Volleyball: Javier Gonzalez, passer for the 2022 French champion team, returns to Montpellier with Nice

Samedi, Gonzalez a régalé le public de Montpellier. MHSC VB – Fabrice Chort

Present on the floor of Castelnau last Saturday then this Tuesday (8 p.m., 8th final of the Coupe de France) with his club Nice, the Cuban smuggler does not go unnoticed as he has marked the history of MHSC VB with this title champion of France 2022 but not only..

Saturday evening, the championship match between MHSC VB and Nice had only just ended (3-0) when Jean-Charles Caylar, the president of MHSC VB, fell into the arms of Javier Gonzalez, his former player. "It’is always special to return to Montpellier where I stayed for four seasons, where I left by winning the title of champion of France", says the passer who marked the history of the Montpellier club between 2018-2022. "Javier is part of the family", cuts Caylar hilariously. “It’s a club that is close to my heart,” Gonzalez continues. I hope to come back one day as a coach or manager."

Lyneel: "The old man is still strong"

Major player of the 2022 final, Javier Gonzalez will forever remain as a legend of MHSC VB. And his former teammates have not forgotten him: “I only have good memories of him,” exclaims Nicolas Le Goff, who worked with him for two seasons. "A guy who is both funny and very professional, continues ex-Montpellier Julien Lyneel present in the stands on Saturday evening. On the pitch, he is a warrior, someone who knows how to win. And the old man is still going strong (laughs)."

If Lyneel dares to use the term, it's because Javier Gonzalez celebrated his 41st birthday on Sunday… hellip; and 24 years of career started in Havana, capital of Cuba, his country of origin. Passing through Italy, Romania, Qatar, he arrived in France in 2014, in Lyon. It was at this moment that Loïc Le Marrec, former French international passer now coach of the MHSC, met him for the first time: "I faced him when I played in Montpellier, he remembers. It’s a legend. When he arrived, he represented the smuggler of the future, he was ahead of his time. Javier is a great guy and a real competitor. If he's still here at 41, it's because he has the flame."

The flame of Javier Gonzalez, the Montpellier public will still have the opportunity to see it, this Tuesday (8 p.m.) since the emblematic Montpellier returns home with Nice, in the Coupe de France .
 

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