Diego Simonet

Diego Simonet
Simonet in 2014
Personal information
Full name Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes
Born (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989
Vicente López, Argentina
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Montpellier Handball
Number 4
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2007
 Sociedad Alemana de Villa Ballester
2007–2009
 Sao Caetano HC
2009–2011
 CB Torrevieja
2011–2013
 US Ivry Handball
2013–
 Montpellier Handball
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–
 Argentina 144 (458)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 TorontoTeam
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place2012 Argentina
Gold medal – first place2014 Uruguay
Bronze medal – third place2016 Argentina
Gold medal – first place2018 Greenland
South and Central American Championship
Gold medal – first place2020 Brazil
Silver medal – second place2022 Brazil
Silver medal – second place2024 Argentina
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 CochabambaTeam
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 September 2024

Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes[a] (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team.[1]

He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Olympics,[2] 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain and 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. His action defending Argentina brought home six continental championships (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014).

Two of his brothers, Sebastian and Pablo, defended Argentina at Olympic and World Championship competitions.[2]

Accomplishments

Clubs

International competitions
National competitions

National team

see infobox

Awards and recognition

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Simonet and the second or maternal family name is Moldes.

References

  1. ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Diego Simonet Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Premios Olimpia – Handball". handballargentina.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2026..
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