Lorenzo Rico

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Lorenzo Rico Díaz (born January 17, 1962 in Colmenar Viejo ) is a former Spanish handball goalkeeper .

Career

Lorenzo Rico, who was 1.85 m tall and weighed 86 kg when he was active, played for BM Atlético Madrid from 1976 to 1987 , with whom he won the Spanish championship and the Copa del Rey de Balonmano five times as well as the Spanish Supercup once. From 1987 to the end of his career in 1995, he ran for FC Barcelona . With Barca , he added five league titles, four Copa del Rey, one Copa ASOBAL and five Supercups to his collection of titles . In addition, he won the European Champion Clubs ' Cup in 1990/91 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1993/94 and 1994/1995 .

With the Spanish national team , Lorenzo Rico took part in the Olympic Games in 1984 , 1988 and 1992 . Until 2007, Lorenzo Rico was Spain's record international player with 245 international matches , before David Barrufet , once a goalkeeper colleague in Barcelona, ​​overtook him.

Others

Lorenzo Rico works in the family business together with his brothers. His son is also a handball goalkeeper.

successes

  • Spanish champion 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992
  • Copa del Rey de Balonmano 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1994
  • Copa ASOBAL 1995
  • Supercopa de España 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994
  • European Champion Clubs' Cup 1991
  • European Cup Winners' Cup in 1994 and 1995
  • Catalan champion in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995
  • Olympic Games: 8th place 1984, 9th place 1988 and 5th place 1992

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c blogs.20minutos.es Qué fue de… Lorenzo Rico (Spanish) of October 16, 2008, accessed on March 25, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Rico, Lorenzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rico Díaz, Lorenzo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish handball player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Colmenar Viejo , Spain