A new opposite number for Itas Trentino.
A new opposite for Itas Trentino
Itas Trentino scores another incoming market coup. The Gialloblù club, looking to greatly enhance its battery of high-ball forwards, has in fact announced the two-year signing of Puerto Rican opposite Gabriel 'Gabi' Garcia Fernandez.
It’ll be the 25-year-old hammerhead native of San Juan (Carolina) but with a U.S. passport who will be the alternative to Kamil Rychlicki in a roster built to be even more competitive and high-level. Gabi Garcia è an athlete with great physical and technical qualities, who knows the top Italian league well for having played there for the past three seasons, first with Civitanova and then with Padova.
With the jersey of Cucine Lube he immediately won the Scudetto, in 2022, putting his signature in a fine light by means of 240 personal points, 28 of them directly on serve, a fundamental among the most interesting of his repertoire. Also in the following years he was able to make an important contribution and in particular in the last one he was among the protagonists of the salvation of the historic club of Padua.
Before arriving in Italy he had trodden in American NCAA fields, resulting the best player in the 2020-2021 year when he defended the colors of Brigham Young University. He wore the jersey of the Puerto Rican National Team between 2019 and 2022, winning the Norceca Championship in 2021 before changing federation and becoming since last March a player for the United States, with which he has already made his debut in the current 2024 VNL.
“È nice to be part of a Club of great tradition like Trentino Volleyball – admitted Gabi Garcia Fernandez to the official channels of the Trentino team -; wearing the gialloblù jersey will be one of the most important challenges of my career, I consider it a decisive junction. As an opponent in the last three seasons I have been able to appreciate the qualityà, competitivenessà and the’environment that is breathed in this prestigious club".
"I arrive in Trento to offer tranquilityà and confidence; in fact, together with Rychlicki we will form a pair of level opposites, which will guarantee the team many points and the security of always having on the court a player of that role suited to its ambitions. I know very well what kind of role I will have within the roster and I am happy to play it because we will be engaged on several fronts, always and only with the goal of winning" concluded the new Gialloblù purchase.
