Young, talented, determined and with a great desire to become “great”. It is the portrait of Gabriele Laurenzano but, on closer inspection, it could also fit perfectly with that of the roster that Trentino Volley is preparing for the 2022/23 season.
In the squad available to Angelo Lorenzetti there will again be room for an Italian free holder; Unlike in the recent past, for the next three seasons the Via Trener Club has chosen a national perspective profile for this fundamental role. Laurenzano is in fact a second-line specialist of just nineteen years old (completed last June 12th), who quickly reached the highest levels thanks to already highly developed skills.
In his first experience in the SuperLeague, which ended in April with the Taranto shirt, Gabriele was immediately able to stand out, showing himself to be reliable in reception (fourth recipient of the championship by weighted average) and very well prepared in defense. All that was needed to convince Trentino Volley to invest in him and entrust him with the red jersey branded “Supermercati Poli”. Growing up in the Castellana Grotte nursery (with which he won two youth championships, the last a few days ago in the Under 19 category), Laurenzano has long been in the youth national team, with which he has already won the European Pre-Juniores 2020 title, embellished with the award as best free. As soon as he finishes his high school exams (which he started today), he will rejoin the Italy Under 20 group with whom he worked until last week in Zocca (Modena).
“In welcoming Gabriele I want to send a hug to Julian Zenger – declared Trentino Volley coach Angelo Lorenzetti -. We had a positive year together with him, but we had known for some time that for the next one we would be focusing on an Italian profile for this role and Laurenzano’s name was the first on the list. The club was good at securing it, Gabriele was in fact hungry for many clubs. We chose him because he is talented and because we want to include an important and definitive piece in this role. Laurenzano is a young boy and all this means that that talent demonstrated so far will have to direct it correctly to fully find his style. Trento will be a moment of growth for him, not only on a technical and tactical level but also on a relational level, because joining and being protagonists in this Club is a different experience from those he has lived up to now. We are anxious to see him lowered into this reality ”.
