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2009 Boys' Youth World Championship  |  Jesolo - Bassano del Grappa, Italy
 
 ITA / Italy - Team Composition

 
Team manager CRISTOFORI Federico
Head coach BARBIERO Mario
Assistant coach BALDOVIN Valerio
Doctor SANNA NICOLA
Therapist / trainer DAILIANIS Daniele
Journalist TROZZI MARCO
 
  No. Name Lastname Shirt Name Birthdate Height Weight Spike Block Club
  1 Riccardo Pinelli Pinelli 17/02/1991 190 82 335 328 Pallavolo Modena
  L 3   Nicola Pesaresi Pesaresi 11/02/1991 190 80 315 309 BluVolley Verona ssd Srl
  8 Pasquale Gabriele Gabriele 5/01/1991 201 87 341 335 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
  9   Daniele Mazzone Mazzone 4/06/1992 208 88 315 309 Modena Volley Punto Zero SSDRL
  12 Leonardo Puliti Puliti 25/09/1991 197 85 330 325 Club Italia
  13   Michele Fedrizzi Fedrizzi 21/05/1991 192 80 354 325 Trentino Volley
  14 Luca Vettori Vettori 26/04/1991 200 95 345 323 Modena Volley Punto Zero
  15   Alessandro Preti Preti 7/08/1992 203 87 341 337 Club Italia
  16 Matteo Sperandio Sperandio 4/03/1992 196 90 330 322 Sisley Treviso
  C 17   Filippo Lanza Lanza 3/03/1991 198 98 350 330 Trentino Volley srl
  18 Matteo Piccini Piccini 26/06/1991 175 75 320 312 MRoma Volley
  19   Francesco Renzetti Renzetti 26/06/1991 196 83 339 335 MRoma Volley Spa
 C=Captain  L=Libero
 
Team profile
The history of the Italian Boy’s Youth National Team “Cadetti” is rather short, but successful. The first official event they participated in was the 1995 Europan Championship in Barcelona, where it lost 3-1 in the final against Russia.

The same year, the team won silver at the World Championship in Puerto Rico, once again behind Brazil.

In 1997, the team won the World Championship in Tehran after collecting gold at the European Championship in Puchov, Slovakia.

In the past ten years, Italy won bronze at the European Championship in 2003 and 2005, while also finishing third at the World Championship in Algiers, Algeria in 2005.
Coach profile
Born in Velletri (Roma) on August 31, 1958, Mario Barbiero is married with two children. He is a graduate in Physical Education from the ISEF in Rome.

Between 1973 and 1995 he played in the national B1 and B2 leagues and was Italian Beach Volleyball champion for Club "Cesenatico 1988."

From 1979 until 1985 he was a youth team coach, winning three provincial titles and three regional titles. From 1985 to 1998 Mario was national coach in B1 and B2. Between 1998 and 2004 he returned to coach the youth team, winning an Italian Under-15 title in 2003, eight provincial titles and six regional titles.

Since 2004, he has been the coach of the Italian Youth Boys National Team and from 2008 has been part of a new project called "Club Italy."
   
 

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