It wasn’t until three years later she moved to club Napoli in Italy were she played from 88-90, before moving to Pallavolo Florens Castellana Grotte (Italy) from 90-91. She returned to Argentina in 1992 and rejoined Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires from 1992-96 before playing for River Plate.

Her debut in the national team was in 1986 with the youth team, before making the transition through the junior and senior ranks, playing in five South American Championships and one World Cup (1999), where she was chosen as the second best libero.

The German, English and Italian speaker has 70 Argentine caps to her name.

“It seems to me that the Asian teams are very quick and are very good in defense and reception, whereas the European teams play more similar to us in Argentina,” said the nutrition graduate.