{"id":617905,"date":"2025-07-25T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=617905"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:06:48","slug":"spain-captain-felipe-perrone-ends-legendary-career-with-storybook-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/spain-captain-felipe-perrone-ends-legendary-career-with-storybook-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Captain Felipe Perrone Ends Legendary Career with Storybook Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spain Captain Felipe Perrone Ends Legendary Career with Storybook Title<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Felipe Perrone<\/strong> described it like a movie ending, one that maybe even Hollywood would\u2019ve thought a little too on the nose Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Perrone\u2019s last acts as an international water polo player unspooled at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Singapore. With 18 seconds left in the gold-medal match of the World Aquatics Championships, Perrone scored to give Spain a three-goal lead over Hungary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-alvaro-granados-gives-spain-movie-ending-with-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the final touch on a 15-13 victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It meant Perrone would end his 14th World Championships with two different countries with a gold medal around, the final entry in one of his generation\u2019s most illustrious careers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really like a movie,\u201d the Spain captain said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it. I think even the best movies are not so organized like this \u2014 like the last goal, winning the world championship. I\u2019m so, so happy and so proud of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the beats were there for the 39-year-old. He may not be the dominant force he once was, making the all-tournament team at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. (The former came when his current Spain teammate, <strong>Biel Gomila,<\/strong> was just two years old.) But Perrone\u2019s game has not fallen far. He was the MVP of the World Championships final in 2022, when Spain beat Italy in the shootout for its first title in 21 years, and made the all-tournament team in 2023.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/total-waterpolo.com\/world-championships-singapore-2025-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 World Championships Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-u-s-men-handle-canada-montenegro-tips-greece-as-mens-water-polo-opens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Men\u2019s Water Polo Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/italy-mens-water-polo-tops-serbia-in-shootout-at-world-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Men\u2019s Water Polo Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-u-s-mens-water-polo-tops-singapore-to-win-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Men\u2019s Water Polo Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-four-euro-teams-prevail-to-set-up-olympic-semifinal-rematches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men\u2019s Crossover Round Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-u-s-men-fall-to-serbia-hungary-upends-croatia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men\u2019s Quarterfinal Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-hungary-wins-semis-thriller-over-serbia-spain-takes-shootout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men\u2019s Semifinal Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year, Perrone had two goals on nine shots and three assists in the first six Spain games. But when his team needed him in the final, he produced two goals and an assist.<\/p>\n<p>Perrone answered when Hungary got out to its biggest lead, at 10-8, with a goal at 3:23 of the third quarter. Spain scored five of the first six goals of the fourth quarter to take the lead, the last by <strong>Unai Biel<\/strong> with 3:10 left. It was enough to weather the red card shown to <strong>Bernat Sanahuja,<\/strong> the finals MVP, with 3:51 left.<\/p>\n<p>Perrone finished it off personally. When <strong>Adam Nagy<\/strong> got Hungary within two at 14-12 with 51 seconds left, the captain replied by drawing the exclusion, then scoring on the power play with 18 ticks left to make it 15-12 and remove all doubt that he\u2019d go out a winner.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_617890\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-617890\" data-attachment-id=\"617890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-alvaro-granados-gives-spain-movie-ending-with-gold\/spain-vs-hungary-_-gold-match-_-men_s-water-polo-_-day-14-_-world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025_medium-res-image_m133230\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2160,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spain vs Hungary _ Gold Match _ Men_s Water Polo _ Day 14 _ World Aquatics Championships &#8211; Singapore 2025_Medium Res Image_m133230\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7-25-25&lt;br \/&gt;\nSpain vs. Hungary final of 2025 World Aquatics Championships&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: World Aquatics\/Singapore 2025&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-617890\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230.jpg\" alt=\"Spain Felipe PErrone\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-280x187.jpg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-1350x900.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230-533x355.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-617890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: World Aquatics\/Singapore 2025<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy,\u201d he said. \u201cHungary played amazing, but I think our team, we really showed our capacity. As a team, we played amazing. And I think more than that, it was an amazing game for water polo. I think people who watched it just see the best and the most beautiful water polo of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perrone\u2019s career is a wild ride. Born in Brazil, he moved to Spain at age 15 and represented both nations at the Olympics, with four Olympic for Spain and the home Games for Brazil in Rio in 2016. An Olympic medal eluded him, Spain finishing fourth in Tokyo, fifth in Beijing and sixth in Paris and London. But Spain has long been one of the most outstanding programs of Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday was Spain\u2019s fourth World Championship, moving into a tie with Hungary and Italy for the most in the competition&#8217;s history. Perrone led two, and he&#8217;s medaled in seven World Championships \u2013 silver in 2009 and 2019; bronze in 2007, 2023 and 2024. He has five European Championships medals, including gold in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The dramatic ending fit the emotional build Perrone felt leading to his final games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was crying for the last six months, and every time all the guys were saying beautiful words for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s more than the result, because now it\u2019s easy to talk about the results, but it was so, so many years with them. I spent more time with them than with my family. For me to finish like this and have them next to me, it is really a special feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perrone has dominated domestic competition with 15 titles with CN Atletic-Barceloneta over four stints. He\u2019s won the LEN Champions league with CNAB, Italian club Pro Recco and Croatia&#8217;s Jug Dubrovnik, with domestic titles in each league.<\/p>\n<p>He is an icon in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no words to describe Felipe,\u201d said <strong>Alvaro Granados,<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-alvaro-granados-named-mvp-with-two-greek-all-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MVP of the tournament<\/a> and perhaps Perrone&#8217;s heir apparent. \u201cWhen the game finished, I said to him that one of the most beautiful things that sport ever gave me was being able to be a friend of him. He was my idol growing up watching water polo and being able to become his friend, his roommate for the last four years is some of the most beautiful things sport has ever given to me and will give to me for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s always for the good of the team. He has zero ego being one of the best players in history, for sure, and he puts always the others in front of him for the best of the group. We all learnt a lot from him, so he\u2019s super humble, super good person and a great friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tributes came from both sides in the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot describe how happy I am for him,\u201d Hungary\u2019s <strong>Vince Vigvari<\/strong> said after giving his Barceloneta teammate a big hug. \u201cIf there was one player today who deserves it, it\u2019s him. He knows that I love him so much, and I can\u2019t wait to see him again in Barcelona, because I have to learn a lot more from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long journey for Perrone, who said he\u2019s looking forward to a break from the year-round grind to spent time with family. It&#8217;s difficult to walk away, not from the accolades and trophies but from the people he\u2019s won them alongside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say that winning is an addictive feeling,\u201d he said. \u201cI think sport is an addictive feeling. I shared this with my teammates. It is the sport, every training session. This feeling of being connected with the guys. This is something really special. And sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and I lost a lot. For me, I would say that more than winning. 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