The second new name for the middle blocker department of Sieco Service Impavida Ortona has also been revealed. Arriving in the land of Abruzzo this time is Francesco Giacomini, a very young man, born in 2005 who, with his 202 centimeters tall, already boasts a very impressive CV. The Neo Impavido is capable of attacking at a height of 338 centimeters and blocking at 327.
Scuola Lube, with the Marchigiani, Francesco Giacomini is involved both in the youth sector and in Serie B. Among his teammates there are the Ortonese Andrea Giani and Matteo Iurisci.
Born in Recanati on 8 January 2005, Francesco encountered volleyball in the city of Loreto where he took his first, small steps into the world of minivolley. It was also in Loreto that Francesco grew up and with Loreto Volleyball he will play his first “Under championships” before attracting the attention of Lube in 2018. Sports life in Civitanova is not just the youth sector and in fact, in the 2021/ 2022, Giacomini with the Lube shirt wins a promotion from Serie C to Serie B.
However, the greatest satisfactions for the newly fearless come from his experiences in the Macerata youth sector. With the Lube Unders, Francesco Giacomini won fifteen regional titles in the Under category, which then translated into placings always among the best five in Italy. He also won many individual prizes in these youth tournaments as the best in his role.
With his performances, Francesco attracted the attention of the Italian national team who recruited him for their youth teams. With the blues, the central defender scored 58 points of which 22 blocks and 6 aces. With the Italian junior team, Giacomini will also win the title of best Central in an international tournament played in Bormio.
«They have always spoken very highly of Sieco to me, from every point of view, and this is why I decided to tackle my first year of A3 in Ortona. I will arrive in a team where there are expert athletes and my goal is to learn the most from the coach and my teammates so that I can continue to improve.”
