Mateo Garralda

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Mateo Garralda

| fullname = Mateo Jesús Garralda Larumbe

| image =

| nationality = Spanish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Burlada, Spain

| height = 1.96 m

| position = Right back

| currentclub = Albatro Siracusa

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1986

| clubs1 = BM Burlada

| years2 = 1986–1991

| clubs2 = BM Granollers

| years3 = 1991–1992

| clubs3 = Atlético Madrid BM

| years4 = 1992–1996

| clubs4 = Teka Cantabria

| years5 = 1996–1999

| clubs5 = FC Barcelona

| years6 = 1999–2006

| clubs6 = Portland San Antonio

| years7 = 2006–2008

| clubs7 = Ademar León

| years8 = 2008–2011

| clubs8 = KIF Kolding

| years9 = 2011–2012

| clubs9 = BM Guadalajara

| nationalyears1 = 1998-2012

| nationalteam1 = Spain

| nationalcaps1 = 233

| nationalgoals1 = 593

| manageryears1 = 2012–2014

| managerclubs1 = BM Guadalajara

| manageryears2 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs2 = Știința Dedeman Bacău

| manageryears3 = 2016–2022

| managerclubs3 = Chile

| manageryears4 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs4 = Zamalek H.C

| manageryears5 = 2023–

| managerclubs5 = Albatro Siracusa

| medaltemplates =

}}

Mateo Jesús Garralda Larumbe (born 1 December 1969) is a Spanish retired handballer and the current head coach of italian club Albatro Siracusa.[http://www.eurohandball.com/player/500259 EHF profile]

Career

Garralda started playing handball in his hometown club BM Burlada. He then joined BM Granollers where he played his first league match. In 1991 he joined Atlético Madrid BM for one season before joining Teka Cantabria. Here he won the Spanish championship, Spanish Supercup, the EHF European League, EHF Champions League, Copa ASOBAL, IHF Super Globe and the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

I 1996 he joined FC Barcelona, where he once again won the Spanish championship, Spanish Supercup and EHF Champions League.

In 1999 after having a disagreement with his coach, he joined Portland San Antonio, where he won the 2000 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, 2001 Copa del Rey and Champion League and the 2002 and 2005 Spanish league.

In 2006 at the age of 37 he joined Ademar León. In 2008 he joined Danish side KIF Kolding.{{cite web|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2011-03-25-spansk-stjerne-faerdig-i-kolding|title=Spansk stjerne færdig i Kolding|first=Kasper|last=Højstrup Nielsen|publisher=TV2 Danmark|date=25 March 2011|accessdate=30 January 2025|language=da}} Here he won the Danish championship, Herrehåndboldligaen, in 2009. In 2011 he left Kolding, due to the club's bad economy. He then joined BM Guadalajara for a single season before retiring.

He is one of only 5 players who has one the EHF Champions League with 3 different clubs, and only the third to do so.

=National team=

He competed in four Olympics; the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the team took bronze medals, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

At the 2005 World Championship he was on the team, that won gold medals.

Coaching career

From 2012 he became the head coach of AD Ciudad de Guadalajara. In 2014 he moved to Romanian Știința Municipal Dedeman Bacău

Between 2016 and 2022 he was the coach of the Chilean national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/duro-golpe-para-el-balonmano-chileno-mateo-garralda-deja-la-seleccion-y-parte-a-egipto/2TIK6VKNXNAPZGW5FBALBQKGNI/ |publisher=latercera.com |title=Mateo Garralda deja la Selección y parte a Egipto: "Me genera muchísima ilusión conocer un país y una cultura completamente diferentes"|accessdate=20 July 2022|language=es}}

Afterwards he joined Egyptian top club Zamalek.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-planet.com/spanish-drive-in-cairo-garralda-in-zamalek-gordo-stays-in-al-ahly/ |title="Spanish drive" in Cairo – Garralda in Zamalek, Gordo stays in Al Ahly |publisher=Handball-Planet|accessdate=18 June 2022}} In June 2023 he was for a short while the coach of Saudi Arabian Mudhar.{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/balonmano/2023/06/23/6494d12946163f41168b4574.html |publisher=marca.com|title=Mateo Garralda deja el Zamalek egipcio para fichar por el Mudhar saudí|date=23 June 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023|language=es}} Only four months later he moved to Italy and became the head coach of Albatro Siracusa.{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/balonmano/2023/10/19/65310c7322601d92738b45b8.html |publisher=marca.com|title=Mateo Garralda, nuevo técnico del Albatro Siracusa italiano", |date=19 October 2023|accessdate=27 October 2023|language=es}}