Toni Gerona

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Toni Gerona
Personal information
Full name Antoni Gerona Salaet
Born (1973-07-31) 31 July 1973 (age 48)
Tortosa, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Club information
Current club C' Chartres MHB & Serbia (head coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
1997–1998
 Catalonia
1999–2004
 FC Barcelona (youth)
2004–2008
 FC Barcelona (assistant)
2008–2014
 FC Barcelona B
2012–2013
 Ireland
2015–2017
 El Jaish SC
2017–2020
 Tunisia
2019–
 C' Chartres MHB
2020–
 Serbia

Antoni "Toni" Gerona Salaet (born 31 July 1973) is a Spanish handball coach[1] for the Serbian national team.[2][3][4]

Biography[]

Toni Gerona trained at the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia between 1992 and 1997 with a license in handball.

After obtaining his diploma, he became technical training manager for the Catalan Handball Federation until 2004. At the same time, at FC Barcelona, Gerona took care of the Blaugrana youth teams from 1999 to 2004 and then, for three years, was Xesco Espar's assistant to the first team (2004-2008).

In this role, Toni Gerona won the Champions League 2005 as well as the La Liga 2006. At the same time as the position of technical director of training (2008-2015), Gerona took over the management of the Barcelona reserve team (2009-2015). Gerona then coached the Qatari club of El Jaish from 2015 to 2017.

In July 2017, Toni Gerona joined the Tunisian national team for three years with the aim of reaching the final of the 2018 African Nations Championship, the second round of the 2019 World Championship and winning the 2020 African Nations Championship.

The first objective is exceeded because the Tunisian team won the 2018 African Men's Handball Championship. The following year, during the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship, Tunisia reached the main round and ranked twelfth.

In the summer of 2019, at 45 and having become French-speaking following his experience in Tunisia, Toni Gerona joined the C 'Chartres MHB, promoted to the French first division. He also retains his function at the head of the Tunisian national team. In Chartres, he signed up for two seasons, one of which was optional, and benefited from an extended technical staff, made up in particular of a physical trainer and the young retiree of the grounds, Ricardo Candeias, for the goalkeepers.

In January 2020, the coach failed to retain the African title with Tunisia. This contractual objective leads to his dismissal. A few weeks later, then eleventh in the championship, he extended his contract by a year with C'Chartres MHB.

Honours[]

Club[]

National Team[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Antoni Gerona Salaet". enciclopedia.cat. Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ^ Martín, Javier (31 January 2018). "Toni Gerona: "El entrenador español está de moda"". mundodeportivo.com. Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
  4. ^ "Mondial Allemagne–Danemark: Liste des 18 joueurs convoqués". handball.tn. 31 December 2018.
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