This is me: Joan Canellas
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This is me: Joan Canellas

Joan Canellas. A two-time EHF EURO champion. A world champion and an EHF Champions League winner. Joan has seen it all and won it all on the court. Yet his career could have been oh so different. He could have been a chemist and he could have been working on a vaccine for Covid. Instead his heart chose handball and the rest is history. In his own words in our latest series of interviews exclusive to EHFCL Weekly subscribers, the legendary Spain international reflects on his career choices and sheds a light on what it takes to be one of the handball greats.

1996 Palautordera
Joan Canellas Grannollers
Joan Canellas Atletico Madrid
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JOAN CANELLAS IN THE EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Place of birth: Santa Maria de Palautordera, Spain

Date of birth: 30.09.1986

Debut: 05.11.2005 for FC Barcelona-Cifec (v HRK Izvidac Ljubuski)

EHF Champions League wins: 1 (with HC Vardar 2016/17)

Milestones:

200 games 03.12.2020 MOL-Pick Szeged vs. SG Flensburg-Handewitt @ Flensburg

500 goals 15.10.2020 MOL-Pick Szeged vs. FC Porto @ Porto 

100 wins 22.04.2017 HC Vardar vs. SG Flensburg-Handewitt @ Flensburg 

 

This story was written prior to the announcement that Joan will join Kadetten Schaffhausen at the end of the season.



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