Paolo Tofoli

Paolo Tofoli (born 14 August 1966, in Fermo) is an Italian former volleyball player and current coach, standing at 188 cm.

Paolo Tofoli
Tofoli in 2006
Personal information
Born	(1966-08-14) 14 August 1966 Fermo, Italy
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Number	5
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Italy Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2004 Athens Team 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 1990 Brazil Team 1994 Greece Team World Cup 1995 Japan 1989 Japan 1999 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1993 Japan Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle World League 1990 Osaka 1991 Milan 1992 Genoa 1994 Milan 2000 Rotterdam 1996 Rotterdam 2004 Rome 1993 São Paulo European Championship 1989 Sweden 1993 Finland 1995 Greece 1999 Austria 1991 Germany

Tofoli played 342 times for the Italy national volleyball team. Tofoli was a two-time world champion in 1990 and 1994. He was also a four-time gold medalist at the European Championship (1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999). He represented Italy at four Summer Olympics, winning two silver medals and a bronze medal.

Coaching

Since the 2010–11 season, Tofoli has been working as the coach of the Italian women's volleyball team Scavolini Pesaro.

Clubs

Club	Country	From	To
Padova	Italy	1984–1985	1989–1990
Sisley Treviso	Italy	1990–1991	1996–1997
Ferrara	Italy	1997–1998	1997–1998
Rome	Italy	1998–1999	2000–2001
Trento	Italy	2001–2002	2004–2005
Perugia	Italy	2005–2006	2005–2006
M. Roma Volley	Italy	2006–2007	2008–2009

Individual awards

• 1990 FIVB World League "Best Setter"
• 1994 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship Best Setter

State awards

• 2000 Knight's Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 2004 Officer's Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

External links

• Paolo Tofoli at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Paolo Tofoli at WorldofVolley
• Paolo Tofoli at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
• Paolo Tofoli at Olympedia
• Paolo Tofoli at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)