Roberto Julián Duranona Explained

Roberto Julián Duranona
Nationality:Cuban / Icelandic
Birth Date:8 December 1965
Birth Place:Cuba
Height:2.02 m
Position:Left back
Currentclub:Retired
Years1:–1995
Clubs1:SC Havanna
Years2:1995–1997
Clubs2:KA Akureyri
Years3:1997–2000
Clubs3:ThSV Eisenach
Years4:2000–2002
Clubs4:TuS N-Lübbecke
Years5:2002–2003
Clubs5:HSG Wetzlar
Years6:2003–2004
Clubs6:TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Years7:2004–2005
Clubs7:HSG Vulkan Vogelsberg
Years8:2005–2006
Clubs8:BM Castellón
Nationalyears1:?–1994
Nationalteam1:Cuba
Nationalcaps1:270
Nationalyears2:1996–200?
Nationalteam2:Iceland
Nationalcaps2:61
Nationalgoals2:202

Roberto Julián Duranona (born 8 December 1965) is a Cuban-Icelandic former handball player. He played left back.

Duranona participated with the Cuba men's national handball team on the World Men's Handball Championship in 1986, where his team finished 15th out of 16, but with 50 goals he finished second on the top goalscorers list behind Jae-Won Kang of Korea. Four years later in 1990, Cuba finished 14th out of 16, but Duranona became the top scorer of the tournament with 55 goals, tied with Aleksandr Tuchkin of the Soviet Union. He gained all together 270 caps in the Cuban national team.

In 1994 Duranona went to Argentina to complete his degree in physical education.[1] In 1995 he moved to play for KA Akureyri in Iceland, where he also got the citizenship, and played 61 times for the Iceland men's national handball team, scoring 202 goals.[2] In 1997 he changed to ThSV Eisenach in Germany,[3] where he scored 426 goals in three seasons. In 2000 he moved to TuS Nettelstedt, from where in 2002 he switched to HSG Wetzlar.[4] His last known team was Castellón in Spain where he moved in 2006.[1]

He was 202 cm high,[5] weighed 110 kg, and wore size 51 shoes.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=204705 El cubano que vino del frío
  2. News: Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson . Guðjón Valur rifjaði upp kostuleg samskipti við Duranona í upphafi landsliðsferilsins . 26 November 2021 . . 12 May 2020 . Icelandic.
  3. http://mbl.is/mm/gagnasafn/grein.html?grein_id=530027 Róbert Julian Duranona, handknattleiksmaður, leikur með...
  4. http://www.handball-news.info/module-Pagesetter-viewpub-tid-1-pid-159-title-Julian.Duranona.soll.Gennadij.Chalepo.im.linken.Rckraum.der.HSG.ersetzen.htm Julian Duranona soll Gennadij Chalepo im linken Rückraum der HSG ersetzen
  5. News: Víðir Sigurðsson . Sá fyrst handbolta 18 ára . 26 November 2021 . . 27 January 2001 . Icelandic.
  6. http://5-flokkur-ka.blogcentral.is/sida/2054777/ Um Róbert Julian Duranona