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TEAM COMPOSITION
ITA / Italy - Team Composition
Team manager
SCIASCIA Stefano
Head coach
BERRUTO Mauro
Assistant coach
BROGIONI Andrea
Doctor
BENELLI Piero
Therapist / trainer
LAMA Davide
Journalist
LISI Carlo
No.
Name
Lastname
Shirt Name
Birthdate
Height
Weight
Spike
Block
1
Luigi
Mastrangelo
Mastrangelo
17.08.1975
202
90
368
336
3
Simone
Parodi
Parodi
16.06.1986
196
95
350
335
4
Andrea
Bari
Bari
05.03.1980
185
81
327
310
7
Michal
Lasko
Lasko
11.03.1981
202
104
348
337
9
Ivan
Zaytsev
Zaytsev
02.10.1988
204
100
370
355
10
Dante
Boninfante
Boninfante
07.03.1977
194
75
334
315
C
11
Cristian
Savani
Savani
22.02.1982
0
0
354
335
12
Simone
Buti
Buti
19.09.1983
206
100
346
328
13
Dragan
Travica
Travica
28.08.1986
200
101
335
320
14
Alessandro
Fei
Fei
29.11.1978
204
90
358
336
15
Emanuele
Birarelli
Birarelli
08.02.1981
202
95
340
316
L
17
Andrea
Giovi
Giovi
19.08.1983
183
80
310
290
18
Giulio
Sabbi
Sabbi
10.08.1989
201
92
352
325
20
Mattia
Rosso
Rosso
28.05.1985
198
98
347
315
C=Captain L=Libero
Team profile
Italy's first major volleyball success came in the form of a bronze medal at the 1948 European Championships, which they hosted, but it was only in the early 1970s – after gold at the 1970 World University Games in Turin – that Italy became a major force in the sport.
In 1978, Italy hosted the FIVB World Championship for the first time and the side, led by Carmelo Pittera, won the silver medal. They followed this up with a bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games under Silvano Prandi. In 1989, with the advent of Julio Velasco as the leader of the "Azzurri," Italy began a 15-year spell of domination that continued under coaches Paulo Roberto “Bebeto†Freitas, Andrea Anastasi and Gian Paolo Montali. From 1989 to 2005, Italy won three FIVB World Championships, one FIVB World Cup, six European Championships, eight FIVB World Leagues and three Olympic medals (silver in Atlanta in 1996, bronze at Sydney in 2000 and silver at Athens in 2004).
More recently, there have been glimpses that a possible return back to the glory days aren’t far away with their current young and progressive line-up finishing sixth at the FIVB World League this year after narrowly qualifying for the Finals, second at the 2011 European Championship and fourth at the FIVB World Championship last year.
Coach profile
Mauro Berruto was named Italy coach in December 2010 after six years as coach of Finland where he was named Coach of the Year in 2007. During his time as assistant coach of Italy from 2003 to 2004, the Azzurri won gold at the European Championship, silver at the Olympic Games, and bronze and silver in the FIVB World League. His hands-on nature already seems to be turning Italy in the right direction after an impressive showing in this year’s World League, Berruto’s first FIVB tournament in charge.
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