Victor Iturriza
| Victor Iturriza | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Victor Manuel Iturriza Álvarez | ||
| Born |
22 May 1990 Havana, Cuba | ||
| Nationality | Portuguese | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Porto | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2014–2016 | Artística de Avanca | ||
2016– | FC Porto | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Portugal | 43 | (149) |
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 2024 | |||
Victor Manuel Iturriza Álvarez (born 22 May 1990) is a Cuban-born Portuguese handballer who plays as pivot for FC Porto and the Portuguese national team.[1][2][3]
In 2025, he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France.[4]
Honours
[edit]- Porto
- Portuguese League: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Portuguese Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21
- Portuguese Super Cup: 2019, 2021
Individual awards
[edit]- All-Star pivot of the World Championship: 2025[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Victor Iturriza". zerozero.pt. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Victor Iturriza at EHF". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Victor Iturriza at FC Porto". fcporto.pt. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ "Gidsel Named MVP, As 2025 IHF Men's World Championship All-Star Team Announced". International Handball Federation. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Victor Manuel Iturriza Alvarez at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
- Victor Iturriza at the International Handball Federation
- Victor Iturriza at Olympics.com
- Victor Iturriza at Olympedia
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- Sportspeople from Havana
- Living people
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- Olympic handball players for Portugal
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Portuguese handball biography stubs