José Javier Hombrados


José Javier Hombrados Ibáñez is a Spanish former handball player for [Spain men's national Team handball|handball team|Spain national team].
He has the record for most appearances in the Spanish top division, Liga ASOBAL and the only player with more than 700 appeances. He is the only goalkeeper to have won the EHF Champions League with three different clubs.

Career

Hombrados began playing handball at BM Safa in Barcelona. His first league game was for Atlético Madrid. In 1991, he reached the final of the Cope del Rey.
In 1993, he joined Teka. Here he won the Spanish Championship in 1994 and the EHF Champions League and Copa del Rey in 1995. He then played for a short while for SD Teucro before joining Ademar León. Here, he won the Copa ASOBAL and the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
In 2000, he joined SDC San Antonio where he won the 2000-01 EHF Champions League, the IHF Super Globe and the Copa del Rey in his first season and the Spanish league in his second.
He then joined BM Ciudad Real where he played until 2013, the last two of which under the Atlético Madrid license.
In 2013 he played for the Qatari club Qatari Al Sadd at the 2013 IHF Super Globe.
After Qatar, he signed for German club HSG Wetzlar.
In 2015, he joined BM Guadalajara. He retired after the 2020-21 season at the age of 49, after 29 seasons and 770 games.
During his career, Hombrados' shirt number was equivalent to his age at the start of that particular season.

Trophies

Liga ASOBAL: 4