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| Full name | Antoni Gerona Salaet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 July 1973 Tortosa, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1997–1998 | Catalonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2004 | FC Barcelona (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | FC Barcelona (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2014 | FC Barcelona B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | El Jaish SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2023 | C' Chartres MHB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2024 | Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024- | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antoni "Toni" Gerona Salaet (born 31 July 1973) is a Spanish handball coach.
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, he 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 and Al Rayyan from 2022.
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