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Joan Cañellas
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Personal information
Full name Joan Cañellas Reixach
Born (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38)
Santa Maria de Palautordera,
Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2005
BM Granollers
2005–2008
FC Barcelona
2008–2009
BM Granollers
2009–2011
BM Ciudad Real
2011–2013
Atlético Madrid
2013–2014
HSV Hamburg
2014–2016
THW Kiel
2016–2018
RK Vardar
2018–2021
SC Pick Szeged
2021–2024
Kadetten Schaffhausen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Spain 237 (570)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold 2013 Spain
Bronze 2011 Sweden
Bronze 2021 Egypt
Bronze 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Gold 2018 Croatia
Gold 2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
Silver 2016 Poland
Silver 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze 2014 Denmark

Joan Cañellas Reixach (born 30 September 1986) is a Spanish former handball player.

Cañellas scored 50 goals for Spain at the 2014 European Championship in Denmark. He was the tournament's top scorer.

While playing in Madrid, he also studied pharmacy at University of Barcelona and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Joan is a member of a pharmacist dynasty, six of his family members are pharmacists.

Honours and awards

F.C.Barcelona

  • Spanish Liga: 2005–06
  • Spanish Cup: 2007
  • Spanish Supercup: 2007

BM. Ciudad Real

  • Spanish Liga: 2009–2010
  • Spanish Cup: 2010
  • Super Globe: 2010
  • Asobal Cup: 2010
  • Spanish Supercup: 2010
  • EHF Champions League Finalist: 2010–11

BM. Atletico de Madrid

  • Super Globe: 2012
  • Spanish SuperCup: 2011
  • Spanish Cup: 2011, 2012
  • EHF Champions League Finalist: 2011–12

THW Kiel

  • Handball-Bundesliga: 2014–2015
  • DHB-Supercup: 2015, 2016

Vardar Skopje

  • EHF Champions League Winner: 2016–17
  • Macedonian Handball Super League: 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Macedonian Handball Cup: 2016, 2017
  • SEHA League: 2016, 2017
  • Macedonian Handball Super Cup: 2017

MOL-Pick Szeged

  • Magyar Kézilabdakupa: 2018–2019
  • Magyar Kézilabdaliga: 2020–2021

Kadetten Schaffhausen

  • Swiss Handball League: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
  • Schweizer Cup: 2024

Individual

  • MVP of the SEHA League Final Four: 2017

See also

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