Daniel Fernández Jiménez (born 28 March 2001) is a Spanish handball player who plays for TVB Stuttgart and the Spanish national team.
Club career From the 2017/18 season, Fernández played in the second team of FC Barcelona in the second Spanish league. For the 2020/21 season, the Spanish first division club Frigoríficos Morrazo signed him. For the team from Cangas, the left winger scored 130 goals in 34 games in his first season and was voted into the league's All-Star team. In the 2021/22 season, he improved his rate to 147 goals in 30 appearances and was again named the best left winger.
For the 2022/23 season, Fernández signed a three-year contract with the German Bundesliga club TVB Stuttgart, which was coached by his former coach in Barcelona, Roi Sánchez. He signed a contract with FC Barcelona in March 2024 for the 2025/2026 season.
International career Fernández made his debut for the Spanish senior national team on 4 November 2021, in 33–29 win against Romania. At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, he won the gold medal with Spain. He took part in a World Championship for the first time in January 2023 in Poland and Sweden. He won the bronze medal with the Spanish squad in the 2023 World Championship.
By January 2024, Tarrafeta had played 31 international matches, in which he scored 101 goals.
Honours All-Star left wing of the Olympic Games: 2024
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Daniel Fernandez at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Daniel Fernández – COE – Paris 2024