Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza is a professional

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team of Pallavolo Gabeca (till 2009 Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari), based in

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

, Italy. It plays in

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. It was born in

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in 1975. In the next season (2011–12) will play the CEV Cup.

Achievements

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Team 2011/12

# Tsimafei Zhukouski # Luciano De Cecco #

Facundo Conte Facundo Conte (born 25 August 1989) is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Ciudad Vóley and the Argentina national team. Conte won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Personal life Facund ...

Simone Buti Simone Buti (born 19 September 1983) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Gi Group Monza, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup, medalist of the European Championship (silver in 2011, bronze ...

# Konstantin Shumov # Marcello Forni # Carlo Mor #

Miloš Nikić Miloš Nikić ( sr-cyrl, Милош Никић born 31 March 1986 in Cetinje, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian volleyball player (Wing-spiker). He was part of the Serbia and Montenegro men's national volleyball team at the 2006 FIVB Vo ...

# Sean Rooney #

Marco Molteni Marco may refer to: People * Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish co ...

# Mauro Gavotto # Nicolas Roumeliotis # Salvatore Rossini # Edoardo Ciabattini # Tamas Kaszap

Notable former players

Lorenzo Bernardi Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (1990, 1994), and a two–time European Champion ( 1989, 1995) ...

* Marcello Forni *

Ferdinando De Giorgi Ferdinando De Giorgi (born 10 October 1961) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a participant in the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, three–time World Champion (1990, 1994, 1998), and the 1989 European Champion. He currentl ...

Marco Meoni Marco Meoni (born 25 May 1973 in Padua) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, wearing the number two jersey. A year earlier he was on the side ...

* Francesco Dall'Olio *

Alessandro Paparoni Alessandro Paparoni (born 17 August 1981) is an Italian volleyball player. He is a gold medalist of European Championship 2005. Paparoni competed for Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He has been playing for Lube Banca Macerata since 2013. Ca ...

Michele Pasinato Michele Pasinato (March 13, 1969 – April 8, 2021) was an Italian volleyball player, who earned a total number of 256 caps for the Men's National Team in the 1990s. Nicknamed ''Paso'' and ''Micky'' he was on the side that won the title at the 1 ...

Damiano Pippi Damiano Pippi (born 23 August 1971 in Castiglione del Lago) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Italian men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; ...

Andrea Sartoretti Andrea Sartoretti (born 19 June 1971) is an Italian former volleyball player. Biography Born at Perugia, Sartoretti debuted in the Italian Serie in 1991, winning the Award as best Under 23 player. A 1.94 cm athlete, he usually played oppos ...

Cristian Savani Cristian Savani (born 22 February 1982) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 2001–2013 and Italian club BluVolley Verona, a medalist of the Olympic Games (silver in 2004, bronze in 2012), 2012 Ita ...

* Luciano De Cecco *

Mauricio Lima Mauricio may refer to: * Mauricio (given name) *Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (born 1988), Brazilian footballer known by the mononym Maurício *Maurício (footballer) (Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, born 1988), Brazilian footballer *216428 ...

Marcelo Negrão Marcelo Teles Negrão (born October 10, 1972 in São Paulo) is a volleyball player from Brazil, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating T ...

* Plamen Kostantinov * Ventceslav Simeonov *

Osvaldo Hernández Osvaldo Hernández Chambell (born 11 July 1970 in Camagüey) is an Italian volleyball player (game), player originally from Cuba. Son:Osvaldo Lázaro Hernández Suárez In Italy, he won the ''scudetto'' (top division title) in 2000 with Piag ...

Rafael Pascual Rafael Pascual Cortés (born 16 March 1970, in Madrid) is a retired Spanish volleyball player who is nicknamed "El Toro", "El Macho", and "El León". He is widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players of all time. A two-time Olympian (1 ...

Mikko Esko Mikko Esko (born 3 September 1978) is a Finnish volleyball player, a member of Finland men's national volleyball team and Finnish club Vammalan Lentopallo. Personal life Esko was born in Vammala, Finland. He is married to Saara (née Loikkanen) ...

* Konstantin Shumov * Stefan Hubner *

Jimmy George Jimmy George (8 March 1955 – 30 November 1987) is often considered one of the greatest volleyball players of all time and was a member of India men's national volleyball team. He was the first Indian volleyball player to become a prof ...

Guido Görtzen Guido Görtzen (born 9 November 1970 in Heerlen, Limburg) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the gold med ...

Robert Horstink Robert Horstink (born 26 December 1981 in Twello, Gelderland) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = ...

Reinder Nummerdor Reinder Aart Nummerdor (born 10 September 1976) is a Dutch volleyball player, who represented his native country at five consecutive Summer Olympics. Two times as a member of the indoor volleyball team in 2000 and 2004, and 3 more times after swi ...

Jan Posthuma Jan Marcus Posthuma (born 11 June 1963 in Dokkum, Friesland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. After having won ...

Ronald Zoodsma Ronald Zoodsma (born 5 September 1966 in Sneek, Friesland) is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. Under the guidance of head coach Arie Selinge ...

* Evgueni Mitkov *

Semyon Poltavskiy Semyon Vladimirovich Poltavskiy (russian: Семён Владимирович Полтавский) (born 8 February 1981 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is a former volleyball player from Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a ...

* Dejan Bojović *

Andrija Gerić Andrija Gerić ( sr-cyrl, Андрија Герић, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12. Career Gerić made a debut fo ...

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. The Olympic Champion Sydney 2000, a bro ...

* Sean Rooney *

Ryan Millar Ryan Madsen Millar (born 22 January 1978) is an American volleyball player, a member of United States men's national volleyball team in 1998–2008, a participant of the Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008), 2008 Olympic Champion, three times NOR ...

References

{{Italian Volleyball League Italian volleyball clubs Sport in Monza