Jesús Fernández Oceja

Jesús Fernández Oceja

Player information
Nickname	"Chechu"
birthday	February 25, 1974
place of birth	Santander , Spain
citizenship	Spanish
height	1.94 m
Playing position	Back center
	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1984-1991	Colegio Salesianos
1991-1993	Teka Santander
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1993-2002	Teka Santander
2002–11 / 2002	Club Balonmano Málaga
11 / 2002-2004	TSV GWD Minden
National team
Debut on	April 21, 1995
against	Switzerland in St. Gallen
	Games (goals)
Spain	54 (54)
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 × European Championship 0 × 1 × 0 × Mediterranean Games 0 × 0 × 1 × U-21 world championship 0 × 1 × 0 × U-18 European Championship 0 × 0 × 1 ×
As of August 26, 2019

Jesús "Chechu" Fernández Oceja (born February 25, 1974 in Santander , Spain ) is a former Spanish handball player . He played for TSV GWD Minden in the Bundesliga . With the Spanish national team he won the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games .

Career

societies

Fernández Oceja began playing handball in 1984 in the youth teams of the Colegio Salesianos . At the age of 17 he joined the top club Teka Santander in 1991 (later also Caja Cantabria Santander and CB Cantabria ). With Santander he won numerous titles. He has been the Spanish champion twice, four cup wins and three European Cup titles. The highlight was winning the Champions League in 1994 , although the club was in a serious financial crisis. In 2002 Fernández Oceja moved to the second division club Balonmano Málaga . However, he left the club again in November. He accepted an offer from TSV GWD Minden , who were looking for a replacement for their long-term injured captain Frank von Behren . Despite a new contract offer, he decided in 2004 to end his career and return to Málaga to set up a hotel with his wife.

National teams

Jesús Fernández Oceja made six youth and 37 junior internationals (21 and 83 goals respectively) for Spain. With the U-18 selection, he was third at the U-18 European Championship in 1992 in Switzerland and vice-U-21 world champion in 1995 in Argentina .

Between 1995 and 2004 he played 54 international matches (54 goals) for the Spanish national team , with which he won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and became vice European champion in his own country in the same year.

He also won the bronze medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari .

successes

societies

• Spanish champion (2): 1993 ^Jun , 1994
• Copa del Rey Winner (1): 1995
• Copa Asobal winner (3): 1992 ^Jun , 1997 , 1998
• Spanish Supercup Winner (2): 1993 ^Jun , 1995
• Champions League winner: 1994
• European Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1998
• IHF Cup Winner (1): 1993 ^Jun
• Super Globe (1): 1997

^Jun as a junior player in the men's team

National teams

• Bronze medal Olympic Games (1): 1996
• Vice European Champion (1): 1996
• Vice U-21 World Champion (1): 1995
• Bronze medal U-18 European Championship (1): 1992
• Bronze medal Mediterranean Games (1): 1997

Web links

• Jesús Fernández Oceja in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Jesús Fernández Oceja in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Statistics of the Spanish handball association
2. ↑ ^{a b} Herrero, Sergio (eldiariomontanes.es): ¿QUÉ FUE DE ... 'CHECHU FERNÁNDEZ'? "Fue una decepción que el club por el que luché desapareciese de un día para otro". El ex central del Teka regenta un complejo turístico en Málaga y lamenta que sólo el fútbol tenga repercusión mediática en Cantabria . January 5, 2011, as of November 10, 2017. (Spanish)