Sergio Berrios is Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto’s new Sporting Director

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto announce that their former Liga Loterías Asobal player will now take on the role of Sporting Director of the Academy. In addition, Sergio Berrios will take charge of the Primera Nacional reserve team, Nules Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto B. Likewise, Jaume Lledó has been appointed Coordinator of the Sports Initiation Academies, and of the municipal junior and youth handball programmes managed by Fertiberia. Toni Alegre, NI coach, will be Sergio Berrios’s assistant; the pair have already worked together coaching the Valencian Women’s Youth Team.

The restructuring of the red-and-white academy’s management follows the resignation of Carlos Núñez, who in turn replaced Toni Sarió at the beginning of the current season. The latter continued to manage the recently created reserve team until a few weeks ago, when he also asked to be relieved of his duties. The reasons for both resignations, following an excellent period during which the red-and-white academy raised its standards in both quality and quantity, appear to lie in deep disagreements with the person ultimately responsible for the Asobal team, Nikola Milos, as well as with some decisions made by the Board of Directors, both in managing the conflict and in handling this new Primera Nacional reserve-team project.

The new officials are highly qualified for their appointed roles. Jaume Lledó holds a degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and is a Level I Handball Coach. His entry into the world of handball after completing his studies, his work managing Infantil A alongside Jandro Pérez, and his work in school handball convinced the red-and-white board to entrust him with the difficult challenge of raising the standards of quality and quantity within the club’s prolific academy.

For his part, Sergio Berrios needs no introduction in the world of handball. An international player with an extensive career at clubs with such strong youth traditions as BM Granollers itself, he understands the key factors that enable young players to reach the highest level in their development. He is also a true handball enthusiast and scholar who, in addition to his national NIII coaching qualification, holds a qualification achieved by very few in Europe: the Master Coach qualification run by the EHF, which, according to current plans, will soon be required to coach teams qualifying for European competition.

In addition to this high-level training, Sergio Berrios is a member of the RFEBM Delegate Commission and works in the Technical Department of the Valencian Community Handball Federation. In his role, he knows all the club’s youth players well, particularly those who have attended or currently attend the FBMCV High-Performance Centre in Cheste and the Valencian regional teams.

All of this, together with his knowledge of the club’s identity gained through his seasons as a player, led Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto’s Board of Directors to entrust him with the task of becoming the Academy’s Sporting Director.

Carlos Argente, the club’s Vice-President, states that “The resignations of Toni Sarió and Carlos Núñez present an important challenge to their replacements, Jaume Lledó and Sergio Berrios. We can state without fear of contradiction that the Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto academy experienced the best period in its 65-year history under their direction. We are sure that Jaume and Sergio are two excellent choices to maintain and improve the great work already done. We wish them the very best of luck and give them our full support to make this happen.”

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.