Kauldi Odriozola

Kauldi Odriozola
Personal information
Born (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27)
Zumaia, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Right winger
Club information
Current club HBC Nantes
Number 19
Youth career
Years Team
–2016
 Pulpo KE
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2022
 CD Bidasoa
2022–
 HBC Nantes
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–
 Spain 62 (173)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona Team
Junior World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Algeria
U-20 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2016 Denmark

Kauldi Odriozola Yeregui (born 7 January 1997) is a Spanish handball player who plays for HBC Nantes and the Spanish national team.

Club career

Odriozola learned to play handball at Pulpo KE in Zumaia. For the 2016/17 season, he moved to the first division club Bidasoa Irún, for whom he scored 554 goals in 141 games in the Liga ASOBAL until the summer of 2022. After his first season, he was voted the best newcomer in the league.[1] In the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons, he was voted the best right winger in the All-Star team of the Spanish league.[1]

For the 2022/23 season, Odriozola signed a four-year contract with the French club HBC Nantes.[2] In the 2022/23 season, he won the Trophée des Champions, the LNH Supercup, and the Coupe de France.[3] In 2024, he won the Coupe de France again.

International career

Odriozola made his debut for the Spanish national team on 7 April 2018 against Tunisia.[4] At the 2018 Mediterranean Games, he won the bronze medal with Spain.[5] At the 2022 European Championship, he scored three goals in five games and won the silver medal with the team.[4] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, he won the gold medal again with Spain. He took part in a World Championship for the first time in January 2023 in Poland and Sweden.[6] He won the bronze medal with the Spanish selection for the 2023 World Championship. At the 2024 European Championship, he was injured after the second game.[7]

By July 2024, Odriozola had played 62 international matches, in which he scored 173 goals.[4]

Honors

HBC Nantes

References

  1. ^ a b "Hintergrund: Die Geschichte der "siete ideal"". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  2. ^ "HBC Nantes holt Balaguer-Ersatz aus Irun". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Le HBC Nantes bat Montpellier et décroche la deuxième Coupe de France de son histoire". Ouest-France. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "KAULDI ODRIOZOLA YEREGUI". www.rfebm.com.
  5. ^ "Bronce para los Hispanos en Tarragona 2018". www.sport.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Los ocho debutantes de España serán nueve". as.com. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ^ "La mala fortuna se ceba con los Hispanos". www.rfebm.com. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.