Ian Tarrafeta
{{short description|Spanish handball player (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Ian Tarrafeta
| image =
| caption =
| full_name = Ian Tarrafeta Serrano
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|01|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sabadell, Spain
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Centre back
| currentclub = Pays d'Aix UC
| clubnumber = 28
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2017–2020
| clubs1 = BM Granollers
| years2 = 2020–2025
| clubs2 = Pays d'Aix UC
| years3 = 2025–
| clubs3 = HBC Nantes
| nationalyears1 = 2019–
| nationalteam1 = Spain
| nationalcaps1 = 61
| nationalgoals1 = 140
| ntupdate = 13 January 2025
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Poland/Sweden|}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Hungary/Slovakia|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Georgia|}}
}}
Ian Tarrafeta Serrano{{cite web |url=https://www.uab.cat/web/newsroom/news-detail/uab-students-to-participate-in-the-olympic-games-paris-2024-1345830290613.html?detid=1345922592518 |title=UAB students to participate in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 |website=UAB.cat |publisher=Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |date=19 July 2024 |quote=There will also be two students in the Olympic Games Paris in the handball team: Ian Tarrafeta Serrano (Political Science and Public Management) and Daniel Fernández Jiménez (Physiotherapy).}}{{fnf|Tarrafeta|Serrano|lang=Spanish}} (born 4 January 1999) is a Spanish handball player who plays for Pays d'Aix UC and the Spanish national team.
Club career
Tarrafeta comes from Sabadell, a suburb of Barcelona. He made his debut in the EHF Cup and in the highest Spanish league, the Liga ASOBAL, with BM Granollers in the 2016/17 season. The playmaker signed his first professional contract for the 2017/18 season. With Granollers, he subsequently qualified for the European Cup by finishing third, fifth and sixth in the league. In the 2020/21 season, he began playing in France for Pays d'Aix UC in the Starligue. With a fourth and a third place in the French championship, he achieved the best placing in the club's history with PAUC. After the 2021/22 season, Tarrafeta was voted the best rookie in the Starligue.{{cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-70-143021.html |title=All-Star Team in Frankreich: Luc Steins erneut MVP der Lidl Starligue |work=www.handball-world.news |accessdate=25 June 2022}}
International career
With the Spanish youth national team, in which he made his debut on 8 April 2016,{{cite web |url=https://www.rfebm.com/competiciones/detalle_jugador_seleccion.php?id_jugador=38184 |title=IAN TARRAFETA SERRANO |website=www.rfebm.com}} Tarrafeta finished 6th at the 2016 U-18 European Championship, was top scorer with 58 goals and was selected to the All-Star team.{{cite web |url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-1-20-84467.html |title=Zwei DHB-Talente im All-Star-Team der U18-Europameisterschaft |work=www.handball-world.news |accessdate=25 June 2022}} Tarrafeta played his first game with the Spanish junior national team on 28 October 2017. He won the silver medal with the selection at the 2017 U-19 World Championship. In nine games he scored 31 goals and was again selected to the All-Star team.{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/competitiondata/1a14d7bc-c6b3-4e1f-bf44-91e40a081a0c/pdf/TOPSCORER.pdf |title=SCORE STANDINGS (COURT PLAYER) |work=ihf.info |accessdate=25 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/men%E2%80%99syouthworldchampionships/mensyouthworldchampionship%2Cgeo2017/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5255 |title=All-star Team and MVP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821052547/http://www.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/men%E2%80%99syouthworldchampionships/mensyouthworldchampionship%2Cgeo2017/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5255 |archive-date=21 August 2017}}
Tarrafeta made his debut for the Spanish senior national team on 23 October 2019 against Poland at the Four Nations Tournament in San Juan, Argentina. At the 2022 European Championship, he scored twelve goals in seven games and won the silver medal with the Iberians. At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, he won the gold medal with Spain. He took part in a World Championship for the first time in January 2023 in Poland and Sweden.{{cite web |url=https://as.com/masdeporte/balonmano/los-ocho-debutantes-de-espana-seran-nueve-n/ |title=Los ocho debutantes de España serán nueve |website=as.com |date=15 January 2023 |accessdate=16 January 2023}} In his first game there, he suffered a rib injury.{{cite web |url=https://www.rfebm.com/noticia/ian-tarrafeta-baja-por-una-fisura-en-una-costilla |title=Ian Tarrafeta, baja por una fisura en una costilla |website=www.rfebm.com |date=15 January 2023 |accessdate=15 January 2023}} He won the bronze medal with the Spanish selection for the 2023 World Championship.
By January 2024, Tarrafeta had played 42 international matches, in which he scored 93 goals.
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External links
- {{IHF|23165|Ian Tarrafeta Serrano}}
- {{EHF|name=Ian Tarrafeta Serrano}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/ian-tarrafeta_1948288 Ian Tarrafeta] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
{{Spain squad 2022 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Spain squad 2023 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Spain handball squad 2024 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Sabadell
Category:Handball players from the Province of Barcelona
Category:Spanish male handball players
Category:Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic handball players for Spain
Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen
Category:Spanish expatriate handball players in France
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics