The Agné lineage continues in Figueres. The young man Ot Agné made his debut last Sunday with the first team in the derby against Girona B (0-1) following the same steps as his father, Raül Agnéhad done 27 years before. The only differences are that Raül was 25 years old when he made his debut with the Union and joined from the white-and-red club while Ot is 17 and has been in Vilatenim all his life. Except for the two seasons that accompanied his family to Cadiz because his father was the coach of the yellow team, the youth midfielder has burned all the training stages in the Altemporda entity. The bond he maintains is so strong that he started playing it when he was 4 years old and he has worked all this time to get the opportunity.
“Despite the defeat, it was a pity, I am very happy personally. He had already been called up a couple of times, but on Sunday he more or less sensed that he could play. When they called me while I was warming up to enter the field of play, I was very happy. It was a very beautiful experience. I loved it and there were a lot of people in the stands for the derby, ”said Ot enthusiastically. The avalanche of casualties suffered by the first team made Moisés Hurtado reward him by giving him the first minutes in Third RFEF After 75 minutes, Zaka El Idrissi had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Zaka El Idrissi. total of 9 youth of the team led by Gregorio Gálvez Yoyo in the National League.
“Despite the defeat, I’m very happy personally because getting to the first team is what everyone at the base wants to achieve”
Congratulations keep coming to Ot since Sunday. Among them, how could it be otherwise, is that of his father. Raül Agné was unable to attend Vilatenim because he had a match with Nàstic de Tarragona, who beat Cornellà (1-0) at the Nou Estadi, but as little as they could he tried not to miss a detail of his son’s debut with Figueres, following him through the internet. “He told me to keep working and to seize the opportunity. Reaching the first team is my main goal and that’s why I’ve been fighting all this time “, he explains.
It could be said that for Ot Agné Figueres is the club of his life. At the age of 17, he only wore the colors of another shirt once and it was because his father coached Cadiz. He has been a member of the white-and-blue club since he was 4 years old, apart from having played football since he was a child, accompanying his father around the benches he has been on. It was not uncommon to see him in Montilivi in the four seasons (in two stages) that Girona led. Raül Agné was responsible from the bench for the historic promotion of the white-and-red team to Second in the 2007-08 season. In addition to being the coach of Peralada (2004-06) and Palamós (2006-07) -he was also the dean’s player in his time as a footballer- in Girona football, and having coached Recreativo, Tenerife, Zaragoza, Córdoba and an experience in China.
“I’ve lived all my life surrounded by football. I started thanks to my father »
“I’ve been surrounded by football all my life. From a very young age. I started thanks to my dad and he is the one who made me like this sport “, he comments. Ot has a coach at home, although he claims that his father “is not at all up to me”. “He leaves me in the lurch because he wants me to enjoy playing,” he added. In this regard, he comments that Raül Agné has been his coach a couple of times at Figueres: «He has helped us in the teams I have been to. It wasn’t that he was giving me more cane, but that I was pushing myself harder than usual because he was the one training me. I have great memories, the coach-player relationship was very good.
Ot Agné made his debut in Figueres 27 years later than his father Raül. The former footballer signed for the Altemporda club, coached by Xavi Agustí, in 1995 from Girona and stayed there until 1998. At that time Ot was not even thinking – he was born in 2004 – although the future would make his son maintain a bond with Figueres and make his debut there. “At the moment I’m training with the youth team, though I hope to be able to go up again with the first team. That’s what I want and hopefully it will be fulfilled “, he points out. He is still very young, just in April he will reach the age of majority, but he would like to follow his father’s career as a footballer. Raül Agné played for Figueres in Second B and Ot made his debut in Tercera with a team that is struggling to save itself, although with effort and dedication he dreams of making a place for himself to stay. About also being a coach? “There’s still a lot left, we’ll see.”
