Luciano De Cecco

Luciano De Cecco
Luciano De Cecco
	De Cecco in 2024
Personal information
Nickname	Cachete
Born	2 June 1988 (age 36); Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Spike	345 cm (136 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Modena Volley
Career
2005–2006; 2006–2007; 2007; 2007–2008; 2008–2009; 2009–2010; 2010–2011; 2011–2012; 2012–2014; 2014–2020; 2020–2024; 2024–	Gimnasia y Esgrima Santa Fe; Bolívar Voley; Gabeca Pallavolo; Belgrano de Córdoba; Top Volley Latina; Dynamo Kaliningrad; Bolívar Voley; Gabeca Pallavolo; Volley Piacenza; Sir Safety Perugia; Volley Lube; Modena Volley
National team
2006–	Argentina
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Argentina
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
Pan American Cup
South American Championship

Luciano De Cecco (born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Modena Volley and the Argentina national team.^[1] He won the bronze medal at 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

In May 2014, De Cecco signed a 3-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia.^[2] For the 2020–21 season, he moved to Cucine Lube Civitanova.

Luciano was first appointed to Argentine national team in 2006 before the World League, but he did not play in any match. He began his participation during the World Championship where Argentina took 13th place. His national team won silvers medals at South American Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 because four losses to Brazil in the finals. In 2009 and 2011, he was awarded Best Setter of South American Championship. In 2011, he achieved the title of the Best Setter of the World League. On 4 December 2011, he was Best Setter of World Cup.^[3]

In 2015, De Cecco won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Luciano won the bronze medal at 2020 Summer Olympics.

In 2023, Luciano won the gold medal at the South American Championship held in Recife, Brazil.

On 3 July 2024, the Argentine Olympic Committee appointed De Cecco and the field hockey player Rocío Sánchez Moccia as the flag bearers to 2024 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Domestic
- 2006–07 Argentine Cup, with Bolívar Voley
- 2006–07 Argentine Championship, with Bolívar Voley
- 2013–14 Italian Cup, with Copra Elior Piacenza
- 2017–18 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2017–18 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2017–18 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2018–19 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2019–20 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2020–21 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova

Awards
Preceded by Santiago Orduna	Best Setter of CSV South American Championship 2009 2011	Succeeded by Bruno Rezende
Preceded by Bruno Rezende	Most Valuable Player of CSV South American Club Championship 2010	Succeeded by Murilo Endres
Preceded by Osmany Juantorena	Best Server of FIVB Club World Championship 2010	Succeeded by Matey Kaziyski
Preceded by Sergey Grankin	Best Setter of FIVB World League 2011	Succeeded by Georgi Bratoev
Preceded by Miguel Ángel Falasca	Best Setter of FIVB World Cup 2011	Succeeded by Micah Christenson
Preceded by Bruno Rezende	Best Setter of Pan American Games 2015	Succeeded by Matías Sánchez
Preceded by Simone Giannelli	Best Setter of CEV Champions League 2016/2017	Succeeded by Aleksandr Butko
Preceded by Bruno Rezende	Best Setter of Olympic Games 2020	Succeeded by TBD

Olympic Games
Preceded by Francesca Baruzzi Franco Dal Farra	Flagbearer for Argentina París 2024 With: Rocío Sánchez Moccia	Succeeded by Incumbent