José Cabanes ( El Genovés 1981) is a professional

Valencian pilota Valencian pilota ( ca-valencia, pilota valenciana "Valencian ball") is a traditional handball sport played in the Valencian Community. Its origins are not known. Rules variations within the generic ''Pilota Valenciana'' category are frequent fr ...

player, known as Genovés II because his father is

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 ...

. He plays for the

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 ...

company as a ''dauer'' on

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matches, but he can be also seen in exhibition matches of

Llargues Llargues (, "long ones") is the oldest Valencian pilota modality. It is played on the streets, where two teams formed by 3, 4 or 5 players throw each other the ball with the hand try to surpass an imaginary line which changes every game. There ar ...

Galotxa Galotxa () is a variety of pilota that is always played in the street, whether artificial or natural, practiced mostly in the northern counties of the Xúquer river. In the evolution of the various Valencian pilota forms, Galotxa would be immedi ...

, or Frontó (In summer 2005 he went with Álvaro to

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to play a friendly match against Basque pilotaris). He is a member of the

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. He began playing seriously at the ''pilota'' schools. In 1998 he debuted at the trinquet of

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. He won twice the

''Lliga Caixa Popular'', and in 2002 he played for the first time 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 ...

, the most difficult competition, and reached three eliminatories. Nowadays, ''Genovés II'' is regarded as the number two of the ''pilota'' world, being the strongest player Álvaro. Their matches are longed by fans, and many towns contract them for exhibition matches on party days. At first, some fans did not recognize him as the son of

, but he got all respect in 2004, at the final match of the

: He was winning Álvaro by an amazing score (15-55), but failed at doing the last ''joc'' and lost (60-55). The very next year, the final match was played by them, and Álvaro won again (60-45).

Trophies

* Runner-up of the

2004, 2005 and

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External links

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* Vídeos: *
Final of the Individual d'Escala i Corda, 2004 against Álvaro, full match
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabanes, Jose 1981 births Living people People from Costera Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia Pilotaris from the Valencian Community