Ignacio Plaza Jiménez
| Player information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | "Nacho" |
| birthday | January 10, 1994 |
| place of birth | Ciudad Real , Spain |
| citizenship |
 Spanish
|
| height | 1.95 m |
| Playing position | Circular rotor |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | AEK Athens |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| - |
BM Ciudad Real
|
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| –2012 |
BM Ciudad Real
|
| 2012-2015 |
BM Puerto Sagunto
|
| 2015-2018 |
 Foxes Berlin
|
| 2018-2019 |
SC Magdeburg
|
| 2019– |
 AEK Athens
|
|
As of July 23, 2019 |
|
Ignacio "Nacho" Plaza Jiménez (born January 10, 1994 in Ciudad Real ) is a Spanish handball player .
Career
Ignacio Plaza Jiménez played for BM Ciudad Real , for whom he played in the EHF Champions League in the 2010/11 season. As of 2012, the 1.95-meter-tall runner was part of the squad of the Spanish first division club BM Puerto Sagunto . For the 2015/16 season he moved to the German Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin , with whom he signed a three-year contract. With the Füchsen he was club world champion in 2015 and 2016 . During the 2017/18 season he suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament and had to watch the victory of his foxes in the EHF Cup from the stands. From summer 2018 he was under contract with SC Magdeburg . A year later Ignacio Plaza Jiménez moved to the Greek club AEK Athens . With AEK he won the Greek championship in 2020.
At the U20 European Championship in Austria in 2014 , Plaza Jiménez won the bronze medal with the Spanish junior national team and was elected to the all-star team of the tournament.
Bundesliga record
| season | society | Division | Games | Gates | 7 meters | Field gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | Foxes Berlin | Bundesliga | 27 | 17th | 0 | 17th |
| 2016/17 | Foxes Berlin | Bundesliga | 34 | 43 | 1 | 42 |
| 2017/18 | Foxes Berlin | Bundesliga | 10 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2018/19 | SC Magdeburg | Bundesliga | 31 | 21st | 0 | 21st |
| 2015-2019 | total | Bundesliga | 102 | 94 | 1 | 94 |
Web links
- Ignacio Plaza Jiménez on the SC Magdeburg website
- Ignacio Plaza Jiménez on the BM Puerto Sagunto website
- Ignacio Plaza Jiménez in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ handball-world.com: Three more newcomers: Füchse Berlin are strengthening themselves for the new season on January 12, 2015, accessed on January 12, 2015
- ↑ handball-world.news: Gleb Kalarash is leaving SC Magdeburg with immediate effect, successor is from Füchsen , accessed on August 17, 2018
- ↑ aek.gr: Έναρξη συνεργασίας με τον Ignacio Plaza Jimenez , accessed on July 23, 2019
- ↑ eurohandball.com: All-star team named at Men's 20 EHF EURO from August 4, 2014, accessed on January 12, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plaza Jiménez, Ignacio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nacho (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ciudad Real , Spain |