Luís Frade
| Luís Frade | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Luís Diogo Sousa Frade | ||
| Born |
11 September 1998 Rio Tinto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Barcelona | ||
| Number | 82 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2015–2018 | AA Águas Santas | ||
2018–2020 | Sporting CP | ||
2020– | FC Barcelona | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019- | Portugal | 70 | (156) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2024 | |||
Luís Diogo Sousa Frade (born 11 September 1998) is a Portuguese handball player for FC Barcelona and the Portuguese national team.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]As a kid Frade played primarily Rugby and Basketball, and only discovered handball at the age of 14.[3]
In 2015 he Joined Portuguese first league team AA Águas Santas. In 2018 he joined Portuguese top team Sporting CP. In his first season at the club he came in second place in the Portuguese League Andebol 1.
FC Barcelona
[edit]In 2020 he joined FC Barcelona on a four year deal.[4] In his first season at the club he reached the final of the EHF Champions League, where Barcelona lost the German side THW Kiel. In this season he was named best young player in the world by Handball Planet.[5] The following season in 2021 he won the EHF Champions League, beating Danish team Aalborg Håndbold in the final.
National team
[edit]He represented Portugal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship where Portugal came 6th.[6][7]
In 2025 he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France.[8]
Honours
[edit]- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2021, 2022, 2024
- Liga ASOBAL:
- Winner: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Copa ASOBAL:
- Winner: 2023, 2024
- Copa del Rey:
- Winner: 2023
- Supercopa Ibérica:
- Winner: 2022
- Individual awards
- Handball-Planet - Best young player in the world: 2020
References
[edit]- ^ "Luís Frade Profile". sporting.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Luís Frade Profile". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Junioren im Blickpunkt - Teil 9: Portugals Kreisläufer Luis Frade". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- ^ "FC Barcelona Handball confirm four-years deal with Luis Frade". Handball-Planet. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- ^ "Português Luís Frade eleito melhor andebolista jovem do mundo". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). SAPO. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ "EHF Euro 2020: Grupo fechado para o Campeonato da Europa". portal.fpa.pt. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Luís Frade at the European Handball Federation
- Luís Frade at Olympedia
- Frade at FC Barcelona website
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- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Gondomar, Portugal
- Olympic handball players for Portugal
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