Antonio García Robledo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Robledo.
Antonio García Robledo
Robledo in 2012
Personal information
Full name Antonio Jesús García Robledo
Born (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984
La Llagosta, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club BM Granollers
Number 99
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2011
 BM Granollers
2011–2012
 CB Ademar León
2012–2014
 Paris Saint-Germain
2014–2016
 SC Pick Szeged
2016–2017
 KIF Kolding København
2017
 → FC Barcelona
2017–2018
 CSM București
2018–2019
 BM Granollers
2019–2020
 HBC Nantes
2020–2025
 BM Granollers
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–
 Spain 103 (205)
Teams managed
2025-
 BM Granollers (Assistent)
Medal record
World Championships
2013 Spain Team
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
European Championships
2016 Poland
2022 Hungary/Slovakia
2014 Denmark
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 27 May 2025[1]

Antonio Jesús García Robledo (born 6 March 1984) is a Spanish handball coach and former player who is currently the assistent coach for BM Granollers. As a player he played for the Spanish national team.[2] He is a world Champion from the 2013 World Championship.[3][4]

Career

Garca started his career at BM Granollers where he played for their second team firstly and then joined ther first team in 2005. With the club he reached the final of the 2009-10 EHF Cup Winners' Cup where they lost to German club VfL Gummersbach.

Because of the club's economic situation he joined Ademar León in 2010.[5]

For the 2012-13 season he signed for French top club Paris Saint-Germain.[6] Here he won the 2013 French Champonshp and the 2014 Coupe de France.

In 2014 he joined Hungarian Pick Szeged.[7] Here he won the Hungarian Championship in 2014-15 and in 2015-16.

In 2016 he joined Danish side KIF Kolding København.[8] Already in March the same season he left Koldnig to join FC Barcelona.[9] Here he won the Liga ASOBAL and Copa del Rey. The following summer he joined Romanian CSM București.[10]

For the 2017-18 season he returned to BM Granollers.[11]

In 2019 he moved to HBC Nantes together with Alberto Entrerríos.[12] The following summer he returned to BM Granollers for a third time.[13] In 2022 he and the club reached the final of the Copa del Rey, but lost to FC Barcelona. On March 3rd 2023 he scored his goal no 1000 in the Spanish league.[14]

He retired after the 2024-25 season and became an assistant coach at BM Granollers.[15][16]

National team

García was part of the Spanish team that won the 2013 World Championship.

A year later he won bronze medals at the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship.

He also represented Span at the 2015 World Championship[17]

Afterwards he was not part of the Spanish team for 5 years but made a comeback at the 2021 Olympics and won bronze medals with Spain.[18]

At the 2022 European Handball Championship he won silver medals, losing to Sweden in the final.[19]

References

  1. ^ www.rfebm.com, „ANTONIO GARCIA ROBLEDO“, retrieved 2 November 2025
  2. ^ "Antonio García Robledo". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Spain routs Denmark 35–19 to win its 2nd world handball championship". The Washington Post. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Spain - World Cup 2013" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Leon und Barcelona mit Top-Verpflichtungen, neue Rolle für Omeyer" (in German). handball-world.com. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Nächster Spanier verlässt Liga Asobal" (in German). handball-world.com. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Sierra és Robledo két évre a Pické" (in Hungarian). Pick Szeged. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Nach enttäuschender Saison: KIF Kopenhagen leitet Umbruch ein" (in German). handball-world.com. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Barcelona verpflichtet Ex-Weltmeister als Andersson-Ersatz" (in German). handball-world.com. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  10. ^ "CSM Bukarest holt Rückraumspieler aus Barcelona" (in German). handball-world.com. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Wechselübersicht Spanien: Liga Asobal mit drei Zugängen aus Deutschland" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Ex-HBL-Profi Drasko Nenadic kehrt zu ehemaligem Verein zurück" (in German). handball-world.com. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Antonio García Robledo marxarà del Nantes a final de temporada" (in Catalan). somlallagosta.cat. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Antonio García alcanza los 1.000 goles en Asobal en el triunfo del Granollers ante el Cisne" (in Spanish). Marca. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Antonio García inicia una nova etapa al BM Granollers com a segon entrenador i referent de l'estructura esportiva" (in Spanish). BM Granollers. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  16. ^ "El histórico Antonio García, oro mundial en 2013, se retirará cuando acabe la temporada" (in Spanish). Marca. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  17. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Match Team Statistics: Germany vs. Spain" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Men's EHF Euro 2022: Spain". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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