Andrea Giani
Italian volleyball player and coach
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- Andrea Giani ( Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈdʒaːni] ; born 22 April 1970) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player who serves as head coach for the France national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.
- He was an all-rounder able to play both as an outside hitter and as a middle blocker, but he played several times as an opposite spiker too.
- Career Giani's father, Dario, was a rower who took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics for Italy.
- In 1985 the 14-year-old Giani began his career as a volleyball player for the local team of Sabaudia, in the Southern Latium, where he lived.
- Giani was chosen to play for the latter, initially with the junior team under Gian Paolo Montali as coach.
Andrea Giani (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈdʒaːni]; born 22 April 1970) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player who serves as head coach for the France national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.
Giani achieved numerous successes in the 1990s, including three World Championships with his national team. He was an all-rounder able to play both as an outside hitter and as a middle blocker, but he played several times as an opposite spiker too.
In 2008, Giani was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Career
Giani's father, Dario, was a rower who took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics for Italy. After having trained with his father, now a rowing coach, Andrea tried for brief period as a football player. In 1985 the 14-year-old Giani began his career as a volleyball player for the local team of Sabaudia, in the Southern Latium, where he lived. Soon news about his qualities spread and attracted attention from the two main volleyball clubs of Italy of the period: Panini Modena and Santal/Maxicono Parma.
Giani was chosen to play for the latter, initially with the junior team under Gian Paolo Montali as coach. Giani's first final for scudetto in the Parma major team was in 1987. Parma was defeated, as well as in the following seasons.
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