The Catalan Antonio García is still committed based on basketball player Marcelinho Huertas (age 41).) and is making an impressive season with Fraikin Granollers after decisively helping the Hispanics win bronze at the Paris Games.
Born on March 6, 1984, ‘La Llagosta Canyon’, the left-hander’s life began to change in 1988. At the age of 14 he changed his hometown team to Granollers (the capital of Valles Oriental is only 15 kilometers away) and received a call from the Spanish cadet corps.
From there, almost thirty years of experience he has shown a unique skill and true love for handball. “I am awesome “If I don’t get injured, I want to continue playing,” he told SPORT in 2022. after defeating Barça in the Copa del Rey final in Antequera (30-26).
At 1.90 meters, Antonio García advanced to 21 years ago he signed his first professional contract. Despite his powerful shot and ability to be different in attack, the man from Valles has been working on his defense to avoid turnovers and maintain his solvency on both sides of the court.
After two years with the reserve team and six in the first team, Antonio García played the 2011-12 season at Ademar before embarking on the international journey that took him. to PSG 2012 in the season that Qatar Investment Authority (the company that owns the football team) also managed handball.
Antonio García, senior captain on the slopes / FRAIKIN GRANOLLERS
After two seasons at the French team, he also went to Hungarian Pick Szeged at the request of coach Juan Carlos Pastor before signing in 2016 for KIF Copenhagen. There fate had a surprise in store for him, to begin with An injury to Barcelona’s Lasse Andersson opened the doors for Barça in the winter market in 2017.with which he won the Copa del Rey and the ASOBAL League.
At 33 years old, the Catalan forward line is still at its best and played in Bucharest the following season before returning to Granollers (2018-19), where. He returned in 2020 after a season at Nantes, who paid for his relegation decision. He is now facing his fifth consecutive season under Antonio Rama and continues to be one of the leaders.
Meanwhile, the bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 games bye Raúl Entrerríos, gold in the 2013 World Cup and winner of two silvers and a bronze in Europe f.The most important is the 40 years that have been completed in Granollers Pre-Olympic how Hispanics got a ticket to Paris.
Antonio García, this season against BM Logroño / FRAIKIN GRANOLLERS
However, the first five days of the ASOBAL League are already looking strong. Almost 41 years old, the Catalan is Fraikin Granollers’ top scorer and sixth in the competition with 31 goals. in six games and the best average since his transfer from Nantes in 2020 (6.2 per game).
The ‘Pichichi’ with 37 is the talented center back Nacho Valles (Servigroup Hoteles Benidorm)and 34 with Miguel Malo (Bada Huesca) and Slovak Jakob Prokup (Bathco Torrelavega), 33 with Pablo Simonet from Argentina (Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil) and 33 with Dalmau Huix (Tubos Aranda Villa de Aranda).
Also, Antonio García scored eight goals against Kristianstad in every game of the European League qualifiers and scored seven in Valles’ victory over Polish Gornik Zabrze (32-36). He was top scorer in all three games and is second in the league with 23 goals, two behind Danish Nikolaj Laeso (ex FC Porto and currently at Bjerringbro-Silkeborg). This Tuesday, the top game at the Palau Olímpic against Montpellier for Barça player on loan Djordje Cikusa. Good game!
