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Rafa Márquez with Barça Athletic

STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE FILIAL BLAUGRANA

Total restructuring in the technical body of the filial of the Barça

Published:28/12/2023 - 14:08h

Updated:28/12/2023 - 15:37h

The ones of Rafa Márquez went back yesterday to the trainings with changes. Unai Alba incorporates like new trainer of goalkeepers in replacement of Carles Busquets, that substitutes to Toni Alonso like delegate of the filial

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The filial blaugana went back to exercise yesterday in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper with a double session to prepare the party of the next 3 January against the Unionistas of Salamanca in the stadium Johan Cruyff (21. 00 hours), corresponding to the day 19 of the Group 1 of the First RFEF. The ones of Rafa Márquez will go back this morning to the trainings with another double session and the Friday will train only in the morning. The Saturday 30 December will contest a friendly in front of Joined it Esportiva Olot, a party that will serve to take rhythm, already thinking also in the duel of league of 3 January. The Sunday 31 the team will exercise for the last time.

The staff technical of Rafa Márquez premièred new changes in his turn to the trainings after the stop navideño. It incorporated Unai Alba like trainer of goalkeepers, substituting to Carles Busquets, that becomes the delegate of the filial in replacement of Toni Alonso, that rises to the first team like right hand of Carles Nadal. Toni Alonso closed a stage of 32 years like delegate of the filial blaugrana and received a beautiful homage by part of the club.

New changes for the filial blaugrana

Unai Alba arrives to the filial blaugrana pertinent of Valencia Mestalla, where was the trainer of goalkeepers from 2017. His career like goalkeeper began in the Eibar and was still in clubs like Real Union, Zestoa, Lagun Onak, Barakaldo, Athletic, Hercules, Orihuela, Alcoyano and Ontinyent. Juice in first division with the hércules without arriving to debut with the first team of the Athletic in official party.

Carles Busquets, father of Sergio Busquets, carried from the season 2011-12 exerting the function of trainer of goalkeepers of the filial blaugrana. After finalising his stage like goalkeeper in the Lleida, where played between 1998 and 2002, went back to the Barcelona club like trainer of goalkeepers of the basic football. In the season 2007-08 changed the basic football by the filial, where worked under the orders of Pep Guardiola. Later it coincided with Luis Enrique, that did charge of the bench of the filial the season 2008-2009. Two years afterwards (campaign 2010-2011) went up again to the first team (played in the first team between 1900 and 1998) to substitute to Juan Carlos Unzué.