Jérôme Fernandez

Jérôme Fernandez (born 7 March 1977) is a French handball coach and former handball player. He was a captain of the France men's national handball team and currently holds the record for the number of goals for France's national team (1,463 through 9 January 2020). He is in the French handball Hall of Fame.

He is a knight of the Legion of Honour and an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite.

Career Fernandez began playing handball at the Club La Bastidienne. In 1985 he joined Carbon-Blanc. In 1993 he joined Girondins de Bordeaux HBC and in 1997 he joined Toulouse Union HB. Here he won the French cup in 1997-98. In 1999 he joined Montpellier Handball, where he won the 1999-2000 and 2001-02 French championship and the French cup three times in a row from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.

In 2002 he moved to Spain to join FC Barcelona. Here he won the 2002-03 and 2005-06 Spanish Championship and the 2003-04 and 2006-07 Copa del Rey, the 2003-04 Spanish Supercup, Copa ASOBAL and European Supercup. In 2008 he joined league rivals BM Ciudad Real. Here he won the 2008-09 and 2009-10 Spanish championship and the 2009-10 EHF Champions League.

In 2010 he joined German champions THW Kiel to replace the injured Daniel Narcisse. The season after he returned to France and joined Fenix Toulouse Handball. He was in contact with several French clubs including Toulouse, Paris, Nantes and Dunkerque.] In 2015 he joined Pays d'Aix UC. where he became the player-assistant manager under Marc Wiltberger. He retired in 2017.

Coaching career His coaching career began as the player-assistant coach at Pays d'Aix UC in 2015, and in 2016 he became the player-coach. From 2017 to 2000 he was the head coach of the club. 2012 (Gold) World Championship: 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015 European Championship: 2006, 2010, 2014 EHF Champions League: 2005 EHF Cup: 2003 European Supercup: 2004 Spanish Supercup: 2004 Copa del Rey: 2004 French Championship: 2000, 2002 Spanish Championship: 2003 French Cup: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 DHB-Pokal: 2011 German Supercup: 2011 IHF Super Globe: 2011