Cristian Ugalde

Cristian Ugalde García (born 19 October 1987) is a Spanish professional handball player for Tatabánya KC and the Spain national team.

Career He started his career in FC Barcelona's youth teams and he played his first match with FC Barcelona's Senior Team in the ASOBAL League 20 October 2004, just one day after being 17 years old. He played for FC Barcelona Senior team 7 years and won 18 titles. In 2012 he signed a contract with MKB Veszprem for the next 3 seasons, which in his second season as a player in the Hungarian club, has been prolonged for 3 more years until 2018. In 2020 he joined the Greek team AEK H.C.. In 2022 he joined Hungarian Tatabánya KC, where he played until his retirement in 2024.

Ugalde was called up for the first time to play for the senior Spain National Team 15 June 2007 and since then he has played 131 games and has scored 288 goals. He is a graduate in Sports Science for the Universidad Camilo José Cela in 2018.

Honours

FC Barcelona 2x EHF Champions League: 2004–2005, 2010–2011 EHF Champions League finalist in 2010 3x Liga ASOBAL: 2005–2006, 2010–2011, 2011–2012 3x Supercopa ASOBAL: 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010 6x Pirenees Leagues: 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2011–2012 3x King's Cup: 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010 2x Copa ASOBAL: 2009–2010, 2011–2012

MKB Veszprém 2x Hungarian Supercup: 2014–2015, 2015-2016 6x Magyar Kupa (men's handball): 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017–2018 5x Hungarian League Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017 2x SEHA League winner: 2014–2015, 2015-2016 1x SEHA League finalist: 2016–2017 2n place in EHF Champions League: 2014–2015, 2015–2016 3rd place in EHF Champions League: 2016–2017 4th place in EHF Champions League: 2013–2014 2n place IHF Super Globe: 2015–2016

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 13th place in Handball-Bundesliga 2019 4th place in Handball-Bundesliga 2020 2x semifinalist in FINAL4 DHB-Pokal 2019 & 2020 Quarter Finals in EHF Cup 2019

AEK Athens HC 1x EHF European Cup winner: 2020–2021 1x Handball Premier winner: 2020–2021 1x Greek Cup winner: 2020–2021

International

13th place in IHF World Men's Handball Championship - Croatia 2009 6th place in EHF European Men's Handball Championship - Austria 2010

4th place in EHF European Men's Handball Championship - Serbia 2012 7th place in Olympic Games - London 2012

4th place in IHF World Men's Handball Championship - Qatar 2015

Individual Top Scorer at Supercopa ASOBAL: 2009–2010 Gold Medal of Royal Order of Sports Merit: 2013 Silver Medal of Sports Merit in Handball for Royal Spanish Handball Federation 2014 All Star Team of the Final4 of the SEHA League 2016. All Star Team of the Final4 of the EHF Champions League 2016.

Private His older brother Antonio Ugalde is also a handball player.