Borja Vidal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Borja Vidal
Vidal in 2016
Personal information
Full name Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández
Born (1981-12-25) 25 December 1981 (age 44)
Valdés, Spain
Nationality Spanish/Qatari
Height 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Al-Qiyada
Senior clubs
Years Team
–
 BM Aragón
–
 Algeciras BM
–
 SD Teucro
–
 CB Torrevieja
2011–2013
 HBC Nantes
2013–
 Al-Qiyada
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–
 Qatar 34 (79)
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2015 Qatar

Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández (born 25 December 1981) is a Spanish-Qatari handball player for Al-Qiyada and the Qatari national team.[1]

He formerly played professionally basketball in Spain until 2005, when he changed to handball.[2]

In 2013, Fernández got the Qatari passport for playing with their national team.[3] He was part of the Qatar team that won silver medals at the 2015 World Championship in Qatar, the first World Championship medal for both Qatar and for any Asian team.[4] The result was however controversial due to the many naturalized players of Qatar, of which Fernández was one of them.[5][6] According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.[7] The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."[8] Furthermore there were claims of favourable refereering for the hosts.[9][10][11] After the final whistle of their semifinal against Poland, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.[12][13]

He competed in handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[14]

Club career as basketball player

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ «Ahora atizo más»; El Comercio, 3 June 2006 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "El primer 'Hispano' se hace qatarí" (in Spanish). Marca. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. ^ "France beat Qatar to win fifth world handball title". Gulf Times. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Player Eligibility Code" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015. They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.
  6. ^ "Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Falsche Fans simulieren Stimmung" [Fake fans simulate excitement]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  9. ^ Team, Fans und Schiris gekauft? (German)
  10. ^ Handball-WM in Katar: Österreich hält sich für verpfiffen (German)
  11. ^ Österreich von Referees und Katar aus WM gekickt (German)
  12. ^ "Radość Katarczyków, Polacy z pretensjami do sędziów". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 30 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Polish National Handball Team Sarcastically Applauds Officials After Controversial Loss to Qatar". thebiglead.com. 31 January 2015.
  14. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Borja Vidal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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