Hoffer and Papa arrive at Atlantide Volleyball Brescia.
New entry at Atlantide Volleyball Brescia
Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 18 June 2024) the libero was presented to the press Nicholas Hoffer – who picks up the baton from Nicola Pesaresi moved to Trento – e Federico Pope, new white-blue General Manager.
Nicholas Hoffer
Nicolò Hoffer, born in 2000 and 180cm tall, has already had six seasons in Serie A under his belt. His talent emerged in Segrate’s youth team and at the end of the 2016-2018 two-year period he was sent to the Super League, where he spent two years with Allianz Milan as Nic Pesaresi’s second, making his debut in the 2019 Challenge Cup. In the following season he won promotion from A2 with Taranto and then remained in the category in Lagonegro before moving to Gas Sales, where he was the second libero paired with the former Tucano Leo Scanferla. In the two-year period in Emilia he consolidated his self-awareness and won his first Italian Cup.
Having received Consoli’s proposal, Hoffer has no doubts:
“I have been coming to Piacenza for two years where I have been able to compare myself daily with the best that this sport offers. Now I feel ready to test myself, for the leap that will allow me to demonstrate my worth, first and foremost to myself. I am happy to be able to do it in Brescia, an ideal context in my opinion for this phase of my career. I have already had the opportunity to test the parquets in the category, I know how difficult and unpredictable the A2 championship is and I expect a tough and complicated year, but I am sure that if we know how to work in the right way – and Brescia has shown that it knows how to do it in the last years -, it will also be a season full of emotions and, why not, of goals”.
Frederick Pope
His task will be to support the organizational and management structure of the company.
Federico Papa is a very well-known face in Brescia volleyball, a solid figure with important technical experience behind him. A 49-year-old banking manager, he has coached both the men’s and women’s sectors for around thirty years, helping the youth sector to grow in Montichiari for several years. He held the role of provincial men’s selector for seven years, winning several trophies. The last few seasons have seen him protagonist of the fantastic promotions from series D to B2 of the Brescia Volley women’s association. Now he is aiming for a new experience with Atlantide, a company that he knows well and with which he has often crossed paths in the past.
“Federico is first and foremost a reliable person and has important experience within local volleyball clubs. He knows the problems and dynamics both at the technical level of managing a team and at the organizational level. I believe it will be a decisive support for our journey from now on”, he comments satisfied Roberto Zambonardi.
Her words
“My goal is to work across the board – confirms Papa – and therefore give support to the technical staff and the team environment by being in direct contact with the pitch and the players, which is the world I come from, and also provide support to the management staff to improve relations with all stakeholders in the Atlantis world, such as sponsors, authorities and institutions”.
