Joan Cañellas

Joan Cañellas
Cañellas with Spain in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Joan Cañellas Reixach
Born	(1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 37) Santa Maria de Palautordera, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Kadetten Schaffhausen
Number	7
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2004–2005	BM Granollers
2005–2008	FC Barcelona
2008–2009	BM Granollers
2009–2011	BM Ciudad Real
2011–2013	Atlético Madrid
2013–2014	HSV Hamburg
2014–2016	THW Kiel
2016–2018	RK Vardar
2018–2021	SC Pick Szeged
2021–	Kadetten Schaffhausen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Spain	204	(502)
Medal record World Championship 2013 Spain 2011 Sweden 2021 Egypt 2023 Poland/Sweden European Championship 2018 Croatia 2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway 2016 Poland 2022 Hungary/Slovakia 2014 Denmark

Joan Cañellas Reixach (born 30 September 1986) is a Spanish handball player for Kadetten Schaffhausen and the Spain national team.^[1][2]

Cañellas scored 50 goals for Spain at the 2014 European Championship in Denmark. He was the tournament's top scorer.

While playing in Madrid, he also studied pharmacy at University of Barcelona and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Joan is a member of a pharmacist dynasty, six of his family members are pharmacists.

Honours and awards

F.C.Barcelona

• Spanish Liga: 2005–06
• Spanish Cup: 2007
• Spanish Supercup: 2007

BM. Ciudad Real

• Spanish Liga: 2009–2010
• Spanish Cup: 2010
• Super Globe: 2010
• Asobal Cup: 2010
• Spanish Supercup: 2010
• EHF Champions League Finalist: 2010–11

BM. Atletico de Madrid

• Super Globe: 2012
• Spanish SuperCup: 2011
• Spanish Cup: 2011, 2012
• EHF Champions League Finalist: 2011–12

THW Kiel

• Handball-Bundesliga: 2014–2015
• DHB-Supercup: 2015, 2016

Vardar Skopje

• EHF Champions League Winner: 2016–17
• Macedonian Handball Super League: 2016–17, 2017–18
• Macedonian Handball Cup: 2016, 2017
• SEHA Liga: 2016, 2017

MOL-Pick Szeged

• Magyar Kézilabdakupa: 2018–2019
• Magyar Kézilabdaliga: 2020–2021

Individual

• MVP of the SEHA League Final Four: 2017

References

External links

• Joan Cañellas at the European Handball Federation
• Joan Cañellas at THW Kiel (in German)
• Joan Cañellas at Olympedia