ValNet
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ValNet is the company gathering all Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota
Valencian pilota is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known, but seems to be related to the French Jeu de paume....

 professional players.

In 2005 the retired pilotaris Alfred Hernando (Fredi
Alfred Hernando
Alfred Hernando Hueso , known as Fredi, is a retired Valencian pilota professional player working now as a pilota businessman. He was a member of the Valencian Pilota Squad....

), Daniel Ribera (Ribera II) and the trinquet
Valencian trinquet
Valencian trinquet, or simply trinquet , is the court used in the Valencian Community for two different modalities of Valencian pilota: the Escala i corda and the Raspall.- Court :...

 owner Emili Peris, joined to create a brand new company that professionalized this old sport's environment: Assured minimal fees for the players, physical preparation, a number of weekly matches for everyone, levelled competitions and challenging exhibitions for bettings. This all has cleaned up and revitalized Valencian pilota world but has also carried some criticism because of alleged favours to certain players and trinquets.

Professional players

  • Adrián I
  • Adrián II
  • Álvaro
    Álvaro Navarro Serra
    Álvaro Navarro Serra , simply known as Álvaro, is one of the main Valencian pilota professional players. He is one of the most reputed dauers due to his strong left hand and his professionality, and has got to be a member of the Valencian Pilota Squad...

  • Aucejo
  • Canari
  • Cervera
  • Colau
  • Dani de Benavites
  • Espínola
  • Fèlix
  • Genovés II
    José Cabanes
    José Cabanes is a professional Valencian pilota player, known as Genovés II because his father is Genovés I. He plays for the ValNet company as a dauer on Escala i corda matches, but he can be also seen in exhibition matches of Llargues, Galotxa, or Frontó...

  • Grau
    Vicente Grau Juan
    Vicente Grau Juan is a professional Valencian pilota player known as Grau. He plays mainly Escala i corda matches and is one the best mitgers playing for the ValNet company, due to his fast and strong ball-strikes , he has been the first mitger who won the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa, a...

  • Héctor
  • Herrera
  • Javi
  • Jesús
  • León
  • Melchor
  • Mezquita
    José Jorge Mezquita García
    José Jorge Mezquita García , simply known as Mezquita, is a Valencian pilota professional player, one of the best reboters of the Escala i corda variant in the ValNet company...

  • Miguel
  • Nacho
  • Núñez
  • Oñate
  • Pedro
  • Pere
  • Primi
  • Raül II
  • Salva
  • Santi
  • Sarasol II
    José María Sarasol
    José María Sarasol Soler , Sarasol II, is a Valencian pilota professional player. His brother Enric was Sarasol I. He has been member of the Valencian Pilota Squad for 11 years and has deserved to be awarded as the Best Player at the Argentina'02 Handball International Championships.For many years,...

  • Solaz
  • Soro III
  • Tato
    Jaume Morales Moltó
    Jaume Morales Moltó , sporting nickname Tato, is a Valencian pilota professional player in the ValNet company team. He plays as mitger of the Escala i corda variant with a unique and unorthodox style due to his early experiences as a player, playing the Llargues variant in the streets...

  • Tino
  • Víctor
  • Voro

Feridors players

  • Miguelín
  • Oltra
  • Pedrito

Relevant competitions

  • Escala i corda
    Escala i corda
    Escala i corda is the most prestigious variant of Valencian pilota, and the only one, with Raspall, that have professional players.- History :...

    • Circuit Bancaixa
      Circuit Bancaixa
      The Circuit Bancaixa , officially Lliga Professional d'Escala i Corda, is the Escala i corda league for this Valencian pilota modality professional players...

    • Trofeu Individual Bancaixa
      Trofeu Individual Bancaixa
      The Trofeu Individual Bancaixa "Bancaixa one-on-one trophy") is the Escala i corda singles league played by Valencian pilota professionals and promoted by the Bancaixa bank.- Statistics :- Relevant facts about the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa :...


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