The first official red and white moment of coach Andrea Anastasi was held this afternoon at Nordmeccanica S.p.A. of the Cerciello family, historic company and world leader in the production of flexible packaging. Nordmeccanica S.p.A., Gold Sponsor of Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza for four seasons will also be alongside the Biancorossa in the next one. A one-year contract for him.
Sixty-two years old, a native of Poggio Rusco in the province of Mantua, a great career as a player with 141 appearances for the national team “dei Phenomeni”, a long career as a coach that began, immediately after hanging up his knee pads, in the 1994-1995 season in Brescia. In Montichiari the Mantuan coach coached from 1995 to 1999 before moving on to Cuneo from 2003 to 2005 and last season in Perugia. These are the Italian stages as a coach.
Other very significant passages in Poland where he led Trefl Gdansk from 2014 to 2019, winning two editions (2014-15 and 2017-18) of the national cup and the Polish Super Cup in 2015. From 2019 until the summer of 2022 he coached Projekt Warsaw to then return to the Italian championship at the helm of Perugia.
In between, a lot, a lot of national teams. Twice the Italian one (from 1999 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2010) winning the 1999 and 2000 World Leagues as well as the 1999 Europeans, third place at the 2000 Olympics and second place in the 2001 World League and 2001 Europeans. led the Spanish national team from 2005 to 2007, winning the European title in 2007, the Polish one from 2011 to 2013, obtaining important placements and victory in the 2012 World League and the Belgian one in the 2018-2019 season.
At the speakers’ table – in addition to the technician Andrea Anastasi – Vincenzo Cerciello, Vice President of Nordmeccanica S.p.A. Gold Sponsor of the team, Giuseppe Bongiorni Vice President of Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza and Alessandro Fei Sports Director of Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza. In the room, among others, Elisabetta Curti and Hristo Zlatanov, respectively President and General Manager of Gas Sales Bluenergy Volley Piacenza.