Caterina Chiara Bosetti (born 2 February 1994) 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 ...

player. She plays for

Italy women's national volleyball team The Italy women's national volleyball team is governed by the Federazione Italiana Pallavolo (FIPAV). The team's biggest victories were the gold medal at the 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship, being the first team to break the domination of ...

. She has competed in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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Career

The daughter of Giuseppe Bosetti, former coach of Italy's volleyball female national team, and Franca Bardelli, who played 93 times for the latter, she was born at

Busto Arsizio Busto Arsizio (; lmo, label= Bustocco, Büsti Grandi) is an Italian city and ''comune'' in the south-easternmost part of the Province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, in Northern Italy, north of Milan. The economy of Busto Arsizio is main ...

. Her sister

Lucia Bosetti Lucia Bosetti (born 9 July 1989, Tradate) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the daughter of Giuseppe Bosetti, former coach of ...

is also a volleyball player. Bosetti won the silver medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her club lost 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the championship match. She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match. She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2011 FIVB U20 World Championship "MVP"'' * '' 2011 FIVB U20 World Championship "Best spiker"'' * ''2017-18 Italian League "All-Star"'' * '' 2022 FIVB Nations League "Best outside spiker"''

Clubs

* 2010 Italian Cup - Simple cup icon

Champions, with

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* 2011 Italian Cup - Simple cup icon

Champions, with Villa Cortese * 2012 Italian Supercup - Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Villa Cortese * 2013 Italian Cup - Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Villa Cortese * 2013 Paulista Championship— Simple cup icon

Champions, with Molico Osasco * 2014 Brazilian Cup— Simple cup icon

Champions, with Molico Osasco * 2014 South American Club Championship - Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Molico Osasco * 2014 FIVB Club World Championship - Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Molico Osasco

References

1994 births Sportspeople from the Province of Varese Italian women's volleyball players Living people Olympic volleyball players of Italy Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Italian expatriates in Brazil Italian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub