Xavier O'Callaghan
| Player information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Xavier O'Callaghan Ferrer |
| Nickname | "Oca" |
| birthday | March 2nd 1972 |
| place of birth | Tarragona , Spain |
| citizenship |
 Spanish
|
| height | 1.86 m |
| Playing position | Back center |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1986-1990 |
FC Barcelona
|
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1990-2005 |
FC Barcelona
|
| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
|
Spain
|
87 (140) |
|
As of March 7, 2014 |
|
Xavier O'Callaghan Ferrer (born March 2, 1972 in Tarragona , Spain ) is a Spanish handball manager and former national handball player.
The 1.86 m tall and 80 kg playmaker played for 19 years for the prestigious Spanish club FC Barcelona , with whom he won a total of 55 titles. At the end of his career in 2005, he moved to the management of the club, and he also works in the Forum Club Handball . In 2010 his jersey with the number 4 was hung under the roof of the Palau Blaugrana in his honor and has not been awarded since then.
With the Spanish national team he won bronze at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and also took part in the 2004 Games in Athens. O'Callaghan played 87 internationals in which he scored 140 goals.
successes
- European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1990/91
- EHF Champions League Winner: 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2004/05
- EHF Cup : 2002/03
- European Cup Winners' Cup : 1993/94, 1994/95
- EHF Champions Trophy : 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004
- League ASOBAL : 1990/91, 1991/92, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2002/03
- Copa del Rey : 1992/93, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2003/04
- Copa ASOBAL : 1994/95, 1995/96, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2001/02
- Supercopa Asobal : 1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2003/04
- Catalan champion: 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1996/97
- Pyrenees champions: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
- Olympic Games 2000: bronze
Web links
- Xavier O'Callaghan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- European Cup statistics on eurohandball.com
- Interview with O'Callaghan (English) on eurohandball.com, March 6, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.eurohandball.com O'Callaghan to be honored from April 15, 2010 (English)
- ↑ www.rfebm.com Máximas Alineaciones (Masculino) con la Seleccion ABSOLUTA ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 7, 2014
- ↑ www.rfebm.com Máximos Goleadores en su trayectoria con la Seleccion ABSOLUTA ( Memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 7, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Callaghan, Xavier |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Callaghan Ferrer, Xavier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish handball manager and handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2nd 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tarragona , Spain |