Pablo Simonet

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Pablo Simonet
Pablo Simonet

Pablo Simonet jumping

Player information
Full name Pablo Ariel Simonet Moldes
Nickname "Pablito"
birthday April 5, 1992
place of birth Buenos Aires , Argentina
citizenship ArgentiniansArgentinians argentinian
height 1.85 m
Playing position Back center
  Back left
Throwing hand right
Club information
society SpainSpain BM Benidorm
Jersey number 4th
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
0000–2011 ArgentinaArgentina SAG de Villa Ballester
Clubs as active
from ... to society
2011–1 / 2012 ArgentinaArgentina SAG de Villa Ballester
1 / 2012–2013 SpainSpain BM Ciudad Encantada
2013-2016 FranceFrance US Ivry HB
2016– SpainSpain BM Benidorm
National team
  Games (goals)
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 106 (233)

As of April 18, 2020

Pablo Simonet (born April 5, 1992 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine handball player who is mostly used on the back center . His brothers Sebastián and Diego also play handball professionally.

The 1.85 m tall and 90 kg heavy right-handed player began playing handball in his home town at SAG de Villa Ballester. There he won the Argentine youth championship in 2011 and made his debut in the adult team. In January 2012 he moved to the Spanish league ASOBAL to BM Ciudad Encantada . After two years he followed his brothers in the French Ligue Nationale de Handball to US Ivry HB , where he replaced Diego and played with Sebastián. He has been under contract with the Spanish first division club BM Benidorm since summer 2016 . He will return to BM Ciudad Encantada for the 2020/21 season.

With the Argentine national team , Simonet took part in the 2013 World Cup and finished in 18th place. There he ran together with his two brothers and scored 20 goals in seven games. He won the gold medal at the 2014 Pan American Championship. At the 17th Pan American Games in Toronto , he won the silver medal. He also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . So far, he has played 65 international matches in which he scored 141 goals.

With the junior selection, he took part in the U-19 World Cup 2011 in his own country and reached 10th place. He scored 24 goals and gave 14 assists. At the U-21 World Handball Championship in 2013 he finished 16th with Argentina and scored 37 goals.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presencias y Goleo - Selecciones Adultas Femenina y Masculina. handballargentina.org, July 18, 2019, accessed April 18, 2020 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ a b www.marca.com El Ciudad Encantada ficha a Pablo Simonet (Spanish) of November 11, 2011, accessed on March 4, 2014
  3. ↑ www.handzone.net D1M: Pablo Simonet signe 3 ans à l'US Ivry ( memento of March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (French) accessed on March 4, 2014
  4. ↑ www.laverdad.es El Benidorm ficha al lateral Pablo Simonet (Spanish) from April 2, 2016, accessed on April 3, 2016
  5. ↑ handball-world.news Argentinian Pablo Simonet returns to Ciucad Encantada on March 12, 2020, accessed on March 12, 2020
  6. ↑ ihf.info Team roster Argentinia (PDF, 268 kB) accessed on March 4, 2014
  7. ↑ www.handball-world.com Brothers trio complete with German opponents: Sebastian Simonet in the Argentine squad from January 15, 2013, accessed on March 4, 2014
  8. ↑ results.toronto2015.org: Pablo Simonet , accessed September 3, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Simonet, Pablo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simonet Moldes, Pablo Ariel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine handball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina