This is going to be an interesting move for Nimir.
The 24 year old who started his career as a setter is now listed as an opposite hitter for the Dutch Team.
Below is NED’s preliminary roster for the 2016 season:
Setters:
Daan van Haarlem
Wessel Keemink
Outside Hitters:
Thijs ter Horst
Ewoud Gommans
Jeroen Rauwerdink
Maarten van Garderen
Robbert Andringa
Floris van Rekom
Opposite Hitters:
Kay van Dijk
Robin Overbeeke
Sjoerd Hoogendoorn
Wouter ter Maat
Nimir Abdel-Aziz
Middle Blockers:
Thomas Koelewijn
Bas van Bemmelen
Jasper Diefenbach
Michael Parkinson
Fabian Plak
Liberos:
Gijs Jorna
Dirk Sparidans
Just Dronkers
In case you didn’t know, Dick Kooy has lest the team since he is now an Italian citizen. Former star player, Robert Horstink has retired from volleyball.
As for Nimir’s new position, we wonder if he’d ever be given to be on the final roster and be in the starting 6. We definitely need to see his skills as an opposite hitter. He already signed on a club team in France for the 2016/2017 season.
At 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in), he can do it!
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