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Italian volleyball player

Simone Giannelli
Giannelli in 2022
Personal information
Born (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 28)
Bolzano, Italy
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Spike352 cm (139 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubSir Safety Perugia
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2012–2021
  • 2021–
National team
2015– Italy
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Poland/Slovenia
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 Japan
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland
Silver medal – second place 2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Last updated: 17 September 2017

Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup, bronze medalist of the 2015 European Championship, and gold medalist of the 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship and the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Career

Giannelli had proved himself as an up-and-coming star within volleyball by winning the Finals MVP award in the 2014-15 season with Trentino Volley in the Italian Volleyball League after defeating Modena Volley. He then followed the trend up by taking the starting 7 in the national team, despite competition by players such as Dragan Travica, Michele Baranowicz, and Marco Falaschi.

In his first year in the national team, Giannelli won a silver medal at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup and a bronze medal at the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship, where he was also awarded the prize for best setter, the youngest in the history of the tournament.

Giannelli is the only player to have earned an MVP award at both an FIVB World Championship and an FIVB Club World Championship.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

FIVB Club World Championship

CEV Cup

National championships

National team

Individual

References

  1. "Simone Giannelli Player Details". old.cev.eu. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. "Simone Giannelli Profile". legavolley.it. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. "Simone Giannelli Player". worldleague.2015.fivb.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. volleyballworld.com. "Giannelli earns Club World Champs MVP award". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. "BRAZIL WIN RECORD FIFTH TITLE IN MEN'S WORLD GRAND CHAMPIONS CUP". FIVB.org. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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Awards
Preceded byRussia Sergey Grankin Best Setter of
CEV European Championship
2015 		Succeeded byRussia Sergey Grankin
Preceded byPoland Fabian Drzyzga Best Setter of
CEV Champions League
2015/2016 		Succeeded byArgentina Luciano De Cecco
Preceded byFrance Benjamin Toniutti Best Setter of
FIVB World League
2016 		Succeeded byFrance Benjamin Toniutti
Preceded byBrazil William Arjona Best Setter of
FIVB Club World Championship
2016 		Succeeded byRussia Aleksandr Butko
Preceded byBrazil Bruno Rezende Best Setter of
World Grand Champions Cup
2017 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded bySerbia Uroš Kovačević Most Valuable Player of
CEV European Championship
2021 		Succeeded byPoland Wilfredo León
Preceded byPoland Bartosz Kurek Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Championship
2022 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byUnited States Micah Christenson Best Setter of
FIVB World Championship
2022 		Succeeded byIncumbent
Trentino Volley – team 2016/2017
Italy men's volleyball squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
Italy
Italy – 2015 FIVB World Cup – Silver medal
Italy
Italy squad – 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Gold medal
Italy
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