INVICTUS Academy, dream and reality. Tracking shot of long thoughts ... 10 years. From late summer 2010 in early summer 2020. The early termination of the season 2019/2020 - with the conclusion of the Championships, but we are gearing up so that there is still basketball for ours "Oranges"! - leads the writer to reflect on the journey undertaken in basketball.
He was born in Barcelona in late September 2010, the "INVICTUS project". And he was born together with Zoran Savic, your house. A morning phone call, followed by an invitation to visit him, accompanied by a plane ticket. It was he who convinced me that, after 14 years, it no longer made sense to stay in a Fortitudo that, unfortunately, he no longer had a team.
After a beautiful adventure, started in late August 1996, and accompanied by 2 Scudetti of Serie A, 1 Amateur Serie A Scudetto, 1 Italian Serie A Cup, 1 Italian Serie A Amateur Cup, 2 Serie A super cups, 2 Final Four di Euroleague, but above all to have shared all this with great people, traveling around Italy and Europe of baskets.
If the trip to Fortitudo had been a beautiful experience, however, it had not been the first, preceded by five seasons collaborating with theAhena Cesena, phenomenal team of A1 Women: Scudetto, European Cup, Ronchetti cup e, Once again, every year in the Scudetto Final! There, passion has become a job prospect.
Let's go back to that late September call 2010 to Barcelona, Where is she born INVICTUS Sports Group, sports management agency, specialized, obviously, in following the talents of international basketball, coaches and players, dall'NBA all'Euroleague, at the National Championships, making use of the founder's unparalleled network of knowledge.
Five years later, the "INVICTUS project" has seen further development, with INVICTUS Camp, the graduate school born in 2015 - after a very first experience in America, awarded a professional contract in Europe to the best talent - parallel to the opening in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, come BASICBALL. Bologna, as a base for many young and very young people.
In the summer 2018, finally, the same company INVICTUS BOLOGNA A.S.D. has taken the next step, starting the competitive activity for the Youth Sector and Minibasket, and defining that third level of the "INVICTUS project" come INVICTUS Academy. First year and immediately the conquest of a title, Campioni U15 Silver FIP, plus lots of unforgettable experiences: Rimini, Blackboard, Barcelona.
From January 2020, the beginning of the collaboration with the "new" Fortitudo Basketball, meanwhile returned to Serie A. As in August of 1996, also born in this case in summer, at the sea. A chat after another, the will to look to the future together was born, and as always, the importance of history played a fundamental role. What will happen, we will reveal it to you as soon as possible.
A journey that continues from 1996 forward, in basketball. Characterized by a passion for basketball. "For the love of the game", repeating the words of Michael Jordan. As always, passions are related to people, and relationships with people. And it's just the people, the fundamental key of every trip, and this trip.
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