Viran Morros

Viran Morros de Argila (born 15 December 1983) is a retired Spanish handball player. He is regarded as one of the best defensive players of his time.

He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.

Career Morros started playing handball late at the age of 15. Until then he had been playing soccer, where he was discovered by FC Barcelonas coaches at a sommercamp hosted by Valero Rivera López.

In the 2000/2001 season, he became a part of the first team. He debuted in Liga ASOBAL on October 17th 2002. He did however not cement his place and played only 8 matches in three seasons for the club. and Ademar León, and he signed for the latter.

Despite the club wanting to keep him, he returned to FC Barcelona in 2010. and 2014. Between 2000 and 2018 he played 434 matches in the Spanish League, scoring 514 goals. Here he won the French Championship three times. In the 2019/2020 season, he was named best defender in the league.

In 2021, Morros moved to Germany and joined Füchse Berlin on a one year deal. He retired after the 2023/24 season.

National team Morros played for the Spanish youth team between 2001 and 2003.

He played his first match on the Spanish national team on June 13th 2003. The year after he won bronze medals at the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship. At the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship he won silver medals.

He also participated at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.

He once again won medals with the Spanish team at the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship and at the 2020 Championship he defended his title.

At the 2020 Olympics he was injured in the third match and could not continue.

His last major international tournament was the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship, where Spain finished 13th.

He played his last match for the national team on May 12th 2024, more than 20 years after his debut. EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.