Simone Giannelli


Simone Giannelli 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.

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