Mateo Garralda

Mateo Jesús Garralda Larumbe (born 1 December 1969) is a Spanish retired handballer and the current head coach of italian club Albatro Siracusa.

Career Garralda started playing handball in his hometown club BM Burlada. He then joined BM Granollers where he played his first league match. In 1991 he joined Atlético Madrid BM for one season before joining Teka Cantabria. Here he won the Spanish Championship, Spanish Supercup, the EHF European League, EHF Champions League, Copa ASOBAL, IHF Super Globe and the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

In 1996 he joined FC Barcelona, where he once again won the Spanish Championship, Spanish Supercup and the EHF Champions League.

In 1999 after having a disagreement with his coach, he joined Portland San Antonio, where he won the 2000 EHF Cup Winners' Cup, 2001 Copa del Rey and Champions League and the 2002 and 2005 Spanish league.

In 2006 at the age of 37 he joined Ademar León. In 2008 he joined Danish side KIF Kolding. Here he won the Danish championship, Herrehåndboldligaen, in 2009. In 2011 he left Kolding, due to the club's bad economy.

At the 2007 World Championship he finished 7th with Spain, losing to Germany in the quarterfinal.

Coaching career From 2012 he became the head coach of AD Ciudad de Guadalajara. In 2014 he moved to Romanian Știința Municipal Dedeman Bacău

Between 2016 and 2022 he was the coach of the Chilean national team.

Afterwards he joined Egyptian top club Zamalek. In June 2023 he was for a short while the coach of Saudi Arabian Mudhar. Only four months later he moved to Italy and became the head coach of Albatro Siracusa.

Achievements Liga ASOBAL: Winner: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005 Supercopa de España: Winner: 1993, 1997, 1998 Copa del Rey: Winner: 1997, 1998, 2001 Jack & Jones Ligaen: Winner: 2009 Copa ASOBAL: Winner: 1995, 1996 EHF Champions League: Winner: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 EHF Champions Trophy: Winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Winner: 1995, 2000, 2004 EHF Cup: Winner: 1993 World Championship: Gold Medalist: 2005 European Championship: Silve Medalist: 1996, 1998, 2006 Bronze Medalist: 2000 Summer Olympics: Bronze Medalist: 1996, 2000

Individual awards All-Star Right Back of the World Championship: 1993, 2005

Decorations Royal Order of Sports Merit: 2013