Daniele Santarelli (born June 8, 1981 in

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) is an Italian women's

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coach. He is the current head coach of

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and the

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. Previously, he was coach of the Croatian national team, and the Serbian national team with whom he won the 2022 World Championship.

Playing career

Santarelli played as libero in various lower categories of Italian league (Serie B) in Foligno, Vicenza, Legnago and Terracina before pursuing his career as a youth coach at a young age.

Coaching career

He was a coach for Italian teams such as Snoopy Pesaro, Robursport Pesaro, Robur Tiboni Urbino Volley. He currently leads

. With Imoco, Santarelli has won the Italian national league four times (2015, 2018, 2019, and 2021), 3 Italian Cups (2017, 2020 and 2021), 4 Italian Super Cups (2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020), 1 Club World Championship (2019) and the last edition of the CEV Champions League. In the summer of 2018 he took the position of head coach of the

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, a position he held until the end of the 2021 European Championship. During that time he won two silver medals in the European league, held in

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. In January 2022 he became the head coach of Serbian women's national team and won bronze medal at FIVB Women's Nations League same year. In October 2022, Serbian national women's team headed by Santarelli had won the world title at the

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held in Poland and the Netherlands. The team has defended the 2018 title won under the guidance of the previous coach

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. On December 27, 2022, it was announced by TVF that Daniele will be the new head coach of

and the details of the agreement will be announced next week at a press conference to be held jointly by TVF President Mehmet Akif Üstündağ and Daniele himself.

Clubs

FIVB Club World Championship: * Gold medal with cup

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Italian Championship: * Gold medal with cup

, 2019,

Italian SuperCup: * Simple gold cup

2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Italian Cup: * Simple gold cup

2020, 2021, 2022

National Team

FIVB World Championship: * Gold medal with cup

FIVB Nations League: * Bronze medal with cup

European League: * Silver medal europe

Personal life

Santarelli has a degree in physical education. He has been married to the volleyball player

Monica De Gennaro Monica De Gennaro Santarelli (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Imoco Volley Conegliano and for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Oly ...

since 2017.

References

External links

LegaVolleyFemminile profile

Volleybox profile

CEV profile

Old CEV profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Santarelli, Daniele 1981 births Living people Italian volleyball coaches Turkey women's national volleyball team coaches