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Sportiva Nervi is an Italian water polo club from Nervi ( Genoa) in Liguria founded in 1932.


History

Sportiva Nervi was founded in 1932 as Dopolavoro Caprafico. The men's team of Sportiva Nervi competed for the first time in Serie A from the season 1957.
The club competed in Serie A until 1963. In those years, athletes of great technical value play in the Sportiva Nervi such as goalkeeper
Dante Rossi Dante Rossi (28 August 1936 – 15 March 2013) was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bologna, Italy. In 1960 he was a member of the Italian water polo ...
, who participated at
1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
in Rome, winning the gold medal with the Italy men's national water polo team.
The club achieved its best results in Serie A from 1967 to 1969, obtaining 3 consecutive runners-up behind the Pro Recco. The men's team of Sportiva Nervi competed in Serie A until 1983 then in the following season competed in Serie A2.


Honours

* Men ** Italian League *** ''Runners-up (3)'': 1967, 1968, 1969 *** ''Third Place (3)'': 1966, 1970, 1973 ** Coppa Italia *** ''Third Place (1)'': 2005 ** Italian Championship Under-20 Serie B (Nord) *** Winners (1): 1990 ** Italian Championship Under-17 A *** Winners (7): 1962, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1994 ** Italian Championship Under-15 *** Winners (1): 2005 ** Italian Championship Under-20 *** Winners (8): 1952, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 2011


Current team


Famous players

*
Dante Rossi Dante Rossi (28 August 1936 – 15 March 2013) was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bologna, Italy. In 1960 he was a member of the Italian water polo ...
*
Milivoj Bebić Milivoj Bebić (born 29 August 1959) is a retired Croatian water polo player. He won a silver Olympic gold medal winner with Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was a former waterpolo player o ...
* Merrill Moses


Famous coaches

* Massimiliano Ferretti


References


External links


Official site
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