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14.06.2007 13:34

New role for Xesco in Barça

Meritxell Infante

Xesco Espar, until now manager of Barça Cifec, is to take on responsibilities within the area of fitness training.

Xesco Espar is starting a new stage in his relationship with FC Barcelona. He will be moving from his job as manager of Barça Cifec to a post with responsibilities for fitness training within the Club, with the brief of guiding and advising the different professional working in this area in the Club, with the exception of the senior football squad.

Xesco Espar will focus on improving the working methods of the Club’s fitness coaches as well as studying new tendencies and incorporating them in to the daily routine of the Club’s sports people.

An expert on sport

Espar is an expert in top level sports and was an instructor at the prestigious INEFC (Catalan National Institute for Physical Education) in Barcelona for 13 years (1991-2004). He is a frequent contributor to handball clinics and top level sporting master classes in Spain and abroad and has taken part in a number of Masters Courses in this field. He has published three books on handball as well as numerous specialised articles.

This latest challenge is nothing new to Xesco Espar. In the 1997-98 season, Valero Rivera handed him the responsibility for the fitness programme for the Club’s handball team and for the next seven seasons he played a vital role in the successes of the team: 3 European Cups, 4 European Super Cups, 4 Spanish Super Cups, 6 Pyrenean Leagues, 3 ASOBAL Cups, 4 ASOBAL leagues, 3 Kings Cups and 1 EHF Cup.