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Mireya González

Mireya González Álvarez[a] (born July 18, 1991 in León) is a Spanish handballer who plays as a right back for the Romanian club HC Dunărea Brăila and the Spanish national team.[1][2][3]

Mireya González
González in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mireya González Álvarez
Born (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 33)
León, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club HC Dunărea Brăila
Number 99
Senior clubs
Years Team
2008–2013
 Club Balonmano Alcobendas
2013–2015
 Union Mios Biganos-Bègles
2015–2018
 Érd NK
2018
 → Győri ETO KC (loan)
2018–2019
 Siófok KC
2019–2022
 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2022–
 HC Dunărea Brăila
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–
 Spain 101 (193)
Title
2018
 EHF Champions League Gold
2019
 EHF Cup Gold
2015
 EHF Challenge Cup Gold
Medal record
Women's handball
Representing  Spain
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan

Among her most important achievements are winning the world runner-up in 2019 with the Spanish team and winning the three European competitions: The Women's EHF Champions League, EHF Cup, and EHF Challenge Cup.

Club career

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2008 - 2012: Player for Club Balonmano Alcobendas.

2012 - 2015: Played in France with the team Union Mios Biganos-Bègles, with which she was a finalist in the Coupe de la Ligue 2014-2015 and champion of the EHF Challenge Cup in 2015.

2015 - 2018: Moved to Hungary to firstly play with Érd NK, with which she was a finalist in the Magyar Kupa 2015-2016 and finished 3rd in the Hungarian Championship in the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons. In 2018, she played with Győri Audi ETO KC, with which she was champion of the Magyar Kupa, the Hungarian Championship, and the EHF Champions League.

2018 - 2019: Played with the club Siófok KC and obtained again 3rd place in the Hungarian Championship, while completing her European triple crown by winning the EHF Cup.

2019 - 2022: Moved to Romania to play with the SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea team, with which she won the Supercupa României in 2020, was a finalist in 2019, won the Cupa României in 2020, and finished 3rd in Liga Națională in 2021 and 2022. She participated in The Women's EHF Champions League during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 seasons, being nominated for best right back in both seasons.

2022–Present: Plays for HC Dunărea Brăila, with which she has been a finalist in the Cupa României in 2024, 3rd in the Cupa României in 2023, and 3rd in the Supercupa României. She also played in the final four of the EHF Cup in 2024.

 
González playing for Érd NK in November 2017

International honours

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With the Spanish Handball Team, she has been capped 121 times and has scored 246 goals to date.[4] Her greatest success has been the silver medal at the Kumamoto 2019 World Championship.

Notable Participations

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  • Mediterranean Games 2013: 8 goals.
  • European Championship 2014: 2 goals.
  • European Championship 2016: 9 goals.
  • World Championship 2017: 13 goals.
  • European Championship 2018: 35 goals.
  • World Championship 2019: 27 goals.
  • European Championship 2020: 12 goals.
  • Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: 8 goals.
  • World Championship 2021: 3 goals.
  • European Championship 2022: 7 goals.
  • World Championship 2023: 20 goals.

Achievements

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Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

References

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  1. ^ "Mireya González Álvarez". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 3 November 2017.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Mireya González Álvarez". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ "2017 World Women's Handball Championship roster" (PDF). International Handball Federation.
  4. ^ "RFEBM - Real Federación Española de Balonmano". rfebm.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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