Stefano Lavarini has been managing the women’s national team of Poland for a year. In 2020, he started working at the Italian club Igor Gorgonzola Novara. So far, he has combined the functions of a selector and a club coach. He can still do it, only he would take over a team from outside Italy. The media associate him with Fenerbahce Istanbul.
Lavarini a candidate for work in Turkey
As reported by the portal voleybolmagazin.com, the authorities of the Turkish team were supposed to meet Lavarini on January 18, when Fenerbahce faced Allianz MTV Stuttgart in the Champions League. Club president Ali Koc was said to be impressed by the Italian.
The competitor for the Italian coach is the Chinese Jenny Lang Ping, who recently worked with the Chinese national team. With her, she won the vice-championship of the world in 2014 and gold in the Olympic Games two years later.
The team from Istanbul is looking for a replacement for Zoran Terzic. The Serbian has already admitted that he will not fulfill his contract until the end of next season. He wants to finish working in Turkey after this season. He intends to move to the Russian league, where he is linked with Dynamo Moscow, where he worked in the past.
During Terzic’s tenure, i.e. from 2018, Fenerbahce was on the podium of the Turkish Championship three times, but did not win the championship title. The greatest success in Terzic’s coaching career is the 2018 World Cup with Serbia. After this tournament, he started working in Istanbul.
Lavarini’s Novara is currently fourth in the Italian league. Fenerbahce are in a similar position at home, being third in the Turkish league table.
The Italian has been working with the Polish national volleyball team for a year, reaching the quarter-finals of the last World Championships. It almost missed, and White-Red would advance to the semi-finals. They were close to eliminating the Serbians, who eventually won gold and thus defended their title.
Source: Sport
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