“I think it depends on him,” was the forceful phrase with which Argentina, during the Buenos Aires P1, Just a few days ago a player answered the possibility of seeing Aimar Goñi at the World Cup in November. A response that, despite being unexpected, is still obvious if we look at the evolution of this young man from Navarre who As MARCA Pádel has learned, it is on the shortlist with Spain.
But, Who is Aimar Goñi. Why is it giving so much talk in recent months. What has made people focus so much on that figure of 190 centimeters that combines physicality and talent in equal parts. As almost always, his photography is not fixed and has two marked readings that come together into a whole, the reality that we now see. And what, it seems, is yet to come.
For those inside the padel circus, he is not someone new at all. Rather, another hidden player who has entered the competitive circle late for having taken paths parallel to the elite but who was already drawing attention in minors with notable performances in the TyC tournaments and a third place in the Spanish championship in 2023. A profile that would also give a competitive jumping, gaining experience in the A1 Pádel circuit with two runners-up finishes in Venezuela and San Juan.
But it wouldn’t be until 2025 when, with the circuit of Monegasque property now extinct, he would be forced to give a qualitative leap to measure themselves in the elite. And his adaptation period would be dizzying, going from debut in Malaga to sign their first quarterfinals in Tarragona in just a few weeks. And, if that were not enough, three FIP tournaments in Torino, La Palma and Cordenons would close a first year of adaptation.
Explosion in 2026
An evolution that, as expected, has led to explode in 2026. Already established in the box in the first quarter of competition, he has ended up breaking an impressive service record with, even, some semi-finals in Asunción He is accompanied by a general feeling around his figure of comments, analysis and expectations that only generate those called to reach the privileged places of world padel.
Still at the beginning of the learning curve, its room for improvement is understood from a physique to polish, a decision making that still needs improvement and a tactical exposure on the court that will end up being relocated. But he has that something, that spark, that makes him different. Powerful and with a stopped or suspended smash that (figuratively) unravels the ball, it has ease in the hand, that differential feeling to generate spaces, open angles or use resources available to very few.
“That kid is crazy, he’s one of those that appears from time to time. He’s a different”, assured Sanyo Gutiérrez, former number one, when asked during a streaming by the Argentine Paddle Association (APA) about the Navarrese’s conditions and the feeling that watching him or facing him on the court had left him.
“That kid is crazy, he’s one of those that appears from time to time. He’s a different
In full climb in the ranking (is already a couple 11 with Edu Alonso) tEverything indicates that it is a matter of time, a short time, before you receive a call from one of the big names on the circuit to assault that top-8 that gives a privileged position to get into the Barcelona Finals at the end of the yeareither. An end to the year that, what’s more, could place him in a shortlist of candidates for the title of titles, the World.
In the eyes of the coach for the World Cup
Its evolution and escalation has not gone unnoticed in the technical area of the Spanish National Team and, in fact, his name begins to gain strength to complete the list in those two or three positions that dance and they depend on states of form, peaks of performance and intangibles that the selectors see to shake the shaker in the face of a more than hypothetical final against Argentina. And as this newspaper has learned, Goñi is going to enter the list of pre-called for the World Cup to create work dynamics and form a group before the official list is released that will be delivered by the coach, Juanjo Gutiérrez.
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Goñi has everything to reach high. How tall? That is the big question whose answer you will find in what you are able to achieve on the track. Compared to Galán or Augsburger for their physical power or punch, the sport has many tangential factors that revolutionize or slow down careers..
He, who has barely begun his journey and has already experienced it taking the shortest path to the top, knows it. AND If you don’t lose focus and stay on course, the goal seems only a matter of time.
