David Davis (handballer)

David Davis Cámara (born 25 October 1976) is a Spanish handball coach and former player. He currently coaches Romanian club Dinamo București.[1]

David Davis
David Davis
Personal information
Full name David Davis Cámara
Born (1976-10-25) 25 October 1976 (age 48)
Santa Maria de Palautordera, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Wing
Club information
Current club Dinamo București (manager)
Senior clubs
Years Team
0000–1995
BM Granollers
1995–1996
CB Naranco Oviedo
1996–1997
SD Teucro
1997–1999
BM Altea
1999–2005
BM Valladolid
2005–2011
BM Ciudad Real
2011–2013
Bm. At. Madrid
2013
FC Porto
National team
Years Team
Spain
Teams managed
2014–2018
RK Vardar (assistant)
2016–2017
ŽRK Vardar
2017–2018
Russia (assistant)
2018–2019
Egypt
2018–2021
Telekom Veszprém
2022
RK Vardar 1961
2022–2024
Al Ahly
2024–
Dinamo București
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's handball
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tunisia Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Switzerland Team

His usual playing position was as left winger. His last team was FC Porto in 2013. In 2014 he became assistant coach in RK Vardar from Skopje, Macedonia. In 2016 he was appointed head coach of ŽRK Vardar.[2] Davis is of Equatorial Guinean ancestry. Since 2014 he has lived a new phase on the bench. He began his work as a coach in the technical team of RK Vardar together with Raúl González Gutiérrez, with whom he won the EHF Champions League in 2017 after having come close to participating in the Final Four in Cologne in the previous two seasons since the League. Macedonia. They again qualified for the EHFCL Final4 in 2018. In the summer of 2018, he took the reins of the Egyptian national team, with whom he competed at the 2019 World Cup in Denmark, achieving a historic eighth place six months later. In October 2018 he took over Telekom Veszprém. In a very complicated season, he managed to recover the team until they became champions of the Hungarian League and the SEHA League, while they managed to reach the Champions League final. The Egyptian Federation then demanded exclusivity from Davis for his project and, faced with the ultimatum, the Spaniard decided to continue as head of Telekom Veszprém. During the pandemic, in the 2019/2020 season and after the cancellation of the national competitions, the team once again earned a place in the Final4. In 2021, after losing in the quarterfinals against Nantes and lifting the Hungarian Cup, Davis disassociated himself from the Magyars. In January 2022, the Spanish coach returns to Skopje to manage RK Vardar, which at this point in the season closes its Champions League group and barely stays alive in the national competition. The team manages to get through the difficult group stage and falls to Telekom Veszprém (after starting a draw with Balaton). Despite numerous injuries and financial difficulties, the Macedonians are proclaimed champions of the League and Cup. The sanction of the EHF that prevents RK Vardar from playing in European competitions separated their paths.

Records as a Coach

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Records with National Team

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  • World Championship: 1
    • 2005 – Túnez
  • European Men's Handball Championship:1
    • 2006 – Switzerland/ silver medal
  • Gold medal Mediterranean Games 2005
  • Silver medal European Championship 2006
  • Gold medal Yourth European Championship 1994
  • Campeón España Junior 1995/1996.
  • Campeón de España Junior 1994/1995.
  • 4 Campeonatos de España en Categ. Inferiores

Records with clubs

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References

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  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "Самсоненко: Давид Дејвис е новиот тренер на ЖРК Вардар | 24 РАКОМЕТ". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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