The Asobal Hall of Fame adds this year to five new legends of club handball: Alberto Entrerríos, Cristina Fernández Piñeiro, Lorenzo Rico, Valero Rivera and Veselin Vujovic. These are indisputable figures in the history of sport, selected after a mixed voting system that combined the opinion of the jury of specialists and the participation of fans.
However, among the chosen ones, a clamorous absence stands out again: that of the San Antonioone of the most laureate teams in Spanish and European handball in the early 2000s. Already in the first edition of the Hall of Fame, in which names such as Talant Dujshebaev or Juanín García, the only player with a presence in the Navarrese club was the goalkeeper JJ Hombrados.
An unforgettable club
San Antonio was not one more club. European champion in 2001runner -up on two other occasions, ASOBAL League Championof the Copa del Rey, the Super Cup and of the Golment from Europethe Navarro team marked an era in Spanish handball. Figures like Mateo Garralda, Jackson Richardson, Ivano Balic, Oleg Kisselev or Alexandru Buligan They defended their shirt. Also iconic coaches like Zupo Equísoain, architect of the greatest successes of the entity.
The chosen ones
Entrerríos, Fernández Piñeiro, Rico, Rivera and Vujovic are added, in this way, to the
Awarded from the first edition of the Excellence of the Handball Elite
Spanish male clubs, Talant Dujshebaev, Enric Masip, Juanín García, Jota
Manrados, Juan de Dios Román, Ramón Gallego and Cecilio Alonso.
1. Alberto Entrería He played 15 seasons in the Asobal League, since his debut in the
Naranco de Oviedo (Season 1997/1998), Su Paso by Ademar de León, Barça,
Bm. Ciudad Real and its last stage in the BM. Atlético de Madrid. The first line
He was part of the ideal of the Spanish male handball elite
2 times (2003/2004 and 2006/2007 editions). Next to Albert Rocas,
Entrerríos, International with the Spanish team on 240 occasions, is the only one
Spanish player with two world titles in his record (Tunisia 2005 and Spain
2013).
2. Valero Rivera He served as a coach in a total of 14 seasons in the league
Asobal, always defending Barça’s shield (1990/2004). Debuted in him
Blaugrana bench in February 1984 and was part of the ideal league
Asobal in the 2002/2003 academic year.
He is one of the most laureate professionals in the history of Asobal, being the
Orchestra Director of ‘Dream Team’. As a spanish coach,
hung the bronze in the World Cup in Sweden (2011) and raised the title of champion of the
World in the 2013 edition.
3. Cristina Fernández Piñeiro She has been the first woman to direct matches of the
Ulve category of Spanish handball. Debuted in Honor division in 1988
And in 1991 he obtained the category of international referee, in addition to becoming
in the first woman to direct European competition matches. In his
Exceptional service sheet are, among other achievements, six Cup finals
of the king, being tangible its impact on the national circuit. She was awarded
as the best arbitration couple of the 2004/2005 Asobal League with your partner
Pablo Permuy. He withdrew with the Asobal Super Cup dispute in Salamanca
2007.
4. Lorenzo Rico He played five seasons in the Asobal League -seeing the colors of the
Barça from 1990 to 1995- after a whole trajectory in the old division of
Honor (14), erecting as a reference of Atlético de Madrid. It is one of the
Great goalkeepers of our sport with an exceptional record.
Absolute international with Spain, the national shirt has dressed in 245
occasions.
5. Veselin Vujovic He played a total of five seasons in the Asobal League. Your first
Appearance in Asobal territory was in the Palau Blaugrana, defending the
Barça colors. Would close his journey in the elite of male handball
Spanish clubs with the BM shirt. Granollers (1993/1995). As
International with Yugoslavia, Vujovic won gold in the JJ.oo. of Los Angeles
1984 and in the 1986 World Cup in Switzerland. Three years later, he was better chosen
World player. He also militated in BM. Ciudad Real already in its facet as
technical.
