José Cabanes ( El Genovés 1981) is a professional

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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

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, Galotxa, or Frontó (In summer 2005 he went with

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to play a friendly match against Basque pilotaris). He is a member of the Valencian Pilota Squad. He began playing seriously at the ''pilota'' schools. In 1998 he debuted at the trinquet of Vilamarxant. He won twice the Escala i corda ''Lliga Caixa Popular'', and in 2002 he played for the first time the Trofeu Individual Bancaixa, 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

. 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 Genovés I, but he got all respect in 2004, at the final match of the Escala i corda Trofeu Individual Bancaixa: 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 Trofeu Individual Bancaixa 2004, 2005 and

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External links

Genovés II
at ValNet * 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