Stefano Patriarca is back in Macerata. Born in 1987, he came up in Macerata’s youth ranks with which he won the Junior League in 2007. Patriarca will make up for the loss of middle blocker Alen Pajenk, who went to the Polish league. In recent years, Patriarca was first one of the main players of the A2 with Santa Croce and Crema before upgrading to the A1 with Castellana Grotte, Verona and last year at Latina.

“This was the dream of my life to play here – said Patriarca – Ever since I left the Macerata’s youth academy in 2007, I have worked hard daily with one and only target in mind: coming back to Macerata to play for the first team”.