Simone Giannelli

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Simone Giannelli
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 25) 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
Years Teams 2012–2020 2021- Diatec Trentino Sir Safety Perugia
National team
2015– Italy
Honours Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2015 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 2017 Japan European Championship 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland 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 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
• 2020/2021 - with Itas Trentino

FIVB Club World Championship[]

• Poland 2018 – with Trentino Diatec

CEV Cup[]

• CEV Cup 2019– with Trentino Diatec

National championships[]

• 2012/2013 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
• 2014/2015 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
• 2016/2017 Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino

National team[]

• 2015 CEV European Championship
• 2015 FIVB World Cup
• 2016 Olympic Games
• 2021 CEV European Championship

Individual[]

• 2015
• 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
• 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Setter^[1]
• 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
• 2021 European Championship – MVP

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simone Giannelli.

• FIVB profile
• LegaVolley player profile
• Trentino Volley player profile
• Simone Giannelli at the International Olympic Committee
• Simone Giannelli at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian) (in English)
• Simone Giannelli at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Awards
Preceded by Sergey Grankin	Best Setter of CEV European Championship 2015	Succeeded by Sergey Grankin
Preceded by Fabian Drzyzga	Best Setter of CEV Champions League 2015/2016	Succeeded by Luciano De Cecco
Preceded by Benjamin Toniutti	Best Setter of FIVB World League 2016	Succeeded by Benjamin Toniutti
Preceded by William Arjona	Best Setter of FIVB Club World Championship 2016	Succeeded by Aleksandr Butko
Preceded by Bruno Rezende	Best Setter of World Grand Champions Cup 2017	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Uroš Kovačević	Most Valuable Player of CEV European Championship 2021	Succeeded by Incumbent

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