ApoyaClub was born in grassroots sport
I'm Rafael Alvares, a physiotherapist living in Benidorm. Since 2014 I've been physiotherapist to Spain's senior men's beach handball team, and I spent eleven years in Liga ASOBAL changing rooms.
The story
Why I built ApoyaClub
Over all these years I've seen up close what a club is worth: hundreds of families, youth teams that grow every season and matches that fill the stands every weekend. And how much it takes to keep it going, often thanks to people giving up their free time.
Finding sponsors and looking after them is one more part of that effort, and it's nearly always done against the clock. ApoyaClub exists to make it easier: the club has everything it can offer in one place, shows it well and keeps track of every business. And local businesses can find it and write to it directly.
Background
Over ten years in sport
- Since 2014
Royal Spanish Handball Federation
Physiotherapist to Spain's senior men's beach handball team: World Championships, European Championships, Global Tour, World Beach Games and World University Games.
- 2018 – 2025
Club Balonmano Benidorm
Club physiotherapist in Liga ASOBAL.
- 2014 – 2018
Club Balonmano Guadalajara
Club physiotherapist in Liga ASOBAL.
- Two seasons
Club Rugby Alcalá
Team physiotherapist.
Bronze Medal and Badge of the Royal Spanish Handball Federation.
With the teams
Shared achievements
FISU World University Champions, Portugal 2026, with Spain.
European runners-up, Turkey 2025, with Spain.
European Games champions, Poland 2023, with Spain.
Copa del Rey runners-up 2020 with Benidorm: the club's first European qualification.
Second place at the World Beach Games, Qatar 2019, with Spain.
Education
Where I trained
- 2014 – 2015
Specialist course in Sports Physiotherapy
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- 2012 – 2014
University Master's in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Universidad de Alcalá
- 2007 – 2012
Degree in Physiotherapy
Centro Universitário Tabosa de Almeida (ASCES-UNITA), Brazil
How I work
Three things that don't change
No commission
Whatever you agree with a business goes to your club. ApoyaClub charges a flat fee, never a percentage.
The club decides
You choose what you offer, at what price and with whom. The platform doesn't negotiate for you or get in the middle.
I listen
ApoyaClub gets better with what clubs tell me. If something doesn't work for you, write to me and we'll change it.
“Every club has something to offer, and near every club there's a business that wants to help. My job is to bring them together.”