Alex Tello made his ASOBAL League debut

The seventh chosen one

Last Saturday, no less than at the Quijote Arena and against Renovalia BM Ciudad Real, a new name was added to the unfortunately short list of players trained in the BM Puerto Sagunto academy who have had the honour of competing in the top tier of Spanish handball over the last forty years. The debut of Alex Tello in the ASOBAL League joins illustrious names from red-and-white handball, since in 1969, Cesar Gracia, Vicente Benavent, Juan Benito, Antonio Badenas and Francisco Lozano were promoted from the youth team to play for the last Altos Hornos side in the División de Honor.

Since then, only Sebastian Rodríguez Lliso (Marcol 1972), Antonio Sarió García (Marcol 1983), Antonio Martínez López (Caixa Valencia 1987), Cesar López Viñas (Avidesa 1988), Sergio Ruiz Casanova (Naranco Oviedo 1998) and Rubén Ruiz Casanova (BM Valencia 2004) had played matches in the highest national division.

Of course, some others had the ability to do so, but did not succeed because it is always more difficult to make it beyond your own club. Now Alex Tello is opening a door wide that must be the beginning, not the end, not only of his appearances in the top tier, but also a source of encouragement to those young players who show promise and know that they have a role model to look up to. After the young player from Almassora, Samuel Ibañez, and Alex Tello, more must follow. It is up to them.

Congratulations, Alex—you have earned it, and you must make the most of this new era.

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