Gustavo Capdeville

Gustavo Capdeville
Personal information
Full nameGustavo Alexandre Cascão Capdeville
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 29)
Lisbon, Portugal
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionGoalkeeper
Current clubBenfica
Number41
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2013–Benfica
2017–2019→ Madeira SAD (loan)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Portugal 71 (0)
Updated on 14 January 2026

Gustavo Alexandre Cascão Capdeville (born 31 August 1997) is a Portuguese handball player for Benfica and the Portugal national team.

He represented Portugal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship. In 2025 he was part of the Portugal team that reached the semifinals of the World Championship for the first time in history. They lost the semifinals to Denmark and the third place playoff to France. At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he was part of the Portugal team that got 5th place, their best ever finish at a European Championship.

Honours

Benfica

References

  1. ↑ Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
  2. ↑ "EHF Euro 2020: Grupo fechado para o Campeonato da Europa". portal.fpa.pt. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Orup Kristensen, Oliver (2 February 2025). "Sindssyg afslutning på dramatisk bronzekamp" [Insane finish to bronze match] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Historiske Portugal" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 30 January 2026.