The circumstances around the death of Julia Ituma, an 18-year-old volleyball player from Igor Gorgonzola Novara and the Italian youth national teams, still need to be clarified. Yesterday evening with your team you played in the second leg of the Champions League in Istanbul against Eczacibasi, lost 3-0.
This morning his body was found at dawn in front of the hotel where the team was staying while waiting to return to Italy in the afternoon. The Turkish police are investigating his death, at the moment the possibility of a voluntary gesture is not excluded. Ituma was born in Milan in 2004 to Nigerian parents, after three years in Club Italia – a federal formation that plays in the A2 series championship with a selection of the best blue talents – she landed in Novara.
She had started playing volleyball at the age of 11, last summer with the Under 19 national team she won a European gold and was crowned best player of the tournament. With the Under 21 team she graduated as runner-up in the world in 2021.
(news being updated)
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