The young setter from Padova and Sieco Impavida Ortona are on the third ‘yes’. Leonardo Ferrato will be the weapons master in charge of lighting the fuse of the Ortona guns also for the 2023/2024 season.
Date of birth of the important ones (December 25) of the year 2001, with his 196 centimeters in height, Leonardo arrived in Ortona in the current championship. Season 2021/2022. Sieco, who was already navigating bad waters, suddenly found themselves without setter Lorenzo Piazza, the victim of an ankle injury. The attention of the white-blue management then turned to the then second setter of the Diana Group Motta of Livenza, who had a lot of talent and desire to get involved on his side. It may have been a coincidence, or maybe not, but since her arrival, Sieco found an unexpected leap that led her to play a second part of the championship at a very high level, even coming close to salvation. The enterprise did not succeed and Sieco found themselves in A3 after ten years of permanence in the second national series. Leonardo Ferrato, however, does not abandon the sinking ship and also remains in a lower category in a top-level team that will eventually be able to regain the stages it deserves.
Leonardo trained in the Kioene Padova school, with which he can also boast appearances in the Superlega. Leo didn’t take long to enter the national team with the under 20 blues, who won the silver medal at the 2020 European Championship. The following year he was also called up to compete in the Under 21 World Championships but this time the medal was gold. In July last year it’s still gold for the fearless director, this time with the Under 22 shirt of the Azzurri who win the Europeans.
«Going back to play in a higher category is undoubtedly a great satisfaction especially when this comes after winning a championship. I am happy to find most of my fellow adventurers because there is a great desire to demonstrate that we are also competitive in Serie A2. A greeting and a hug not only to the fans but also to the entire city that so much wanted the team to be able to play in this important square conquered on the field. I feel very comfortable in Ortona. In these years I have met so many people and friends that I will be able to embrace once again.».
