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World League 2011
22nd Edition
 
 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 Club
  1 F  Luigi Mastrangelo Mastrangelo 17/08/1975 202 90 368 336 Bre banca Lannuti Cuneo
  2   Jiri Kovar Kovar 10/04/1989 202 95 353 330 Lube Banca Marche
  3 F  Simone Parodi Parodi 16/06/1986 196 82 350 335 Lube Banca Marche
  L 4   F  Andrea Bari Bari 5/03/1980 185 81 327 310 Trentino Diatec
  5 F  Giorgio De Togni De Togni 7/07/1985 202 90 360 338 Sisley
  6   F  Samuele Papi Papi 20/05/1973 190 84 345 310 Copra Elior Piacenza
  7 F  Michal Lasko Lasko 11/03/1981 202 104 348 337 Jastrzebski Wegel
  8   Gabriele Maruotti Maruotti 25/03/1988 195 92 348 340 M. Roma Volley
  9 F  Ivan Zaytsev Zaytsev 2/10/1988 202 92 355 348 Lube Banca Marche
  10   F  Dante Boninfante Boninfante 7/03/1977 194 75 334 315 Al-Arabi
  C 11 F  Cristian Savani Savani 22/02/1982 195 95 354 335 Lube Banca Marche
  12   Simone Buti Buti 19/09/1983 206 100 346 328 Tonno Callipo
  13 F  Dragan Travica Travica 28/08/1986 200 94 335 320 Lube Banca Marche
  14   F  Alessandro Fei Fei 29/11/1978 204 90 358 336 Copra Elior Piacenza
  15 F  Emanuele Birarelli Birarelli 8/02/1981 202 95 340 316 Trentino Diatec
  16   Michele Baranowicz Baranowicz 5/08/1989 196 93 350 328 Casa Modena
  L 17 F  Andrea Giovi Giovi 19/08/1983 183 80 310 290 Sir Safety Perugia
  18   Giulio Sabbi Sabbi 10/08/1989 201 92 352 325 M. Roma Volley
  19 Marco Falaschi Falaschi 18/09/1987 188 85 324 310 New Mater
  20   Stefano Patriarca Patriarca 23/07/1987 207 104 345 324 Marmi Lanza
  21 Enrico Cester Cester 16/03/1988 202 93 336 321 Andreoli
  22   Francesco De Marchi De Marchi 17/06/1986 191 78 341 315 Fidia
  23 Filippo Lanza Lanza 3/03/1991 198 98 350 330 Trentino Diatec
  24   Salvatore Rossini Rossini 13/07/1986 185 82 312 301 Andreoli
  25 Luca Vettori Vettori 26/04/1991 200 95 345 323 Club Italia
 C=Captain  L=Libero    F Players selected for the final round in Poland
 
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 last year after narrowly qualifying for the Finals, second at the 2011 European Championship and fourth at the FIVB World Cup 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 last year’s World League, and silver at the 2011 World Cup.
 

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