20 questions, 1 player - Cristian Ugalde

This year Telekom Veszprém's roster consist of 20 players. In our new series we are going to ask the same 20 questions to each player. We are moving up by the jersey number, our eleventh subject was Cristian Ugalde. You can read the chat with him below.

 

 

My favorite food is the Spanish paella.

 

I mostly drink water but I also like lemonade a lot.

 

I like green the most.

 

My favorite movie is the Gladiator with Russel Crowe.

 

I like the films of Anthony Hopkins. He has great movies.

 

When I was young I really liked the Spanish group called El Canto Del Loco. They played Spanish songs in the style of pop rock.

 

I like Spanish and English pop rock mainly. I also listen to latin songs and singers like Ricky Martin. There are always new songs that I like so it would be hard to list all of them. I do not like techno and these kind of music styles.

 

I love different kind of books. I like balladic books, or war stories. I also read bibliographies, the last two that I have read was Andre Agassi’s and Rafael Nadal’s. I also read the Game of Thrones books, because they are more different than the series.

 

My favorite animals are the lemurs. They can be seen in the Veszprém Zoo. It is very funny when you can go inside to feed them and be with them.

 

I always do the same thing. I eat spaghetti carbonara and I always listen to the same kind of music. I always wear the same underwear for the games. During warm up, I always do the same movements and stretches. I think that is all.

 

 

I am proud of all the things I achieved. I had the opportunity to play in the first team of Barcelona when I was only 17 years old. The biggest thing for me was when I won the Champions League. Winning the CL in a team like Barca is always the best. The other thing I am very proud of is when I won my first medal with the Spanish national team in 2011 in the World Championships. These two were the bests for me.

 

In Spain we had a very famous left wing, Rafael Guijosa. He was my role model when I was young. He was one of the best left wings of the world. It was easy for me to see him as he played in Barcelona too.

 

If I was not a handball player, I would definitely have finished my university studies. For me it is very important. I only have one more year from that project and I will finish it. I pretty much know what I will do after handball and I am preparing for that a little bit.

 

I like a lot of sports. In Spain we enjoy football, basketball, tennis because we have very good teams. The Spanish national teams in football and basketball are great, and we have Rafael Nadal in tennis. I love watching every sport in television.

 

I love spending time with my family. They are the most important in my life. I like traveling with them, we enjoy traveling to other countries. We like visiting beautiful beaches all around the world. We were in the Maldives last time, Hawaii was great and San Francisco also. Other than that, I love listening to music, watch films.

 

For me the most beautiful city is Budapest with the Duna River cutting the city in half. We visited Prague, with my family not so long ago, it was also breathtaking. Outside of Europe, I have to say San Francisco.

 

I do not care much about cars. I like big cars like the Rovers. If you have family that is the most important.

 

I fear the jellyfishes in the water when I am swimming. I fear that it stings me, it hurts.

 

Enjoy the little things. One day you may look back and realize that those were the big things.

 

I wish I could teleport. It takes a lot of time to fly, so it would definitely make my life easier.

 

 

Photo: Dávid Vörös