The Historic Central Canarian and Excapitan of the Spanish team Daniel Sarmiento (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1983) has decided Definitely retire as a handball player at the end of season 2024/2025 and continue with his role as coach at the base of the Jumbo Gáldar unblocks.
After returning last season to the Galdense team, club of its origins, to reinforce the first team, Sarmiento has been conditioned by the physical discomfort suffered during the coursewhich have prevented him from continuing in full conditions and They have precipitated their decision to close a successful career nationally and internationally.
Formed in the Las Palmas Youth and in him Gáldar Handball Club, with which he debuted in ASOBAL LIGAin 2003 he left for Keymare Almeríawhere he militated until 2007 and whose good work allowed him to make the leap to Ademar de Leónwith which he raised a ASOBAL CUP in 2009.
That year he signed for the Barça and opened an extensive stage of seven seasons that allowed him to settle in the Spanish team and lift Two EHF champions leagues (2011 y 2015), Six consecutive Asobal leagues between 2011 and 2016, Four King Cups, four Spanish supercopwhich positions him as one of the most laureate players in Spanish handball of the last decades.
In the national team, with 147 Internationalitieswas Captain and Baluarte of Spain World Champion in 2013, European champion twice (2018 and 2020) and continental runner -up in 2022, also achieving three bronze medals: One at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, another in the 2021 World Cup and one more in the 2014 European.
After leaving Barcelona, he opened a six -seasons stage in the Saint-Raphaël VHB from the League of Handball France, where he formally left professional sport, although he left the break twice and signed in 2022 for the Orlen Wisla Pick Polish and in 2024 by the Jumbo Gáldar unblocks.
From the Gáldar Handball Club they have also announced that Dani Sarmiento will continue linked to the entity, taking up his work as a coach in the lower categoriesas it was done before rejoining the first team staff: “His experience, knowledge and commitment to the development of young talents will continue to be key in the growth of the club.”
The club wanted to “deeply thank its commitment, professionalism and delivery during this last year, in which its presence has been a reference both on and off the track”
