Simone Giannelli

Simone Giannelli
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 Bolzano, Italy
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Spike	342 cm (135 in)
Block	265 cm (104 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Diatec Trentino
Number	9
Career
Years Teams 2012– Diatec Trentino
National team
2015– Italy
Honours Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2015 Japan European Championship 2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Last updated: 24 October 2016

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

• 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
• 2016 Olympic Games

Individual

• 2015 Best Player in Serie A1
• 2015 CEV European Championship - Best Setter
• 2016 CEV Champions League - Best Setter
• 2016 FIVB World League - Best Setter
• 2016 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Setter

External links

• FIVB profile
• LegaVolley player profile
• Trentino Volley player profile