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Rubén Garabaya

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Rubén Garabaya
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Garabaya in 2008
Personal information
Full nameRubén Garabaya Arenas
NationalitySpanish
Born (1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 48)
Avilés, Asturias, Spain
Height2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionPivot
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–BM Corvera
1997–1999Caja España Ademar
1999–2001Frigoríficos del Morrazo
2001–2007BM Valladolid
2007–2010FC Barcelona
2010–2018Naturhouse La Rioja
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2011 Spain 168 (318)
Teams managed
2018–2021Naturhouse La Rioja assistant
2021China women
2021–2022Egypt men assistant
2022–2025Unicaja Banco Sinfín
2025–2025RK Eurofarm Pelister
Medal record
Representing Image Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2005 Tunisia
Bronze medal – third place2011 Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2006 Switzerland
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2005 Almería

Rubén Garabaya (born 15 September 1978) is a Spanish former handball player and former handball coach of RK Eurofarm Pelister. He was on the Spanish team that won the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship in Tunisia.

Career

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Garabaya started playing handball at BM Corvera, before joining Liga ASOBAL side Ademar León in 1997. Here he won the 1999 Copa ASOBAL and EHF Cup Winners' Cup. He then joined Frigoríficos del Morrazo for two years from 1999 to 2001, before joining BM Valladolid, the local rival of his former club Ademar León. Here he won the 2003 Copa ASOBAL and the 2005 and 2006 Copa del Rey de Balonmano.

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Garabaya on October 12, 2008, in Barcelona

In 2007 he joined FC Barcelona, where he won the 2009 and 2010 Copa del Rey. He also reached the final of the 2010 EHF Champions League, where they lost to German side THW Kiel.

In 2010 he joined Naturhouse La Rioja. He retired after the 2017-18 season.[1]

National team

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With the national team he played 168 matches. He won the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship in Tunisia with the Spanish team.

He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the Spain men's national handball team. The team won a bronze medal, defeating Croatia in the third place playoff.

At the 2006 European Championship he won silver medals.

Coaching career

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When he retired he took over as the assistant coach at his former club, Naturhouse La Rioja.[2]

In June 2021 he became the head coach of the Chinese women's team.[3] He did however not last long and by October 2021 he instead became the assistant coach on the Egyptian men's national team, under Roberto García Parrondo.[4] Here he won Silver medals at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and gold medals at the 2022 African Championship.

In 2022 he became the head coach of the Spanish Liga ASOBAL team Unicaja Banco Sinfín.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ "Ciudad Logrono präsentiert fünf Neuzugänge" [Ciudad Logrono confirms five players leaving] (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ciudad Logrono verpflichtet Ex-Weltmeister als Co-Trainer". handball-world.news. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Garabaya set to commence PR of China role". www.ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Garabaya será el ayudante de Gª Parrondo en la selección de Egipto" (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Sanz, Adela (15 June 2022). "Rubén Garabaya entrenará al Sinfín" (in Spanish). El Diario Montañes. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
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