Matteo Piano

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).

Matteo Piano
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 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Cup 2015 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 2017 Japan 2013 Japan World League 2013 Mar del Plata 2014 Florence European Championship 2013 Denmark/Poland 2015 Bulgaria/Italy

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.^[1] In 2014 he and his Italian teammates won bronze of World League held in Florence, Italy.^[2] 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 Italian Cup, with Modena Volley
• 2015/2016 Italian Cup, with DHL Modena

National team

• 2013 FIVB World League
• 2013 CEV European Championship
• 2014 FIVB World League
• 2015 FIVB World Cup
• 2016 Olympic Games

Individual

• 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Middle Blocker^[3]