Daniel Castellani

Daniel Jorge Castellani (born 21 March 1961) is an Argentine volleyball coach and former volleyball player, member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team in 1976–1988, bronze medallist of the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, participant of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, current head coach of Polish club Indykpol AZS Olsztyn.

Daniel Castellani
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Jorge Castellani
Nationality Argentine
Born (1961-03-21) 21 March 1961
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Coaching information
Current team Indykpol AZS Olsztyn
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1993–1999
2001–2002
2002–2006
2006–2009
2009–2010
2011–2012
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015
2016–2017
2017–2019
2020–		Argentina
Gioia del Volley
Bolívar Voley
Skra Bełchatów
Poland
Finland
Fenerbahçe İstanbul
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Fenerbahçe İstanbul
Sir Safety Perugia
Noliko Maaseik
Vôlei Taubaté
AZS Olsztyn
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1976–1982
1982–1983
1983–1984
1984–1985
1985–1986
1986–1987
1987–1988
1988–1991
1991–1993		 Obras Sanitarias
Minas Tênis Clube
Pallavolo Chieti
Bradesco Atlântica
Pallavolo Falconara
VB San Nicolás
Zinella Volley
Pallavolo Padova
Volley Prato
National team
1976–1988 Argentina
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
FIVB World Championship
1982 Argentina
CSV South American Championship
1981 Chile
1983 Brazil
1987 Uruguay
1979 Argentina
Head Coach  Argentina
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata
CSV South American Championship
1993 Argentina
1995 Brazil
1999 Argentina
1997 Venezuela
Head Coach  Poland
CEV European Championship
2009 Turkey

Personal life

Castellani was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is married to Silvina Pozzo. They have two children – daughter named Ariana and son Iván, who is also a volleyball player and was playing as opposite spiker in the Argentine national team.

Career as coach

He was a head coach of Polish volleyball team Skra Bełchatów (2006-2009). In 2009-2010 he was a head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team. In September 2009 Poland led by Castellani won title of the European Champion 2009 in Izmir, Turkey. He received a state award granted by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński – Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport.[1] He was dismissed before the end of his contract after an unsatisfactory result in the World Championship 2010 in Italy. In season 2012/2013 he worked with Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2] In May 2015 he went to Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.[3] After one season in Belgian club Noliko Maaseik he moved to Brazilian Funvic Taubaté in May 2017.[4] He was replaced by Renan Dal Zotto as a head coach of Funvic Taubaté in 2019.[5]

Sporting achievements
Castellani as a coach of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.

As a player
  • Youth national team
    • 1980 CSV U21 South American Championship

As a coach

State awards
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Raúl Lozano		 Head coach of Poland
2009–2010		 Succeeded by
Andrea Anastasi

References
  1. Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
  2. Daniel Castellani will be a new coach Zaksa in the next season – volleyball-movies.net – 09.05.2012
  3. Ecco la firma tanto attesa! Daniel Castellani è il nuovo allenatore di Perugia! – legavolley.it – 26-05-2015
  4. Miał być wielki powrót do PlusLigi. Castellani nie poprowadzi PGE Skry – polsatsport.pl – 04-05-2017
  5. Renan Dal Zotto chega ao Taubaté e diz que cargo em clube não atrapalha trabalho na seleção – globoesporte.globo.com – 25.02.2019
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