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Italian volleyball player

Simone Giannelli
Simone Giannelli MVP World Cup 2022 Poland/Slovenia
Personal information
Born (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 28)Bolzano, Italy
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Spike 352 cm (139 in)
Block 330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current club Sir Safety Perugia
Number 6
Career
YearsTeams 2012–20212021–Diatec TrentinoSir Safety Perugia
National team
2015– Italy
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Italy Olympic Games Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team FIVB World Championship Gold medal – first place 2022 Poland/Slovenia World Cup Silver medal – second place 2015 Japan World Grand Champions Cup Silver medal – second place 2017 Japan European Championship Gold medal – first place 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland Silver medal – second place 2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Last updated: 17 September 2017

Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup, bronze medalist of the 2015 European Championship, and gold medalist of the 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship and the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.[1]

Giannelli had proved himself as an up-and-coming star within volleyball by winning the Finals MVP award in the 2014-15 season with Trentino Volley in the Italian Volleyball League after defeating Modena Volley. He then followed the trend up by taking the starting 7 in the national team, despite competition by players such as Dragan Travica, Michele Baranowicz, and Marco Falaschi.[2]

In his first year in the national team, Giannelli 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.[3]

Giannelli is the only player to have earned an MVP award at both an FIVB World Championship and an FIVB Club World Championship.[4]

Sporting achievements

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National championships

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  1. ^ "Simone Giannelli Player Details". old.cev.eu. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Simone Giannelli Profile". legavolley.it. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Simone Giannelli Player". worldleague.2015.fivb.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ volleyballworld.com. "Giannelli earns Club World Champs MVP award". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ^ "BRAZIL WIN RECORD FIFTH TITLE IN MEN'S WORLD GRAND CHAMPIONS CUP". FIVB.org. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
Awards
Preceded byRussia Sergey Grankin Best Setter of CEV European Championship 2015 Succeeded byRussia Sergey Grankin
Preceded byPoland Fabian Drzyzga Best Setter of CEV Champions League 2015/2016 Succeeded byArgentina Luciano De Cecco
Preceded byFrance Benjamin Toniutti Best Setter of FIVB World League 2016 Succeeded byFrance Benjamin Toniutti
Preceded byBrazil William Arjona Best Setter of FIVB Club World Championship 2016 Succeeded byRussia Aleksandr Butko
Preceded byBrazil Bruno Rezende Best Setter of World Grand Champions Cup 2017 Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded bySerbia Uroš Kovačević Most Valuable Player of CEV European Championship 2021 Succeeded byPoland Wilfredo León
Preceded byPoland Bartosz Kurek Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Championship 2022 Succeeded byIncumbent
Preceded byUnited States Micah Christenson Best Setter of FIVB World Championship 2022 Succeeded byIncumbent