The PAOK men’s volleyball team has found Maarten van Garderen, the player who will form the main winger duo with Rousseau.

The Netherlands international arrives in our country with a full CV, having played in Europe’s top leagues for the past 12 years.

Last year, the 33-year-old (2m tall) played in Siena and scored 203 points with a shot rate of 41.8%. He’s an absolute tight end and a little behind on the receiving end (not that he’s unreliable).

After this move, PAOK completed the foreign winger duo and now the burden is on the foreign passer.

Announcement by PAOK: “PAOK and the Men’s Volleyball Division announce the start of a collaboration with athlete Maarten Van Harderen for the 2023-2024 season.

Maarten Van Harderen was born on January 24th, 1990 in the Netherlands. He plays as a winger and is 200 cm tall.

He started his professional career in the 2006/07 season with Dutch club Langhenkel Doetinchem, where he stayed for five seasons, won a Dutch championship and made his first European appearances when he took part in the CEV Challenge Cup.

In the 2012-13 season he played for Caffè Aiello Corigliano in Italy, in the following season (2013-14) in France at Beauvais Oise UC.

In the 2014-15 season, he took the first big step of his career, playing in Germany for the mighty VfB Friedrichshafen, with whom he won the “Double” while also reaching the “8” of the CEV Champions League.

He played in Italy again in the 2015–16 season, this time for CMC Romagna, while the following year (2016–17) he stayed in Serie A to play for Bunge Ravenna.

In the 2017/18 season he played for Azimut Modena from Italy and in the following season (2018/19) for Itas Trentino, with whom he won the Club World Cup.

In the 2020/21 season, he played outside of Italy for Turkey’s Ziraat Bankası Ankara, with whom he won the championship.

The following year (2021-22) he returned to Italy for Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena, with which he reached the “8” of the CEV Cup. Last season he stayed in the Italian league for Emma Villas Aubay Siena and remained at a high level.

He is an international player of the Netherlands national team whose milestone was conquering the European Golden League in 2012.

He is an athlete with many performances at the highest level, who has played in top-class leagues as well as in the highest cross-club competition, the CEV Champions League.”

Alberto Giuliani said goodbye to Olympiacos. The Italy coach is set to continue his career in Bulgaria and said goodbye to the red-white squad via social media.

“It’s been a special year for me, not only because of the great results we’ve achieved together, but mostly because I’ve had the opportunity to meet wonderful and very special people.” I thank the whole Olympiakos club, the staff, the fans and all the players. Good bye” he wrote characteristically.

Sofia Kosmas will wear the AEK shirt for the third time in her career. The 29-year-old has signed a one-year contract with Union and will strengthen the volleyball team, where she also played in the 2015/16 season, but also in the 2021/22 season.

The international winger started her career with Markopoulos (2007-2009), then played for Keratea (2009-10) and returned to Markopoulos for a season (2010-11). She played for Olympiakos in the four years 2011–2015 while after her first spell at AEK (2015–2016) she moved to Heraklis Kifissias, followed by Panathinaikos (2018–2020).

In 2021 he traveled to Switzerland on behalf of Kady Schaffhausen, while returning to AEK in the summer of the same year. Last season he played again for Olympiakos. He has won three leagues and four Greek Cups and one Swiss Cup.

“The only thing that is certain is that there is a mutual sense of respect and appreciation between AEK and its employees. And that definitely made me want to return without a second thought. For me it is the fact that the management and the employees.” “Always supporting the team, especially in difficult moments, is a very important reason to want to give something back and to try together with my teammates to make them happy “, Kosmas explained and added:

“It is certain that AEK is on the right track. Consistent management, a stadium always packed with fans, remarkable athletes, a remarkable and ambitious coach. All of these are reasons that brought me here. With the main wish for us.” “Everyone is healthy, I am very optimistic for a special season. The beginning was made with the cup victory. In my opinion, it is completely normal that we now want even greater successes.”