Luciano De Cecco

Luciano De Cecco
Personal information
Full name	Luciano De Cecco
Nationality	Argentine
Born	June 2, 1988 Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Spike	333 cm (131 in)
Block	315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Sir Safety Perugia
Number	18 (club), 15 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014– Gimnasia y Esgrima Club Ciudad de Bolívar Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Belgrano de Córdoba Andreoli Latina VC Dynamo Kaliningrad Drean Bolívar Acqua Paradiso Monza Copra Elior Piacenza Sir Safety Perugia
National team
2006-  Argentina
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 2015 Toronto South American Championship 2007 Chile 2009 Colombia 2011 Brazil 2013 Brazil
Last updated: January 2, 2015

Luciano De Cecco (born June 2, 1988 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine volleyball player, a member of the Argentina national team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, was a participant of the 2012 Summer Olympics, silver medalist of the South American Championship (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) and gold medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Career

Clubs

In May 2014, he signed 3-years contract with Sir Safety Perugia.^[1]

National team

He was first appointed to Argentine national team in 2006 before the World League, but he did not play in any match. He began his participation during the World Championship where Argentina took 13th place. His national team won silvers medals at South American Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 because four lost to Brazil in the finals. In 2009 and 2011 was awarded Best Setter of South American Championship. In 2011, achieved a title of the Best Setter of the World League. On December 4, 2011 was Best Setter of World Cup.^[2] In 2015, Luciano won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Challenge Cup

• 2012/2013 – with Copra Elior Piacenza

South American Volleyball Club Championship

• 2010 – with Drean Bolívar

National championships

• 2006/2007 Argentine Cup, with Club Ciudad de Bolívar
• 2006/2007 Argentine Championship, with Club Ciudad de Bolívar
• 2008/2009 Italian Cup Serie A2, with Andreoli Latina
• 2012/2013 Italian Championship, with Copra Elior Piacenza
• 2013/2014 Italian Cup Serie A1, with Copra Elior Piacenza

National team

• 2007 South American Championship
• 2009 South American Championship
• 2011 South American Championship
• 2013 South American Championship
• 2015 Pan American Games

Individually

• 2009 South American Championship – Best Setter
• 2010 South American Club Championship – Best Setter
• 2010 South American Club Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2010 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Server
• 2011 South American Championship – Best Setter
• 2011 FIVB World League – Best Setter
• 2011 FIVB World Cup – Best Setter
• 2015 Pan American Games – Best Setter

References

1. Luciano de Cecco zawodnikiem Sir Safety Perugia – sportowefakty.pl – 12-05-2014
2. Maxim Mikhaylov earns MVP of FIVB Men’s World Cup – fivb.org – 04-12-2011

External links

• FIVB Profile
• LegaVolley player profile