José María Márquez Coloma, better known as Chema Márquez (born 20 December 1996) is a Spanish handball player for the French club Saint-Raphaël Var Handball and the Spanish national team. In 2022, he won silver medals at the European Championship with the Spanish team.

Career

Chema Márquez started his career at Quabit Guadalajara. In 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons he was back-to-back top scorer in the Spanish Liga ASOBAL with 200 and 196 goals respectively.[2]

In 2020 he joined league rivals Fraikin BM Granollers. In the 2021–22 season he once again became the league top scorer. He finished 2nd that season, behind FC Barcelona.

In 2022 he joined French team Saint-Raphaël Var Handball.[3] In 2023 he prolonged his contract until 2026.[4]

National team

Chema Márquez debuted for the Spanish national team on June 14, 2017, against Bosnia-Herzegovina.[1]

Prior to that he had played 37 games for the Spanish youth national team.[1] With them he won the U-20 European Championship in 2016 and U-21 World Championship in 2017.

He won silver medals at the 2022 European Championship with the Spanish team. During the tournament he played 4 games and scored 10 goals. Spain lost the final to Sweden 27:26.[1] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games he won gold medals with the Spanish team.

Private life

His older brother, Alejandro Márquez Coloma, also plays handball. His father, Ricardo, was also a handballer.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JOSE MARIA MARQUEZ COLOMA". www.rfebm.com (in Spanish). Spanish Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Liga ASOBAL: José María Márquez Coloma". www.asobal.es (in Spanish). Liga ASOBAL. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ "El 'Hispano' Chema Márquez dejará el Granollers para jugar en Saint-Raphael francés". www.marca.com (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. ^ "CHEMA MÀRQUEZ PROLONGE SON CONTRAT AU SEIN DE L'EFFECTIF RAPHAËLOIS !". www.srvhb.com (in French). Saint-Raphaël Var Handball. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Familia de campeones" (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chema_M%C3%A1rquez
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