WOW!
What a very bold move by Coach Velasco!
From being an outside hitter, one of Argentina’s best players, Facundo Conte, is now playing as an opposite hitter starting this season. Argentina will compete in 2 major tourneys this year, the 2015 South American Championship (winner advances to the World Cup) and the FIVB World League.
Preliminary Roster:
Setters:
Luciano De Cecco
Nicolás Uriarte
Maximiliano Chirivino
Demian Gonzalez
Opposites Hitters:
Facundo Conte
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Federico Martina
Middle Blockers:
Pablo Crer
Sebastián Solé
Martín Ramos
Maximiliano Gauna
Pablo Guzman
Federico Franetovich
Outside Hitters:
Nicolas Bruno
Javier Filardi
Cristian Poglajen
Rodrigo Quiroga
Ezequiel Palacios
Luciano Zornetta
Gonzalo Quiroga
Rodrigo Villalba
Liberos:
Sebastián Garrocq
Sebastián Closter
Franco Lopez
Facundo Santucci
Conte is such a great all around player so no doubt he will still be very much involved in serve receive and of course be Argentina’s top scoring weapon.
Good Luck BBs!
(image: FIVB)