Ian Barrufet Torrebejano (born 19 May 2004 in Teià) is a Spanish handball player, who plays as a left wing for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.
Career Barrufet made his debut for FC Barcelona on 18 March 2023 in a Copa ASOBAL game. Later in the same season he made his league debut.
In the 2024-25 season he was loaned out to the German club MT Melsungen. With them he reached the Final Four of the 2024-25 EHF European League, where the team finished 4th. Barrufet was the tournament top scorer with 90 goals in 18 matches. In the same season he was named the best Left Wing in Europe at the EHF Excellence Awards.
For the 2024-25 season he returned to play for Barcelona.
Season stats + League statistics Season League Team Games Goals League position 2022/2023 Liga ASOBAL FC Barcelona 7 14 1st place 2023/2024 Liga ASOBAL FC Barcelona 13 35 1st place 2024/2025 Bundesliga MT Melsungen 34 135 3rd place 2025/2026 Liga ASOBAL FC Barcelona
National team Ian Barrufet played 38 games for Spanish youth teams between 2021 and 2023, scoring 94 goals.
At the 2022 Mediterranean Games he won gold medals, along with the 2022 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship and at the 2023 World Men's U-19 Handball Championship.
He made his debut for the Spanish senior team on 8th January 2025. His first major international tournament was the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship, where Spain finished at a disappointing 18th.
Private life His father David Barrufet is a handball coach and former player, who won the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship with Spain.
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