Andrea Zorzi
Andrea Zorzi | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | Zorro | ||
Born | Noale, Province of Venice, Italy | 29 July 1965||
Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Opposite | ||
Number | 11 | ||
National team | |||
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Honours |
Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965, in Noale, Province of Venice) is a former Italian volleyball player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effective spiker playing usually as opposite hitter. He was popularly known as Zorro.
After his debut in Bormio in 1986, he totalled 325 caps with Italian national team. He was a silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and also competed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.[1]
Playing for almost all the major volleyball clubs of Italy, including Maxicono Parma and Sisley Treviso, he won several titles: these include two Italian Championships (1990, 1996) and one European Champions League in 1995. In 1991 he was declared World's Best Player by FIVB. Zorzi 328 apps for national team of italy.
Clubs
[edit]Club | Country | From | To |
Padua | Italy | 1982–1983 | 1984–1985 |
Parma | Italy | 1985–1986 | 1989–1990 |
Milan | Italy | 1990–1991 | 1993–1994 |
Sisley Treviso | Italy | 1994–1995 | 1995–1996 |
Macerata | Italy | 1996–1997 | 1997–1998 |
Individual awards
[edit]- 1990 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
- 1991 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
- 1992 FIVB World League "Best Server"
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Zorzi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Andrea Zorzi at Olympics.com
- Andrea Zorzi at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
- Volleybox.net Profile
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Venice
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Italian men's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Opposite hitters