ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The Seventy changes technical guidance. President Paolo Barelli, in accordance with the Federal Council and Heads of Reference, appoints Maurizio Mirarchi technical commissioner of the women’s national of pallanuote trained in the last five years by Carlo Silipo.
Maurizio Mirarchi, who leaves the position of technical assistant of the male national team in Goran Volarevic, will be assisted by Marco Manzetti who takes the place of Mino Di Cecca. Silipo and Di Cecca – who thanked the federation for their commitment and professionalism over the years – remain at the disposal of the technical sector after leading the team to the conquest of bronze to the Europeans of Split 2022 and to the Fukuoka 2023 world championships and getting fourth place to the World Championships of Budapest 2022 and to the Europeans of Eindhoven 2024 and Funchal 2026 that followed sixth place at the Paris Olympics 2024 and.
The first commitment of Mirarchi with the Setterosa is the first phase of the World Cup in Rotterdam from 1 to 6 May. The blues are in the group together with the Netherlands champion of Europe, Greece (who beat it in the group stage and in the bronze finish to the Europeans of Funchal) and to Australia Olympic silver.
“It is an honor to receive this assignment – says Mirarchi – I thank President Paolo Barelli and the Italian Federation Nuoto for trust; I also want to thank the President of Pallanuoto Trieste Enrico Samer with whom I shared this choice. Greetings to those who preceded me, Carlo Silipo, who in the past brought excellent results. Now you start with a new path. My responsibility is clear: building a competitive national and proud to represent Italy.”.
The new technical commissioner of Setterosa was born in Petronà, in the province of Catanzaro, on 6 April 1961. Father of Christian and Veronica players. In 2013 he led the fourth-place male university in Kazan. Multiple his experiences on the bench after his career as a player, leading him to confront youth activities, series A2 and A1. It begins by bringing to the national leadership the sectors under 13-15-17 of the Golden Flames between 1996 and 1998; then continues with similar successes with under 17-20 of the SS Lazio Nuoto which leads from the A2 to the A1 playoffs until 2006. So Bogliasco, Rome, Acquachiara that brings to fourth place and twice to the final four of Coppa Italia in 2012 and 2013. In 2014 he embraces the female project of Messina that in three years leads to the championship final and two Italian Cup finals.
Then he returns to the A2 men’s volleyball series with Latina and Anzio, which leaves first in the tournament interrupted by covid. At the resumption of the activities he switches to Ecological Districts / Astra Roma saving the team without passing through the playouts. In 2024/2025 he led Pallanuoto Trieste to the semi-finals of Coppa Italia, in fourth place in the regular-season and the semi-final championship, reporting the team alabardata to play the European cups.
From 2023 he was the coordinator of the technical area of the women’s youth sector and last summer he won the bronze medal with the female university national in Duisburg and placed fourth place the national under 20 women at the Salvador de Bahia World Cup. With the men’s national team he obtained, as a technical assistant, fourth place at the recent European Championships in Belgrade. In the meantime, the men’s season begins again with a collegial control meeting at the federal center of Ostia from 8 to 11 March.
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