Emanuele Birarelli (born 8 February 1981) is an Italian

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player, a member of

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and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics, bronze medalist of 2012 Summer Olympics and participant of the

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2008 Summer Olympics, World League (

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) and silver medalist of European Championship ( 2011,

Career

Birarelli was born at

Senigallia Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian, Romagnol: ''S’nigaja'') is a ''comune'' and port town on Italy's Adriatic coast. It is situated in the province of Ancona in the Marche region and lies approximately 30 kilometers north-west of the pro ...

. He debuted in the Italian top championship in 1998 for Pallavolo Falconara. He remained there until 2003, when he was diagnosed an arm ischemia which forced him away from the field for two years. He returned to play volleyball in 2005, first at Pineto, then for

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and, from 2007, for

Trentino Volley Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...

, with which he won an Italian national title in 2008. In the same year he debuted for Italy's national team. In 2009, he won the

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with Trentino Volley, a feat he repeated the following year. He achieved bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2015, he left

after eight seasons and went to another Italian club Sir Safety Perugia. He was a member of the Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won silver medal after lost finale against Brazil. Birarelli received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker. After retirement from the sports, he turned into volleyball agent to seek talent young players.

Sporting achievements

CEV Champions League

2008/2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

2009/2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

2010/2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Bronze medal with cup

2011/2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Silver medal with cup

2016/2017 - with Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia

FIVB Club World Championship

Qatar 2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

Qatar 2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

Qatar 2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

Qatar 2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino

National championship

* 2007/2008 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2008/2009 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2009/2010 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2010/2011 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2011/2012 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2011/2012 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2012/2013 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with

National team

* 2011

CEV European Championship * 2012 Bronze medal with cup

* 2013

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* 2013

CEV European Championship * 2014 Bronze medal with cup

* 2016

Individual

* 2012 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Blocker * 2013

- Best Middle Blocker * 2013 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Middle Blocker * 2013 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup - Best Middle Blocker * 2016

- Best Middle Blocker

References

External links

LegaVolley Serie A player profile
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