In his third year with the Allianz Milano jersey, 22-year-old Belgian opposite Ferre Reggers is really establishing himself as the best “place two” in the 81st Credem Banca SuperLega championship. Despite his young age (he turned 22 last July), the numbers speak for themselves: at the end of the fourth round of the 2025/26 season, he has already jumped to the top of the scorer’s chart with 100 points collected in four matches, with a peak of 35 in the four sets (3-1 win) of last Sunday’s match against Vero Volley Monza.
compared to last season, in addition to receiving captain’s stripes from coach Roberto Piazza, Reggers has shown marked improvement in various aspects of his game, particularly in serving. For national and international audiences, this is hardly a surprise. Everyone has in his eyes his performance at the recent World Championships with the Belgian national team, when in the qualifying round he also overcame De Giorgi’s two-time world champion Italy. In the match against Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza, although lost by Allianz Milano, he achieved his personal best by setting an ace from an impressive 130 kph. Going back to the numbers, “King” Reggers averages 6.25 points per set. In the SuperLega he has grounded a total of 1,245 balls. The 10 aces in these four matches is the biggest growth compared to the 24 in the entire 2023/24 championship and the 45 last year.
Among the insiders who follow Milan volleyball now at the Allianz Cloud and previously at the Palalido, comparisons have already begun to be made with great champions of the past: from Andrea Zorzi to Marcos Milinković to Nimir Abdel-Aziz, “off-timers” who have left their mark in the Milanese jersey. But the big plus is that, unlike those champions, Reggers is already doing it at age 22 and still with tangible room for improvement.
In addition, so far he has not yet been able to play diagonally with the team’s starting setter, Brazilian Fernando Kreling, who is recovering from a muscle injury suffered in the preseason. When Kreling returns, the pairing could give Milan’s attack a further leap in quality.