Daniel Castellani

Daniel Castellani
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Jorge Castellani
Born	March 21, 1961 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1993–1999 2001–2002 2002–2006 2006–2009 2009–2010 2011–2012 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2015 2015–  Argentina Gioia del Volley Orígenes Bolívar PGE Skra Bełchatów  Poland  Finland Fenerbahçe Grundig ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Fenerbahçe Grundig Sir Safety Perugia
Career
Years Teams 1976–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1991 1991–1993 GEBA Obras Sanitarias Minas Tênis Clube Pallavolo Chieti Bradesco San Paulo Pallavolo Falconara Voleibol San Nicolás Zinella Volley Bologna Antonveneta Padova Volley Prato
National team
1976–1988  Argentina
Honours Representing  Argentina Men's Volleyball Olympic Games 1988 Seoul World Championship 1982 Argentina South American Championship 1981 Chile 1983 Brazil 1987 Uruguay 1979 Argentina
Last updated: 26 May 2015

Daniel Jorge Castellani (born 21 March 1961) is a former Argentine volleyball player and coach, a member of Argentina men's national volleyball team in 1976-1988, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, a participant of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, head coach of Sir Safety Perugia.

Personal life

Castellani was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is married to Silvina. They have two children - daughter named Ariana and son Iván, who is also volleyball player and has been playing as opposite spiker in Argentine national team.

Career as coach

He was the head coach of Polish volleyball team Skra Bełchatów (2006-2009). In 2009-2010 was head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team. In September 2009 Poland led by Castellani won title of the European Champion 2009 in Izmir, Turkey. He received a state award granted by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński - Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport, for achievements in training.^[1] He was dismissed before the end of his contract after an unsatisfactory result in the World Championship 2010 in Italy. In season 2012/2013 worked with Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.^[2] In May 2015 he went to Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.^[3]

• 1993 South American Championship, with Argentina
• 1995 Pan American Games, with Argentina
• 1997 South American Championship, with Argentina
• 2003 Argentine Championship, with Orígenes Bolívar
• 2004 Argentine Championship, with Orígenes Bolívar
• 2007 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• 2007 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• 2008 CEV Champions League, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• 2008 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• 2008 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• 2009 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• 2009 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
• 2009 European Championship, with Poland
• 2011 Turkish Championship, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
• 2013 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
• 2013 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
• 2013 BVA Cup, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
• 2014 CEV Challenge Cup, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
• 2014 Turkish Championship, with Fenerbahçe Grundig

Sporting achievements

State awards

• 2009 Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta

References

1. Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta - prezydent.pl - 15-09-2009
2. Daniel Castellani will be a new coach Zaksa in the next season - volleyball-movies.net
3. Ecco la firma tanto attesa! Daniel Castellani è il nuovo allenatore di Perugia! - legavolley.it - 26-05-2015

External links

• Profile