Manuel Montoya Fernández (born 18 October 1959) is the handball coach and manager.

Manuel Montoya
Personal information
Full name Manuel Montoya Fernández
Born (1959-10-18) 18 October 1959 (age 64)
Nationality Spanish
Teams managed
Years Team
1992–1997
BM Granollers
1997–1998
Pilotes Posada Academia Octavio
1998–2000
Handbol Adrianenc
2002–2007
BM Granollers
2004–2010
Catalonia
2010–2013
Spain (assistant manager)
2013–2018
Qatar (assistant manager)
2018–2019
Romania
2021–2022
Iran

He started at the Col·legi Pare Manyanet in Barcelona. He has a PhD in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and is a professor at the INEFc University in Barcelona.[1]

On 14 September 2018, he signed a two-year contract to coach the Romania national team, replacing Xavier Pascual Fuertes who previously resigned.[2] In August 2019, he was dismissed as coach of Romania and replaced by Rareş Fortuneanu.[3][4] On 20 July 2021, he signed a contract to coach the Iran national team.[5][6]

International honours edit

Manager edit

Granollers

Assistant Manager edit

Qatar

2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship

Winner

2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship

Winner

2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship

Winner

2015 World Men's Handball Championship

Runners-Up

Assistant manager

Spain
2013 World Men's Handball Championship
Winner

References edit

  1. ^ "Manuel Montoya Fernández" (in Catalan). enciclopedia.cat. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Manuel Montoya Fernandez este noul antrenor al naţionalei de handbal masculin" (in Romanian). fanatik.ro. 14 September 2018.
  3. ^ Vlad, Remus (3 September 2019). "Rareş Fortuneanu ar putea să fie numit noul selecționer al echipei naționale de handbal masculin, după ce FRH a rupt contractul cu Manuel Montoya Fernandez". stiripesurse.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ Hutu, Marius (10 October 2019). "Anunțat oficial! Rareș Fortuneanu a preluat naționala României". ProSport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Montoya Fernandez named Iran handball coach". tehrantimes.com. 20 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Manuel Montoya Fernandez e noul selecționer al României la handbal masculin" (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 14 September 2018.