Three years later, back home. With a different shirt, but again at Pala Grotte. Peppe Longo completes the setters department of the New Mater Volley Castellana Grotte for the 2022/2023 sports season and for the next national championship series A2 Credem Banca of men’s volleyball. Born in 1998, 188 cm, the director born in Putignano but from Castellana doc returns to his hometown team after three years traveling around Puglia and Italy.

Macerata and Lecce in Serie A3, Bari in Serie B the stages of the last three seasons. Castellana Grotte in Materdominivolley.it jersey (for two years in 2016/2017 and in 2018/2019) and Bergamo his previous experiences in Serie A2. Now the return to the City of Caves to join the Italian-Brazilian Pedro Jukoski in directing at New Mater Volley.

“The last few years have been three very hard and highly formative experiences – said Longo who, last year with Macerata played the playoff semifinals in the A3 series – I have grown a lot, certainly matured both technically and from a human point of view. I return to Castellana with more awareness and more certainties. I have often played away – commented the director, 24 next July 28 – Bergamo, Bari, Macerata, Lecce were important stages, but I can say that with the shirt of your city you feel different. I feel at home, more protected, with less pressure ”.