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Xavi Pascual
Xavi Pascual took as coach of AXA Barça on February 14, 2008 after the club opted to end Dusko Ivanovic's time in charge of the basketball team. After two-and-a-half years as assistant to the Montengran trainer, he stepped up to take the helm.
Born on September 9, 1972, Pascual joined FC Barcelona in 2004-05 as the coach of the B team, who
played in the EBA League, and was also co-ordinator of the basketball youth set-up. The trainer had
previously worked with a number of Catalan teams and worked his way up three divisions, the EBA
League, the LEB-2 and the LEB.
Pascual began his coaching career in the game began in 1990-91 in minibasket with CB Gavà,
and stayed for three years. His next club was CB Cornellà, where became the coach of the under-20
side and the senior B team. Between 1995 and 1997 he was the assistant to Agustí Cuesta at
Cornellà. During those two seasons, he helped the team to finish as runners-up and then third in
the league, as well as winning the Catalan EBA League in his first term.
From Cornellà, Pascual moved on to coach CB Santfeliuenc in the Segunda Nacional (the Copa
Catalaunya). Next came a stint with CB Olesa between 1999 and 2001 where he helped the club up to
the EBA League in his first season and came second the following campaign.
Before joining Barça, Pascual’s last team was Aracena, with whom he won the Catalan EBA
League and achieved promotion to the LEB-2. In the 2002-03 campaign he led the team to the title
again and movewd up to the LEB. The following year, despite winning the Catalan League title, the
team went back to LEB-2.
In 2004-05, he arrived at FC Barcelona as the coach of the EBA League team and the
co-ordinator of youth teams. Since 2005-06, Pascual has been the assistant coach to Ivanovic.
Before joining Barça, Pascual ensured that he had something outside of basketball as he
waorked as an engineer between 2001 and 2005 with the council of Vildecans. When joining the
Blaugrana he dedicated himself solely to the game.
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