Simone Giannelli
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| Full name | Simone Giannelli | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 9, 1996 Bolzano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 310 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |
 Trentino Volley | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 (club), 6 (national team) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 4 March 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Trentino Volley, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup and bronze medalist of the 2015 European Championship, Italian Champion (2013, 2015).
Career
He had proved himself an up-and-coming star within volleyball, by achieving the Finals MVP award at the 2014-2015 Italian Volleyball League won by his team against Modena Volley. He then followed the trend up by taking the starting 7 in the national team, despite competition by players like Dragan Travica, Michele Baranowicz and Marco Falaschi.
In his first year in the national team he 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.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
CEV Champions League
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2015/2016 - with Trentino Diatec
National championships
- 2012/2013
Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley - 2014/2015 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
National team
- 2015
CEV European Championship - 2015 FIVB World Cup
Individually
- 2015 Italian Championship - Most Valuable Player
- 2015 CEV European Championship - Best Setter
- 2016 CEV Champions League - Best Setter
External links
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Preceded by Sergey Grankin |
Best Setter of CEV European Championship 2015 |
Succeeded by TBD |
Preceded by Fabian Drzyzga |
Best Setter of CEV Champions League 2015/2016 |
Succeeded by TBD |