David Davis (handballer)
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| Full name | David Davis Cámara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 October 1976 Barcelona, Spain[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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–1995 | BM Granollers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | CB Naranco Oviedo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | SD Teucro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | BM Altea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2005 | BM Valladolid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2011 | BM Ciudad Real | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Bm. At. Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | FC Porto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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– | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014–2018 | RK Vardar (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | ŽRK Vardar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Russia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Telekom Veszprém | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | RK Vardar 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–2025 | Dinamo București | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2025– | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Davis Cámara[a] (born 25 October 1976) is a Spanish handball coach and former player. He was born in Barcelona and raised in Santa Maria de Palautordera to Equatorial Guinean Bubi parents from Malabo.[1] He played as a left winger.
Coaching career
[edit]His last team was FC Porto in 2013. In 2014 he became assistant coach in RK Vardar from Skopje, Macedonia.
In 2016 he was appointed head coach of ŽRK Vardar.[2]
Since 2014 he has lived a new phase on the bench. He began his work as a coach in the technical team of RK Vardar together with Raúl González Gutiérrez, with whom he won the EHF Champions League in 2017 after having come close to participating in the Final Four in Cologne in the previous two seasons since the League. Macedonia. They again qualified for the EHFCL Final4 in 2018. In the summer of 2018, he took the reins of the Egyptian national team,[3] with whom he competed at the 2019 World Cup in Denmark, achieving a historic eighth place six months later.[4]
In October 2018 he took over Telekom Veszprém.[5] In a very complicated season, he managed to recover the team until they became champions of the Hungarian League and the SEHA League, while they managed to reach the Champions League final.[5] The Egyptian Federation then demanded exclusivity from Davis for his project and, faced with the ultimatum, the Spaniard decided to continue as head of Telekom Veszprém.[citation needed] During the pandemic, in the 2019/2020 season and after the cancellation of the national competitions, the team once again earned a place in the Final4. In 2021, after losing in the quarterfinals against Nantes and lifting the Hungarian Cup, Davis was fired by the club.[5]
In January 2022, the Spanish coach returned to Skopje to manage RK Vardar, which at this point in the season closes its Champions League group and barely stays alive in the national competition. The team managed to get through the difficult group stage, after which they were knocked out by Telekom Veszprém (after starting a draw with Balaton). Despite numerous injuries and financial difficulties, the Macedonians are proclaimed champions of the League and Cup. The sanction of the EHF that prevents RK Vardar from playing in European competitions separated their paths.
Records as a coach
[edit]- Winner Velux Champions League 2016–2017
- SEHA League 2013–2014, 2017
- Macedonian Handball Cup 2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016,2016–2017
- Macedonian Handball Super League 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017
- Egyptian Handball League 2022-2023
- Egypt Handball Cup 2022-2023
- African Handball Super Cup 2023
- Romanian Handball League 2024-2025
Records with national team
[edit]- World Championship: 1
- 2005 – Túnez
- European Men's Handball Championship:1
- 2006 – Switzerland/ silver medal
- Gold medal Mediterranean Games 2005
- Silver medal European Championship 2006
- Gold medal Yourth European Championship 1994
- Campeón España Junior 1995/1996.
- Campeón de España Junior 1994/1995.
- 4 Campeonatos de España en Categ. Inferiores
Records with clubs
[edit]- 3 European Handball Championship 2005–2006, 2007–2008, 2008–2009
- 4 ASOBAL League 2006–2007 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–2010.
- 5 King's Cup 2004–2005, 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2012–13.
- 3 Supercup of Spain 2007–2008, 2009–2010, 2011–12.
- 5 ASOBAL Cup 2002–2003, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2010–2011.
- 1 EHF Cup 1994–1995.
- 3 European Handball Supercup 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2008–2009.
- 3 IHF Super Globe 2006–2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2013.
- Runner up ASOBAL League 2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13.
- Runner up Kings Cup 1999–2000, 2008–2009.
- Runner up Spain Handball Supercup 2008–2009, 2012–13.
- Runner up ASOBAL Cup 2012–13.
- Runner up Europe Cup 2011–12.
- Runner up EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2003–2004.
- Runner up EHF City Cup 1999–2000.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Davis and the second or maternal family name is Cámara.
References
[edit]- 1 2 ""Yo no soy el negro de la Selección"".
- ↑ "Самсоненко: Давид Дејвис е новиот тренер на ЖРК Вардар" [Samsonenko: David Davis is the new coach of Vardar]. 24rakomet.mk (in Macedonian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ↑ "Davis appointed as Egyptian national handball team manager". Egypt Today. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "9-24 ranking confirmed". ihf.info. 23 January 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Telekom Veszprem sacked David Davis!". Handball-Planet. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "David Davis overtakes Al Ahly again". handball-planet. 29 July 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- David Davis at the European Handball Federation
- David Davis at Olympics.com
- David Davis at Olympedia
- NBC Olympics Bio at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 November 2009)
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Handball players from Barcelona
- People from Vallès Oriental
- Handball players from the Province of Barcelona
- Spanish male handball players
- Liga ASOBAL players
- Spanish people of Equatoguinean descent
- Sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent
- Spanish people of Bubi descent
- People of Liberated African descent
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Spain
- Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
- BM Ciudad Real players
- BM Valladolid players
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball coaches of international teams
- BM Granollers players
- FC Porto handball players
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Spanish handball coaches
- Spanish expatriate handball players
- Mediterranean Games medalists for Spain
- Handball players at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- Expatriate handball coaches
- Expatriate handball players in Portugal
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
