Joan Peñarroya
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Valencia Basket | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Liga ACB |
Personal information | |
Born | Tarrasa, Spain | 20 April 1969
Nationality | Spanish |
Listed height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1987–2013 |
Coaching career | 2006–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1987–1990 | Manresa |
1990–1991 | Canarias |
1991–1997 | Manresa |
1997–1999 | León |
1999–2001 | Ourense |
2001–2003 | Manresa |
As coach: | |
2006–2010 | CB Olesa i Navàs |
2010–2018 | Andorra |
2018–2019 | Manresa |
2019–2021 | Burgos |
2021–present | Valencia |
Career highlights and awards | |
As player:
As coach:
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Joan Peñarroya Rodríguez (born 20 April 1969) is a Spanish retired basketball player and current head coach of Valencia of the Liga ACB.
Coaching career[]
Peñarroya started his coaching career as assistant coach with CB Olesa of the Liga EBA. In 2010, he signed with BC Andorra of the LEB Plata. Peñarroya led the team to a promotion to the LEB Oro and later to the Liga ACB. He also coached in the EuroCup with Andorra.
In the 2018–19 season, Peñarroya coached Bàsquet Manresa, leading the team to the ACB playoffs for the first time since 1998.
In July 2019, Peñarroya signed as new head coach of San Pablo Burgos.[1] In October 2020, he won the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League with Burgos, the club's first championship ever.[2] The next season, he led his team to a repeat of the Champions League while also capturing the 2021 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
On June 21, 2021, he has signed with Valencia Basket of the Liga ACB.[3]
Personal[]
Joan is the son of Marc Peñarroya, who was a professional basketball player as well.
References[]
- ^ "Joan Peñarroya, nuevo entrenador del San Pablo Burgos". San Pablo Burgos (in Spanish). 27 July 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Hereda San Pablo Burgos crowned 2020 Basketball Champions League winners". Basketball Champions League. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Joan Peñarroya is officially the new head coach of Valencia". Sportando. June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- Living people
- 1969 births
- Bàsquet Manresa coaches
- Bàsquet Manresa players
- BC Andorra coaches
- CB Canarias players
- CB Miraflores coaches
- Club Ourense Baloncesto players
- Spanish basketball coaches
- Spanish men's basketball players
- Spanish basketball biography stubs