Borja Vidal

{{short description|Spanish-Qatari handball and basketball player (born 1981)}}

{{family name hatnote|Fernández|Fernández|lang=Spanish}}

{{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Borja Vidal

| image = Borja Fernandez-GoldenLeague-20160110 8 crop.JPG

| caption = Vidal in 2016

| full_name = Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|12|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Valdés, Spain

| nationality = Spanish/Qatari

| height = {{height|m=2.06|precision=0}}

| position = Pivot

| currentclub = Al-Qiyada

| clubnumber =

| years1 =

| clubs1 = BM Aragón

| years2 =

| clubs2 = Algeciras BM

| years3 =

| clubs3 = SD Teucro

| years4 =

| clubs4 = CB Torrevieja

| years5 = 2011–2013

| clubs5 = HBC Nantes

| years6 = 2013–

| clubs6 = Al-Qiyada

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Qatar

| nationalcaps1 = 34

| nationalgoals1 = 79

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Qatar|}}

}}

Borja Vidal Fernández Fernández (born 25 December 1981) is a Spanish-Qatari handball player for Al-Qiyada and the Qatari national team.{{cite web|url=http://ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/QAT.pdf |title=2015 World Championship Roster |publisher=IHF |accessdate=15 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203092339/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/153/pdf/QAT.pdf |archivedate=3 February 2015 }}

He formerly played professionally basketball in Spain until 2005, when he changed to handball.[http://www.elcomercio.es/pg060316/prensa/noticias/Deportes/200603/16/GIJ-DEP-245.html «Ahora atizo más»]; El Comercio, 3 June 2006 {{in lang|es}}

In 2013, Fernández got the Qatari passport for playing with their national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/2013/10/28/baloncesto/basketfeb/1382956285.html|title=El primer 'Hispano' se hace qatarí|publisher=Marca|date=29 October 2013|accessdate=9 August 2016|language=es}}

He competed in handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference}}