Matteo Piano

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Matteo Piano
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 33)
Asti, Italy
Height2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight101 kg (223 lb)
Spike349 cm (137 in)
Block320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current teamRevivre Milano
Number11
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2009
2009–2011
2011–2014
2014–2017
2017–
Volley Asti
Copra Elior Piacenza
Altotevere Città di Castello
Azimut Modena
Revivre Milano
National team
2013– Italy
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Japan
World League
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mar del Plata
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Florence
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2013 Denmark/Poland
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bulgaria/Italy

Matteo Piano (born 24 October 1990) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Revivre Milano. Matteo Piano has a standing reach of 209 cm. He was silver medalist at the 2016 Olympics and the 2015 World Cup, silver medalist at the European Championship 2013, and bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014).

Career[edit]

National team[edit]

Piano debuted with the Italy men's national volleyball team in 2013. In 2013 Italy, including Piano, won bronze medal of World League. In the same year he achieved silver medal of European Championship.[1] In 2014 he and his Italian teammates won bronze of World League held in Florence, Italy.[2] He was also part of the team that won the silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.

Sporting achievements[edit]

Clubs[edit]

National championships[edit]

National team[edit]

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ID=559&NewsID=15434&TagType=0&TagContent=0&NewsType=0&Paging=0&Sd=1/1/1900&Ed=1/1/1900 Russian giants add yet another title to their unique showcase - cev.lu - 29-09-2013
  2. ^ Italy claim second consecutive World League Finals bronze - fivb.org - 20-07-2014
  3. ^ "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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Awards
Preceded by Best Middle Blocker of
World Grand Champions Cup

2017
ex aequo Brazil Lucas Saatkamp
Succeeded by
TBD