Nerea Pena Explained

Nerea Pena
Fullname:	Nerea Pena Abaurrea
Nationality:	Spanish
Birth Date:	1989 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Pamplona, Spain
Height:	1.75 m
Position:	Centre back
Currentclub:	Vipers Kristiansand
Clubnumber:	25
Years1:	2008–2012
Clubs1:	SD Itxako
Years2:	2012–2019
Clubs2:	Ferencvárosi TC
Years3:	2019–2020
Clubs3:	Siófok KC
Years4:	2020–2021
Clubs4:	Team Esbjerg
Years5:	2021–2023
Clubs5:	Vipers Kristiansand
Nationalyears1:	2008–
Nationalteam1:	Spain
Nationalcaps1:	165
Nationalgoals1:	553

Nerea Pena Abaurrea (born 13 December 1989) is a Spanish handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the Spanish national team.^{[1] [2] [3]}

She participated at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where Spain placed 11th, and Penea was voted into the All-Star Team.^[4]

She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,^[5] where Spain placed third.

Achievements

• EHF Champions League

• • Winner: 2021/2022, 2022/2023
  • Finalist: 2010/2011
• Norwegian League

• • Winner: 2021/2022, 2022/2023
• Norwegian Cup

• • Winner: 2021, 2022/23

Individual awards

• All-Star Right Back of the European Championship: 2010
• Nemzeti Bajnokság I Top Scorer

2014/15 season

• MVP of the Baia Mare Champions Trophy: 2014^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nerea Pena Abaurrea Profile. European Handball Federation. 4 December 2011.
2. Web site: Pena signed for Ferencváros. 25 May 2012. 30 May 2012. hu.
3. Web site: 2014 European Championship Roster. handball.sportresult.com. EHF. 7 December 2014. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131731/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/ESP-R.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: EHF Euro 2010. All Star Team announced . . 20 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101222004918/http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.1705.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4107&cHash=b935eae59a . 22 December 2010 .
5. Web site: XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roaster Spain . . 26 December 2015 .
6. Web site: "Baia Mare Champions Trophy", the final day. baiamarechampionstrophy.ro. 17 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113514/http://www.baiamarechampionstrophy.ro/news/details/url/baia-mare-champions-trophy-the-final-day. 26 August 2014.