Julen Urruzola, reinforcement for the final part of the season

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto have reached an agreement with Julen Urruzola for him to join the club until the end of the 2025-2026 season, from Horneo EÓN Alicante.

Born in Elgoibar (Gipuzkoa), he is 24 years old and 2.04 metres tall. He is a versatile player who can operate both at left back and pivot, the position in which he has mainly played in recent years. His reach also enables him to play a prominent role as a defensive specialist.

Developed in the IRUDEK Bidasoa Irún academy, he had the opportunity to make his competitive debut for the Irún first team in the 2020-2021 season, stepping up from the reserve side. He played four matches in the highest level of Spanish handball, Liga Nexus Energía ASOBAL, scoring two goals. In the following two campaigns (2021-2022 and 2022-2023), he played a total of twelve matches and scored two more goals. During the same period, he also made his debut in the EHF European League.

In the 2023-2024 season, he was loaned to Horneo EÓN Alicante, with whom he finished 11th in the Men’s Silver Honour Division, scoring 42 goals in 32 matches. Following his performances, the Alicante club signed him permanently a year later, with the Basque club retaining a buy-back option.

As a fully fledged Alicante player, he scored 14 goals in the 30 matches he played during the 2024-2025 season. The Elgoibar-born player already knows what it means to gain promotion to ASOBAL, the Puerto side’s main objective, having achieved it last season by finishing first in the Silver Honour Division. This season, he has played 16 matches for the Alicante side, scoring two goals.

Julen Urruzola has also represented Spain throughout his career in the Spanish Handball Federation’s youth categories. In 2017, he was included in the National Sports Talent Development Programme for the 2002 generation. During his youth career, he was part of the 2002-2003 generation, with whom he won a bronze medal at the European Championship. Later, in 2022, he became European Under-20 champion with the Junior Hispanos, with whom he completed his international development pathway in 2023.

In this way, the red-and-white board are reinforcing Sergio Mallo’s squad for the final stage of the regular season, with the aim of reaching the top, currently occupied by Cajasol Sevilla BM Proin, and securing direct promotion, or otherwise competing in a possible promotion phase next May.

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