Javier Imbroda, in full ovation from the audience and together with Juanma Moreno and De la Torre. /
Former players, coaches, managers and referees who attended the event or sent messages recorded by video praise Imbroda for his unique profile and his sporting merits
A unanimous sentiment from the entire basketball world. The Sports Merit Star awarded by the City Council to Javier Imbroda was considered an act of justice for the sport of the basket and, above all, for those who lived with it the most. Present at the appointment or through recorded video messages, the accolades came from all over the place.
Thus the current Spanish coach, Sergio Scariolo, considered the tribute “a recognition of his sporting career, always with his training as an athlete and passionate about sports.” “Our friendship has been through many tests and has passed them all. What you have achieved in Unicaja is there ”, also said with sincerity who happened to him on the bench both in the Malaga team and in the national team.
One of the people who has walked the longest with Imbroda is Pedro Ramírez. “It is an award with which we feel identified and proud of those of us who have seen them develop all their sports, personal or political lives, with the values that they pursued for their land, with sport being an extraordinary means to achieve all this,” he acknowledged.
Another of those who were his first supporters upon his arrival from Melilla to Malaga, as he recalled, aged 23 and with two backpacks, was Jacinto Castillo. «This tribute is more than justified. He is a wonderful example. All that has been heard in the act are truths like fists, in the political and the sports the human. The experiences that he and I have had together have magnified our body, our soul and our mind ».
Two of the first players to whom Imbroda gave the alternative were Enrique Fernández and Jesús Peña, also present at the tribute. «It was like my sports father, the one who brought me to Malaga. I played in the ACB and in the elite thanks to him, and his work and everything he has achieved has his gratitude in this star “, said the first of them, and for Peña, what happened” is the culmination of what he is sportingly speaking of his recognition, especially for those of us who have lived with him ».
For the president of the Spanish Basketball Federation, Jorge Garbajosa, “I stay with Javier, the person who taught me life values, always with a smile and a touch of passion.” And along the same lines, the head of the ACB, Antonio Martín, spoke: «I did not come here as president, but as someone who has been on a joint journey with him. I love him very much and it has been well deserved. I like that the star is where it is, in a place where basketball people pass by ».
Also excellent are the memories of Carlos Jiménez with Imbroda, with whom he coincided in his beginnings as a player in the national team. “It has been a recognition of a sports career beyond what transcends him as a person. It is a good initiative to recognize those who act in favor of the city, a hard-working person and a good person.”
Basketball referee Daniel Hierrezuelo went even further: “It is an emblem for the city and the world of basketball. He is a person who with his imprint has created a new era of basketball and a different vision from the one we had “And he added that” it is an honor that our stars are contiguous.
During the tribute ceremony, congratulations were also heard from Lithuanians Valdemaras Homicius and Arturas Karnisovas, whom he directed in the Lithuanian team, and from Marist Brother Julian Sanz: “Between us, distance was never an obstacle. You are always on my mind and in my heart. It is an award that you deserve for what you have done in Malaga sports and for working for Malaga society »
Imbroda, along with Albert Rivera in the inaugurated Star. /
“Javier knows how to play as a team, shine and shine,” says Albert Rivera
Another of the illustrious attendees was the former leader of Ciudadanos Albert Rivera, the architect of which Imbroda entered the world of politics. After posing with him next to the Star, he commented: «He is a very talented person, a great person, as the Chairman of the Board has said, and there are not so many people like that, but he also knows how to play as a team, shine and shine . He has taken advantage of his last speech, before receiving this fantastic star and has given us all more wisdom. Is a teacher. For me he is, and I say it as the son and grandson of Malaga, he is a great Malaga and a great Andalusian ».
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