| Daniel Fernández | |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Sabadell, Spain |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Left wing |
| Currentclub: | TVB Stuttgart |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Years1: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs1: | FC Barcelona B |
| Years2: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs2: | CB Cangas |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Clubs3: | TVB Stuttgart |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam1: | Spain |
| Nationalcaps1: | 32 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 101 |
Daniel Fernández Jiménez (born 28 March 2001) is a Spanish handball player who plays for TVB Stuttgart and the Spanish national team.
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.[1] 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.[1] In the 2021/22 season, he improved his rate to 147 goals in 30 appearances and was again named the best left winger.[2]
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.[1] He signed a contract with FC Barcelona in March 2024 for the 2025/2026 season.[3]
Fernández made his debut for the Spanish senior national team on 4 November 2021, in 33–29 win against Romania.[4] 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.[5] 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.