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Matteo Piano
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Personal information
Born (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 34)
Asti, Italy
Height 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight 101 kg (223 lb)
Spike 349 cm (137 in)
Block 320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle blocker
Current team Revivre Milano
Number 11
Career
Years Teams
2006–2009
2009–2011
2011–2014
2014–2017
2017–
Volley Asti
Copra Elior Piacenza
Altotevere Città di Castello
Azimut Modena
Revivre Milano
National team
2013–  Italy
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
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Olympic Games
Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Cup
Silver 2015 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver 2017 Japan
Bronze 2013 Japan
World League
Bronze 2013 Mar del Plata
Bronze 2014 Florence
European Championship
Silver 2013 Denmark/Poland
Bronze 2015 Bulgaria/Italy

Matteo Piano (born 24 October 1990) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Revivre Milano. Matteo Piano has a standing reach of 209 cm. He was silver medalist at the 2016 Olympics and the 2015 World Cup, silver medalist at the European Championship 2013, and bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014).

Career

National team

Piano debuted with the Italy men's national volleyball team in 2013. In 2013 Italy, including Piano, won bronze medal of World League. In the same year he achieved silver medal of European Championship. In 2014 he and his Italian teammates won bronze of World League held in Florence, Italy. He was also part of the team that won the silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championships

  • 2014/2015 Simple gold cup.svg Italian Cup, with Modena Volley
  • 2015/2016 Simple gold cup.svg Italian Cup, with DHL Modena

National team

  • 2013 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
  • 2013 Silver medal with cup.svg CEV European Championship
  • 2014 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
  • 2015 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World Cup
  • 2016 Silver medal with cup.svg Olympic Games

Individual

  • 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Middle Blocker

See also

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