Valero Rivera Folch (born 22 February 1985) is a Spanish handball player who plays for HBC Nantes and the Spain national team.[1][2] His father is the former handballer Valero Rivera López. He is a World champion with Spain from 2013 and a European champion from 2018

Career

The left wing started playing handball at FC Barcelona, where his father was a coach. In 2001 he joined the first team. Here he won the 2003 Liga ASOBAL, the 2003–04 EHF Cup and the 2004-05 EHF Champions League.

In 2010 he joined French team HBC Nantes. In the 2011-12 season and 2012-13 season he was the second best goalscorer in the French league. In the 2011-12 season he was also chosen as the best player in the French league.[3]

In 2016 he returned to FC Barcalona.[4] Here he won the 2017 and 2018 Spanish championship and cup. In 2018 he once again joined Nantes.[5] Here he won the 2021 Coupe de la Ligue, the 2022 Trophée des Champions and the 2024 Coupe de France.

National team

Valero Rivera Folch debuted for the Spanish national team on 3 November 2011 against Sweden.

For the 2012 Olympics he was in the Spanish preliminary squad, but did not make the final team.[6]

In 2013 he won the 2013 World Championship at home with his father, Valero Rivera López, as the coach.[7]

At the 2014 European Championship in Denmark he won bronze medals with the Spanish team.[8] In 2018 he was on the Spanish team that won the 2018 European Championship.

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "Valero Rivera". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Valero Rivera Jr. Mejor jugador de liga francesa" (in Spanish). mundodeportivo.com. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Barcelona stellt drei Neuzugänge offiziell vor, Ristovski erhält Nummer 12" (in German). handball-world.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Barcelona bestätigt den Wechsel von Casper Mortensen, Valero Rivera geht" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ^ "„Härteste Entscheidung" – Valero Rivera gibt Olympiakader bekannt" (in German). handball-world.com.
  7. ^ "Spanish National team squad - World Championship 2013" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation.
  8. ^ RFEBM: "Spanish Team European Championship 2014" (PDF). Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Barça All-star Team favourites; Landin and Hansen top votes". eurohandball.com. 11 June 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valero_Rivera_Folch
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