Marta Mangué

Marta Mangué
Mangué with Brest in 2017
Personal information
Full name Marta Mangué González
Born (1983-04-23) 23 April 1983
Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2000–2002
 Rocasa Gran Canaria
2002–2004
 Astroc Sagunto
2004–2007
 Cem. la Union-Ribarroja
2007–2011
 Team Esbjerg
2011–2012
 ŽRK Zaječar
2012–2015
 Fleury Loiret HB
2015–2020
 Brest
2020–2022
 Bourg-de-Péage
2022–2023
 Rocasa G.C. ACE
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2017
 Spain 301 (1034)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2011 Brazil
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2008 Macedonia
Silver medal – second place2014 Croatia/Hungary
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2005 AlmeríaTeam

Marta Mangué González (born 23 April 1983) is a Spanish former handballer who played as a left back.

She was part of the Spain national team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2] With 301 caps and 1034 goals, she holds both the record for most caps and most goals on the Spanish national team.

She was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.[3]

Career

Mangué started her career at Rocasa Gran Canaria,[4] before joining Astroc Sagunto in 2002. In 2004 she joined Cem. la Union-Ribarroja. In 2007 she joined Danish side Team Esbjerg.[5] After four years, she was released of her contract on mutual consent. She promised not to join another Danish team, and paid a small compensation for the last two years of her contract.[6]

She then played for ŽRK Zaječar for one and a half seasons, however, due to financial reasons the Serbian club let her go in mid-December 2012.[7] She then joined French team Fleury Loiret Handball.[8] Here she won the Coupe de France in 2014 and the French Championship in 2015. The following summer she joined Brest Bretagne Handball[9] In 2020 she joined Bourg-de-Péage.[10]

In 2022 she returned to Spain and Rocasa Gran Canaria.[4] After the 2022-23 season, she retired.[11]

National team

Mangué competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where the Spanish team reached the quarter finals, and finished 6th in the tournament.[12]

She won a gold medal with the Spanish team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería.

Mangué played at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in Macedonia, where the Spanish team defeated Germany in the semifinal,[13] and received silver medals after losing the final. Mangué ended up among the top ten goalscorers at the tournament.

A year later she was part of the Spanish team that finished 4th at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship.[14]

At the 2011 World Championships, Mangué was part of the first Spanish women's team to win a medal at world level.[15] Spain followed this up with an Olympic bronze in 2012 and a European silver in 2014.

Personal life

Mangué is bisexual.[16] In September 2016, she became a mother after her partner gave birth to a child.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Marta Mangué Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "New legends of the game inducted into EHF Hall of Fame". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Marta Mangué: «Vengo a por todas»". balonmanoremudas.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Mangue Gonzales til Team Esbjerg" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Ernst Møller (21 August 2011). "Team Esbjerg og Marta Mangue enige om at skilles" (in Danish). TV2 Syd. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Marta Mangué Arrive À Fleury!" (in French). Handnews. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Marta Mangue to Fleury Loiret Handball, Handball-planet
  9. ↑ "Frankreich Zweitligist Brest holt Vizeeuropameisterin" (in German). handball-world.com. 7 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Une star du handball espagnol arrive au Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball" (in French). limpartial.fr. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "NUEVE JUGADORAS NO CONTINUARÁN EN EL ROCASA LA PRÓXIMA TEMPORADA". balonmanoremudas.es (in Spanish). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Profile: Marta Mangué sports-reference.com (Retrieved on 13 December 2008)
  13. ↑ "La selección femenina de balonmano hace historia" (in Spanish). 13 December 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  14. ↑ "Hungary team sheet - XIX Women's World Championship 2009 China" (PDF). IHF. 5 December 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Mundial Feminino Handebol Brasil 2011". handballbrazil2011.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  16. ↑ Muñoz, José Manuel (19 February 2007). "Marta y el sexo: Mangué, la 'galáctica´ del balonmano español" [Marta and sex: Mangué, the 'galactic' of Spanish handball] (in Spanish). Interviú. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017. If I really like (a man), I will not stop until I get him. I am very capricious and if he gets difficult, I like him more… No (I'm not a lesbian), but I'm very open and I would not mind anything
  17. ↑ "La deportista teldense Marta Mangué se estrena como madre" [The Teldense sportswoman Marta Mangué debuts as a mother] (in Spanish). Telde Actualidad. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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