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Pellicanò remembers Zortea in Feltre. “Even as a child he was special”

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Nadir Zortea (fourth standing from the left) when he was at Feltrese

The player from Salernitana who has just made his debut in Serie A is remembered by his coach in the Giovanissimi della Feltrese

He was born in Feltre in 1999. And at Feltrese he made his first experience away from home, after taking his first steps in Primiero. Nadir Zortea, the right fielder of Canal San Bovo who made his debut in the Serie A football championship on Sunday evening with the Salernitana shirt on his first call to the top flight, is inextricably linked to Feltre.

In the Giovanissimi Elite granata, at that time coached by Francesco Pellicanò (it was the 2012-13 season), Zortea played with boys one or even two years older than him.

“But you could already see that he had something more”: the words of his coach at the time. «It seems obvious to say it now», Pellicanò pressed, «but it is so. That he would then arrive in Serie A, this honestly I would not have been able to predict. But certainly at the time he was already a boy of great prospect. I remember that I was coaching the Giovanissimi Elite group made up entirely of boys born in 1997 and 1998. However, a boy born in 1999 also played with them: Zortea, in fact. In those days he was playing attacking midfielder or midfielder and he was already making a difference ».

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«Now he has also grown a lot physically. At that time », Pellicanò recalls,« he was a short-handed, with a good run, technically very prepared, and who even tactically knew how to be appreciated. He has always been closely followed by his wonderful family. With his father, as well as with Nadir, a good friendship has been established ».

Did you maintain contact with him and his family?

“We spoke one last time about a year and a half ago. I found him very determined. Also because “, concludes Mr. Pellicanò,” it is very difficult to reach those levels. Only a small percentage of players succeed. Having seen him debut in Serie A the other night was a great little satisfaction even for those who, like me, trained him for a while ».

Zortea moved from Atalanta to Salernitana in the summer. After taking off from Feltre, Nadir had worn the jerseys of Sudtirol, Atalanta (winning a Scudetto in the Primavera championship), Vicenza and Cremonese. N.P.

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