pablo urdangarin (21) y Froilan de Marichalar (24) have one thing in common: they are media. But they are for two very different contexts, while the second is known for his controversial night outings, the first is for his rising sports career.
Also read: The condition that the infanta Cristina imposes on Urdangarin before her imminent divorce
The second son of infant Christina e Iñaki Urdangarin He has followed in his father’s footsteps and is committed to handball. Like the former Duke of Palma, he wears the Blaugrana shirt, although he has the number 77 on his back (Iñaki wore 7).
“I have the example, I have a lot of advice every day, it helps me with everything. Having him there every day to ask him anything and talk about handball helps me a lot and I take advantage of it when I’m playing”, he confessed a few months ago for the cameras of the barça tv.
His sports career began in 2018. At the age of 17 he went to Germany, where he defended the jersey of TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (in Hannover). A year later, the grandson of the emeritus kings signed for HBC Nantes (in Nantes, France). After the break in competitions during the first months of the pandemic, in 2020, Pablo joined Barcelona in the summer. He signed for the club in category B and was training, but without a record because the squad was complete.
He debuted with the first team, at the Palau Blaugrana, on October 24 last year, against Bada Huesca and came out triumphant with three goals. A day that the family marked on the calendar not to forget. Both the sister of Philip VI as the boyfriend of Ainhoa Armentia They supported him from the stands.
Until recently, Pablo lived in a supervised apartment in La Masía, where the club’s youth players reside, who have a promising level for the future. Nevertheless, The confidential says that he has moved to a rental duplex in Sant Joan Despí with two friends.
As he has told, he combines training and matches with his university studies after finishing his time at the French Lyceum in Barcelona, which some of his brothers passed through. the grandson of Don Juan Carlos He is studying a Sport Management degree at the European University of Barcelona.
“It is a career that I started in Nantes and that I was able to continue studying when I moved to Barcelona. If I translate it into Spanish, it is like business administration but related to sports. You have several subjects that are very similar to those that a student can do from ADE but more related to sport”, he explained on the channel of the Catalan club.
And he is clear about the importance of academic training, something that his parents have instilled in him. “I have been able to learn a lot from my parents. My father, for example, has also been an athlete and has had to study while playing. And I have always had my parents tell me that it is very important because you never know when something might happen or When can your sports career end?
At the beginning of the year he also won the sympathy of the people after facing the media after the photographs of his father walking hand in hand with another woman who was not his mother. “We are all calm and we are going to love each other the same. These are things that happen and we will talk about it between us. I am not sure that my mother knew it. We will have to talk about it at some point and we will find out little by little and that’s it.”
In general, the four children of Cristina and Iñaki could be considered an example to follow, especially for their cousins. Juan, Pablo, Miguel and Irene have never given much to talk about, they keep a low profile, they don’t get into trouble and, furthermore, they demonstrate an education based on serenity and respect.