Luciano De Cecco

Luciano De Cecco (born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine volleyball player, member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, participant of the Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016), silver medallist of the South American Championship (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) and gold medallist at the 2015 Pan American Games, 2018 Italian Champion.

Luciano De Cecco
Personal information
Nationality Argentine
Born (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988
Santa Fe, Argentina
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current club Cucine Lube Civitanova
Number15
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2014
2014–2020
2020–
Gimnasia y Esgrima Santa Fe
Bolívar Voley
Gabeca Pallavolo
Belgrano de Córdoba
Top Volley Latina
Dynamo Kaliningrad
Bolívar Voley
Gabeca Pallavolo
Volley Piacenza
Sir Safety Perugia
Volley Lube
National team
2006– Argentina

Career

Clubs

In May 2014, he signed a 3-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia.[1] From the season 2020-2021 he is no longer a player of Sir Safety Perugia as he signed with Cucine Lube Civitanova.

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 he was awarded Best Setter of South American Championship. In 2011, he achieved a title of the Best Setter of the World League. On December 4, 2011 he was Best Setter of World Cup.[2] In 2015, Luciano won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Individual awards

Awards
Preceded by
Santiago Orduna
Best Setter of
CSV South American Championship

2009
2011
Succeeded by
Bruno Rezende
Preceded by
Bruno Rezende
Most Valuable Player of
CSV South American Club Championship

2010
Succeeded by
Murilo Endres
Preceded by
Osmany Juantorena
Best Server of
FIVB Club World Championship

2010
Succeeded by
Matey Kaziyski
Preceded by
Sergey Grankin
Best Setter of
FIVB World League

2011
Succeeded by
Georgi Bratoev
Preceded by
Miguel Angel Falasca
Best Setter of
FIVB World Cup

2011
Succeeded by
Micah Christenson
Preceded by
Bruno Rezende
Best Setter of
Pan American Games

2015
Succeeded by
Matías Sánchez
Preceded by
Simone Giannelli
Best Setter of
CEV Champions League

2016/2017
Succeeded by
Aleksandr Butko

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
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