Born in ’93, with six championships already played in the top series distributed between Padova, Latina, Sora, Siena and Cisterna, Andrea Mattei can be considered among the veterans of the Super League. In 2024/25 the strong central will continue to wear the shirt of Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina.
In the season that consecrated the team among the great Olympus of volleyball, the month of May saw Mattei stopped in the pits due to a hand injury which occurred in his last match of the season in the Super Cup final. Now he is working, under continuous medical supervision, to get back into full shape for the summer preparation: “I am now without discomfort, I am wearing the brace to facilitate healing and in a few days we will begin active rehabilitation”.
With 71 winning blocks and an attacking efficiency of 52.75%, in his role Mattei was among the best in A2. He had experienced his first promotion to the top flight ten years ago with Padova: “Regaining the Super League was very important, I want to live it to the full and returning there with a team that confirmed me right from the start is something extraordinary, it makes you understand that what he did during the season, not only on a sporting level but also on a human level, the club appreciated and for a player it is something very gratifying.”
Lots of experience, his knowledge of the top Italian league is very broad: “I lived through championships with relegations blocked. The teams had the famous ‘bet players’ who perhaps came out of the academy… Then when relegations were reintroduced, the top players exploded, see Leal, Grozer and many other names who have appeared in the panorama of Italian volleyball in recent years . All the clubs have organized themselves to be competitive and for this reason we can define it as the most beautiful championship in the world.”
