Juande Linares is Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto’s new player

Juan de Dios Linares “Juande”, a left-footed right back from the recently dissolved BM Aragon, has become the Valencians’ new signing for the final part of the season.

Juande Linares (Granada, 1994) is a promising left-handed player who stands 193 cm tall and weighs 93 kilos. Brought through the youth system at Colegio Agustinos de Granada, he quickly moved to Catalonia, where FC Barcelona signed him for their development teams. He shared a team with red-and-white goalkeeper Ibrahim Moral.

After his time with the Blaugrana side, he returned to Andalusia to play for the Pontanés team Ángel Ximenez in the Silver Division, where he achieved promotion to ASOBAL. In his second season in ASOBAL, he was loaned to BM Pozoblanco, then in the Silver Division.

Last season he played in Hungary for Balatonfuredi KSE, before returning to the ASOBAL league this season with BM Aragon.

Juande has represented Spain 11 times at under-promises level and 29 times for the youth national team, taking part in several European championships, finishing fourth, as well as tournaments such as the Mediterranean Games and the Latin Cup, among others.

With BM Aragon he played 21 matches, scoring 68 goals—an average of 3.24 per match, with a 48% success rate.

The injury to Sergio Berrios and BM Aragon’s situation have led to the player joining Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto until the end of the season, with the option of extending for one more season.

Speaking to the club’s communications department, Juande Linares expressed his delight at the signing “I am very happy to be part of this great club, as I am coming from a difficult situation following the disappearance of Aragon handball. I am eager to contribute and learn during the remainder of the league and to give my very best.”

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.