Roberto Russo (volleyball)

Roberto Russo (born 27 February 1997) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of the Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.

Roberto Russo
Russo in 2021
Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1997-02-27) February 27, 1997 (age 28)
Hometown	Palermo, Italy[1]
Height	207 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Spike	340 cm (134 in)
Block	320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle Blocker
Current club	Sir Safety Umbria Volley
Number	12
Career
Years Teams 2015–2018 Club Italia Roma 2018–2019 Consar Ravenna 2019– Sir Safety Umbria Volley
Honours FIVB World Championship 2022 Poland/Slovenia

Personal life

Russo wanted to become a football player. His uncle was a volleyball player who introduced him into volleyball.^[2]

Career

Russo signed his first club in 2014.^[2]

Club

• Club Italia Roma
• Consar Ravenna
• Sir Safety Umbria Volley

National team

In 2015, he was called up for the U19 national team and in 2016 to the U21 and U23 national teams.^[3]

In 2018, he was called up to the senior national team, with which he won, in the same year, the gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

Honours

Clubs

• CEV Champions League
  • 2024–25, with Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia
• FIVB Club World Championship
  • 2022, with Sir Safety Susa Perugia
  • 2023, with Sir Sicoma Perugia
• Domestic
  • 2019–20 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2019–20 Italian Championship, with Sir Susa Perugia
  • 2020–21 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2020–21 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2021–22 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2021–22 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2022–23 Italian Super Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2023–24 Italian Super Cup, with Sir Susa Perugia
  • 2023–24 Italian Cup, with Sir Susa Perugia
  • 2023–24 Italian Championship, with Sir Susa Perugia
  • 2024–25 Italian Super Cup, with Sir Susa Perugia
  • 2024–25 Italian Championship, with Sir Susa Perugia

National team

• FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
  • 2022 – Gold medal
• Men's European Volleyball Championship
  • 2023 – Silver medal
• Mediterranean Games
  • 2018 – Gold medal

Individual awards

2019–20 SuperLega – Best U23 Player ^[3]