Antoni "Toni" Gerona Salaet (born 31 July 1973) is a Spanish

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coach.

Biography

Toni Gerona trained at the National Institute of

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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

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's assistant to the first team (2004-2008). In this role, he won the Champions League 2005 as well as the

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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. In July 2017, Toni Gerona joined the Tunisian national team for three years, winning 2018 African Nations Championship and coming in second in 2020. He reached the second round of the 2019 World Championship. In the summer of 2019, at 45 and having become

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-speaking following his experience in

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, Toni Gerona joined the C 'Chartres MHB, promoted to the French first division. He also retained his function at the head of the Tunisian national team. In

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, he signed up for two seasons, one of which was optional, and benefited from an extended technical staff, made up in particular of a physical trainer and the young retiree of the grounds, Ricardo Candeias, for the goalkeepers. He was dismissed from Tunisia national team after failing to retain the African title. A few weeks later, then eleventh in the championship, he extended his contract by a year with C'Chartres MHB. In May 2020 he became head coach for Serbia national team which he led until January 2024.https://www.handball-planet.com/serbia-and-toni-gerona-part-ways/

Honours

Club

* EHF Champions League: ** ''Winner:'' 2005 (assistant) * Liga ASOBAL: ** ''Winner:'' 2006 (assistant)

National Team

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: ** ''Winner:'' 2018 ** ''Runner-up:'' 2020 *

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: ** ''Runner-up:'' 2018 ** ''Third place:'' 2022

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerona, Toni 1973 births Living people People from Tortosa Sportspeople from the Province of Tarragona Spanish handball coaches Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in France Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Handball coaches of international teams Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ireland