Albert Rocas

Albert Rocas, October 12, 2008

As of January 27, 2014

Albert Rocas Comas ( born June 16, 1982 in Palafrugell, Spain ) is a Spanish handball player. He is 1.88 m tall and weighs 84 kg.

Rocas, who plays for the Danish club KIF Kolding København and accrued for the Spanish national team, is generally used on outside right.

Albert Rocas began at school with the handball game. At 15, was discovered by BM Granollers and came into the Youth Academy; In 2000 he moved to BM Valladolid. Here he played his first league game in the Spanish league ASOBAL and won in 2003 with the Copa ASOBAL his first title. In 2003 he went to the top club Portland San Antonio, where he was the 2004 European Cup Winners' Cup, in 2005 won the Spanish Cup and the Spanish Super Cup in 2006. 2007 he moved - as a genuine native Catalans - to FC Barcelona. With Barcelona he won in 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Championship, and in 2011 the EHF Champions League. In 2013 he signed a contract with the Danish first division club KIF Kolding København.

Albert Rocas has been disputed 158 caps for the Spanish national team, in which he threw 545 goals. He won gold at the 2005 World Championships and silver at the European Championships in 2006. During the Handball World Cup 2007 in Germany he just stood in the extended array of Spaniards and did not participate in the final competition. In the 2008 Olympics he won the bronze medal with the Spanish team and was in the All- Star team. Also won bronze Rocas in the World Cup 2011. 2013 he was a member of the Spanish World Cup team. At the European Championship 2014 in Denmark, he won bronze.