Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto Federated Academy coaching structure finalised

    The red-and-white club’s new sporting director, José María Sanchez Gabaldon, has already organised the extensive network of coaches and assistants required by an academy with as many teams as Fertiberia’s. Gabaldon has added a structural role to the organisation chart: the Category Coordinator, a position that will be held by Tiri, Miguel Angel Alegría and David Núñez. For the senior and youth categories, the chosen man is Tiri Aguiar, the Canary Islander who knows the club’s academy well and whose task will be to coordinate the management of three senior teams and two youth teams. The senior B team in Primera Nacional will have a young but highly qualified coaching staff. Chovi Tomas, an NIII coach, remains in charge and will be assisted by Jandro Pérez, a graduate in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and an NII coach. The C team will be led by Tiri Aguiar himself, a Level II coach, with Cesar Viñas, NI, continuing as assistant. In the D team, Mauro Alonso returns to the bench—a man who had not yet been born and was already part of BM Puerto’s DNA. Mauro, son of the legendary founder of the same name, is an NII coach returning to the club. He will be accompanied by the young José Luis Selles. The veterans will also have a new manager in Fernando García Foggin. Youth A will have a new name at the club in two ways. Adrián Ribes, an NIII coach, is also joining as goalkeeper for the first National team, having arrived from BM Castellón. Adrián will be assisted by Pepe Sebastiá, with extensive experience at Puçol, and a legend of the red-and-white benches, Pedro Conde. Youth B will be managed by Paula Ballester, assisted by José Vizcaino, new to the Fertiberia set-up but highly experienced in managing groups; in addition to studying for his NI handball qualification, he holds the NIII basketball qualification. In the cadet category, there is no need to introduce Miguel Ángel Alegría, who, after taking a year away from his excellent work at BM Morvedre, takes on the challenge of continuing to develop players and competing at the highest level of youth development with Fertiberia’s promising Cadet A. His assistant is another man raised in the red-and-white academy, Alex Biosca. Cadet B will be managed by two experienced young coaches, Pere Marzal and Ivan Urbano, while Cadet C will be led by Luis Arnau and Pablo Granero. For Cadet D, the father-and-son duo Juanjo and David Landete, both making their coaching debuts. In the infant category, Team A sees the return of the David and Juan Carlos Núñez partnership, who once again face the challenge of reaching the sector phase of the Spanish Championship in the category. In Team B, the club’s veteran all-rounder Manolo Gandara will continue, assisted by debutant Ángel López. Teams C and D, the youngest in the federated academy, will feature Jorge Ballester in his second season as an infant coach, this time assisted by Joan Martínez, and Álvaro Perales and Julio Gómez in Infant D, a group awaiting registrations to ensure that this fourth infant team can be formed. To complete the organisation chart, School Coordinator Chovi Tomas is already working on enrolments and monitors for the Introductory School. The pre-season start dates have already been set by the respective coaches and are as follows: 13/08/2018: first National team and Youth A; 20/08/2018: Cadet and Infant A; and 27/08/2018: remaining teams      

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