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Ricardo Lucarelli

Lucarelli in 2021

Personal information

Full name

Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza

Born

14 February 1992 (age 32)
Contagem, Brazil

Height

1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)

Weight

90 kg (198 lb)

Spike

355 cm (140 in)

Block

340 cm (134 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Outside hitter

Current club

JTEKT Stings

Career

Years	Teams
2010–2013 2013–2015 2015–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022–2024 2024–	Minas Tênis Clube SESI São Paulo Vôlei Taubaté Itas Trentino Cucine Lube Civitanova Gas Sales Piacenza JTEKT Stings

National team

2011–

BRA

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold	2016 Rio de Janeiro
FIVB World Championship
Silver	2014 Poland
Bronze	2022 Poland/Slovenia
FIVB World Cup
Gold	2019 Japan
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
Gold	2013 Japan
Gold	2017 Japan
FIVB Nations League
Gold	2021 Rimini
FIVB World League
Silver	2013 Mar del Plata
Silver	2014 Florence
Silver	2016 Kraków
Silver	2017 Curitiba
CSV South American Championship
Gold	2013 Cabo Frio
Gold	2015 Maceió
Gold	2017 Santiago/Temuco
Gold	2021 Brasília
Silver	2023 Recife

Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza (born 14 February 1992) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for JTEKT Stings and the Brazil national team. He was a gold medallist in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2019 World Cup winner.

Career
- Club
- National team
Honours
See also

Career

Club

In 2010 he started playing for Minas Tênis Clube. In 2013 he signed a contract with SESI São Paulo, and in 2015 he was hired by the club Funvic Taubaté.

National team

The young Lucarelli defended the junior national team in 2010, winning the gold medal in the South American Championship. The following year, he was in the group that finished fifth in the World Championship. In 2013 Lucarelli won the World Grand Champions Cup, a gold medal at the South American Championship and a silver medal at the World League, where he was named the Best outside spiker (together with Ivan Zaytsev). In 2014 he was a major player in the Brazilian team, which won the silver medal at the World League 2014 in Florence, Italy. He was again named the Best outside spiker, together with teammate Murilo Endres. Lucarelli was one of the Bernardinho team's starters; Lucarelli was on the court in all the games of the FIVB World League and the conquest of the South American Games in 2015. In the special year of 2016, Lucarelli was a key player in the gold medal campaign at the Rio Olympic Games. Lucarelli was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He played the last three games against Argentina (quarterfinals), Russia (semifinals), and Italy (finals).

Honours

Club

FIVB Club World Championship
- Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
CSV South American Club Championship
- Belo Horizonte 2013 – with Minas Tênis Clube
- Taubate 2016 – with Vôlei Taubaté
Domestic
- 2018–19 Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Taubaté
- 2022–23 Italian Cup, with Gas Sales Piacenza