Squad completed with the signing of experienced right back Nicolás Zungri

Nicolás Zungri is the latest announcement from Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto as a confirmed member of the squad for the 2025-2026 season. He signs until 2027.

At 30, the Italian-Argentine is a handball globetrotter. His professional career began in his country of birth, Argentina, where he represented Dorrego Handball from 2012 to 2014. He then moved to Europe to spend three seasons in French handball between 2014 and 2017, playing for Montélimar Cruas Handball, Gonfreville l'Orcher Handball and Saint-Marcel Vernon Handball, respectively.

His first adventure in Spain and the Liga Plenitude Asobal came in the 2017-2018 season with Bada Huesca, scoring 32 goals in 30 matches. His longest spell at a Spanish handball club came with Balonmano Sinfín, where he played for five seasons (2018-2023). With the Santander club, he scored 246 goals in the 119 matches he played.

He subsequently tried his luck with Raimond Ego Handball Sassari in Italy for approximately a year and a half. In December 2023, Handbol Club Eivissa signed him halfway through the season in the Silver Honour Division, a division in which he will compete again from September, this time as a red-and-white player.

He joins from Helvetia Anaitasuna, whom he will face again in 2025-2026, as the Pamplona side were relegated as bottom club on the final day of the regular season. Despite the poor season, Nicolás Zungri managed to score 57 goals in 29 matches.

“He is a very important addition to our squad. Finding a right back in the current market is an extremely complex task. Thanks to his experience, he will undoubtedly contribute at both ends of the 40x20,” said first-team coach Toni Malla, discussing the difficulty of finding a player in that position and with that profile.

The club’s first-team squad and coaching staff for 2025-2026 are therefore now complete. As for the staff, Toni Malla will remain for two guaranteed seasons plus one optional season, alongside Sergio Mallo as assistant coach, Carlos Greses in charge of physical preparation and Vicent Sanchís responsible for specific goalkeeper work and scouting.

Among the renewals, the following remain as Port players: Dani Martínez, Matheus de Novais, Joaquín Barceló, Diego Olba and Antonio Capitán, all until 2027, and academy players David García, Javier Olivares and Gonzalo Pérez, all three until 2026.

Finally, six signings have been announced. Nicolás Zungri joins Carlos Martín de Bolaños Ruiz, until 2028, Alex Pozzer, Juani Villarreal and Alberto Serradilla, until 2027, and Oriol Texidor, until 2026.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.