Air of change for Cristina Chirichella. The Neapolitan powerhouse, former captain of the Italian national team, after ten years he leaves Igor Novara and arrives at the court of Daniele Santarelli, the “magician” at the helm of Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano. She at thirty years old – she was born on 10 February 1994 – will complete an all-Italian department, which includes Marina Lubian and Sarah Fahr. Unlike Chirichella, they will be involved in the summer with the national team in the Nations League and at the Olympics. For Cristina, however, intense weeks of study lie ahead: before settling down in Conegliano she intends to settle an important matter.
Chirichella from Novara to Conegliano, the official press release
With an announcement on its official channels, Conegliano has made Chirichella’s arrival official, “195 centimeters of talent and experience” among the “Panthers”: “A reliable champion who it increases the prestige of the new yellow-blue squad under construction for next season. He will play with shirt no. 18″, we read in the note released by the highly decorated Venetian club, which simply won everything last season.
Cristina Chirichella’s career: successes between club and national team
Also Cristina has won everything over the years in Novara. A Scudetto, a Champions League, three Italian Cups, an Italian Super Cup, a Wevza and a Challenge Cup. With the Italian national team, in which she made her debut at a very young age, she won a European gold, a success in the Volleyball Nations League, the silver medals at Grand Prix and the World Championship, plus two European and World bronze medals. “After ten years in Novara I felt the time had come to move on, I felt the need at this stage of my career for a change of scenery looking for new stimuli and I think the choice of Conegliano is the best”.
Chirichella and De Gennaro, two “Panthers” roar in Neapolitan
In Veneto he will go to recreate a all Neapolitan tandem with Moki De Gennarothe libero of Imoco (and the national team) with whom he played together at the beginning of his career: “I have always liked Conegliano’s fast game, it will be nice to play with a champion director like Asia Wolosz, I also meet many teammates from the national team and I will go back to play with Monica De Gennaro again, we were together when I took my first steps on the A1 in Pesaro many years ago. Now I’m 30 years old, I feel like a mature player and I will be ready to give my best in training too, putting my experience at the service of my young and strong colleagues in the department.”
Cristina’s next challenge: the master’s degree in Sports Science
In addition to becoming champion again in the next matches against Conegliano, Chirichella intends to graduate… seriously “taking advantage” of the unusual summer spent away from the parquet: “The summer without the blue? I’m not very used to sitting on my hands, This month I’m working hard with my studies to finish another chapter of my life, that is, obtaining a master’s degree in Sports Sciences, then a bit of rest and I’ll see you in August when I’ll be in Conegliano with my dog Chichi ready for the new yellow-blue adventure!”, the words entrusted to the official website of the Venetian club.
