The Dutch setter Freek De Weijer arrived in Italy and immediately after reaching Piacenza he entered the PalabancaSport to collect the technical material and meet some of his new teammates.
After his World Cup commitment with Netherlands in the round of 16 against Ukraine, Freek De Weijer, once back home, immediately left for Piacenza. After medical examinations, the player, born in 1995, immediately made himself available to coach Bernardi and in the afternoon he carried out his first training as white and red.
“Playing in the Italian league – says Freek De Weijer – and above all in a high-level team like Piacenza is a great opportunity that I want to exploit to the full. It is the second time that I will play away from Holland, last year in Greece I had the opportunity to live a great experience, now I can’t wait to start, training with great champions will help me to grow further, I am young and I still have a lot to learn, in Piacenza I am sure that I will be able to do it. Brizard is one of the best setters in the world, I will be able to learn a lot from him, from the first day of work I will do everything to help the team so that it can achieve important goals. The World Cup? We still regret having gone out in the round of 16, with Ukraine we did not play as we would have liked and should have “.
Freek De Weijer is in his first experience in Italy and last season the Dutch setter played in Greece with the AOP Kifissias shirt, finishing the championship in sixth place.
Born in Berkel-Enschot, a town in the Netherlands located in the province of North Brabant, Freek De Weijer approached volleyball at the age of eleven and after completing his career with the youth teams he played in Holland for many years dressing the Draisma Dinamo Apeldoorn shirt on two separate occasions, winning two league titles, a Dutch Cup and a Dutch Super Cup. He played for two seasons in Active Living Orion and then played a leading role in Greece last year with AOP Kifissias.
