Alfred Hernando Hueso ( Valencia 1957), 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 The Valencian Pilota Squad are the Valencian pilota professional or amateur players chosen to take part in the Handball International Championships representing Spain, even though all of them are Valencians and they use the Valencian flag This is ...

. ''Fredi'' had a successful career at the Valencian trinquets as an Escala i corda ''escalater''. His active years coincided with

Genovés I Francisco "Paco" Cabanes Pastor (20 December 1954 – 31 July 2021) was a Spanish professional Valencian pilota player known by his town's name, Genovés I, and who has begun a ''pilotaris'' saga with his son, '' Genovés II''. He's been reg ...

, one of the best players of all times, so ''Fredi'' was lucky of playing with him but unlucky of not being able to win more competitions because of him. When he retired as a player he decided to renew the structures of the Valencian pilota with a new trophy, the ''Escala i corda''

Circuit Bancaixa The Circuit Bancaixa (; "Bancaixa League"), officially Liga Profesional Escala i Corda, is the professional league of Valencian pilota. Circuit Bancaixa name is taken from its main sponsor, the Valencian Savings bank CaixaBank. During the period ...

league for professional players, with his own company, Frediesport, and the Valencian bank Bancaixa. In 2005 he joined the ex-pilotari Daniel Ribera, '' Ribera II'', and the Gandia trinquet owner, Emili Peris, to create a brand new company,

ValNet ValNet is an association of Valencian pilota professional players. In 2005 the retired ''pilotaris'' Alfred Hernando ( ''Fredi''), Daniel Ribera ( ''Ribera II'') and the trinquet owner Emili Peris, joined to create a brand new company that profes ...

, which contracts all professional players.

Trophies

* Winner of the Campionat Nacional d'Escala i Corda 1980, 1986, 1988 and 1991 * Runner-up of the Campionat Nacional d'Escala i Corda 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1987 * Winner of the

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 {{clear Relevant facts about the ''Trofeu Individual ...

1987 * Runner-up of the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 1988 Handball International Championships * Winner of the Llargues World Championship,

Maubeuge Maubeuge (; historical nl, Mabuse or nl, Malbode; pcd, Maubeuche) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated on both banks of the Sambre (here canalized), east of Valenciennes and about from the Belgian border ...

( France), 1998.

External links

Frediesport

ValNet Pilota
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