballer bekannt" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Zwei Olympiasieger, Europameister, EM-Zweiter: Telekom Veszprem präsentiert vier Neuzugänge für 2023" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Cumulative Statistics: France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020 Men's All-Star Team". IHF. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  9. ^ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics France". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ^ "IHF World Championship 2025: Cumulative Statistics France" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  11. ^ "This is me: Ludovic Fabregas". EHF. Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". IHF. 31 January 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Six nations featured in EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team". EHF. 28 January 2024. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Barça All-star Team favourites; Landin and Hansen top votes". EHF. 11 June 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Danish players snap up big awards". EHF. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  17. ^ "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". EHF. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  18. ^ "EHF Excellence Awards 2025: Men's Team of the Season revealed". EHF. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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