Marco Bonitta (born 5 September 1963) is an Italian professional
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
coach. He currently serves as head coach for the
Slovenia women's national team and
Consar RCM Ravenna.
Career
Bonitta took over the
Italian national volleyball team in March 2001. He led the team to a silver medal at the
2001 European Championship, and to their first World Champion title at the
2002 World Championship. He left his post in September 2006.
In 2014, Bonitta once again became the head coach of Italy. He coached the team at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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held in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
Honours
*
CEV European Champions Cup
**
![Gold medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Gold_medal_europe.svg)
1998–99 – with
Foppapedretti Bergamo
Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1.
Previous names
Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names:
* Volley Bergamo (1991–1992)
* Foppapedretti Be ...
**
![Gold medal europe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Gold_medal_europe.svg)
1999–00 – with Foppapedretti Bergamo
* National championships
** 1997–98
![Simple gold cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Simple_gold_cup.svg)
Italian SuperCup, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
** 1997–98
![Simple gold cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Simple_gold_cup.svg)
Italian Cup, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
** 1997–98
![Gold medal with cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Gold_medal_with_cup.svg)
Italian Championship, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
** 1998–99
![Simple gold cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Simple_gold_cup.svg)
Italian SuperCup, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
** 1998–99
![Gold medal with cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Gold_medal_with_cup.svg)
Italian Championship, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
** 1999–00
![Simple gold cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Simple_gold_cup.svg)
Italian SuperCup, with Foppapedretti Bergamo
* Youth national team
** 2012
CEV U20 European Championship, with
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
Individual awards
* 2002:
Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
References
External links
*
Coach profileat ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach profileat ''Volleybox.net''
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1963 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ravenna
Italian volleyball coaches
Volleyball coaches of international teams
Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
AZS Olsztyn coaches