Simone Giannelli

Simone Giannelli
Simone Giannelli
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	9 August 1996 (age 27); 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
2012–2021; 2021–;	Diatec Trentino; Sir Safety Perugia;
National team
2015–	Italy
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
FIVB World Championship
World Cup
World Grand Champions Cup
European Championship
	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]

Career edit

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 edit

Clubs edit

National championships edit

2012/2013 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
2014/2015 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley
2016/2017 Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino
2021/2022 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
2022/2023 Italian Super Cup, with Sir Safety Susa Perugia
2023/2024 Italian Super Cup, with Sir Susa Vim Perugia
2023/2024 Italian Cup, with Sir Susa Vim Perugia

National team edit

2015 CEV European Championship
2015 FIVB World Cup
2016 Olympic Games
2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
2021 CEV European Championship
2022 FIVB World Championship
2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
2023 CEV European Championship

Individual edit

2012 Italian Trofeo Delle Regioni U19 – Most Valuable Player
2015 Italian Superlega Serie A1 – Most Valuable Player
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^[5]
2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
2021 European Championship – Most Valuable Player
2022 FIVB World Championship – Most Valuable Player
2022 FIVB World Championship – Best Setter
2022 FIVB Club World Championship – Most Valuable Player
2022 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Most Valuable Player
2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Setter
2023 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter

References edit

^ "Simone Giannelli Player Details". old.cev.eu. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Simone Giannelli Profile". legavolley.it. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Simone Giannelli Player". worldleague.2015.fivb.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ volleyballworld.com. "Giannelli earns Club World Champs MVP award". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ "BRAZIL WIN RECORD FIFTH TITLE IN MEN'S WORLD GRAND CHAMPIONS CUP". FIVB.org. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

External links edit

Simone Giannelli at the European Volleyball Confederation
Simone Giannelli at WorldofVolley
Simone Giannelli at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
Simone Giannelli at Olympics.com
Simone Giannelli at Olympedia
Simone Giannelli at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
FIVB profile
Trentino Volley player profile

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 Wilfredo León
Preceded by Bartosz Kurek	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Championship 2022	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Micah Christenson	Best Setter of FIVB World Championship 2022	Succeeded by Incumbent

[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.

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