Simone Giannelli

Simone Giannelli (born 9 August 1996) is an Italian volleyball player and captain of both the Italy men's national volleyball team and the Italian club Sir Safety Perugia. He is silver medalist of the 2016 Summer Olympics, back-to-back gold medalist of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship in 2022 and 2025, gold medalist of the 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship, silver medalist of the 2015 World Cup and of the 2025 FIVB Men’s Volleyball Nations league.

Simone Giannelli
Giannelli in 2022
Personal information
Born	(1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 29) Bolzano, Italy.
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Spike	352 cm (139 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Sir Safety Perugia
Number	6
Career
Years Teams 2012–2021 2021– Diatec Trentino Sir Safety Perugia
National team
2015–  Italy
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Italy Olympic Games Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team FIVB World Championship 2022 Poland/Slovenia 2025 Philippines FIVB Nations League 2025 Ningbo World Cup 2015 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 2017 Japan European Championship 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland 2023 Italy/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Israel 2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Last updated: 17 September 2017

Career

Giannelli had proved himself as an up-and-coming star within volleyball by winning the Finals MVP award in the 2014-15 season with Trentino Volley in the Italian Volleyball League after defeating Modena Volley. He then followed the trend up by taking the starting 7 in the national team, despite competition by players such as Dragan Travica, Michele Baranowicz, and Marco Falaschi.^[1]

In his first year in the national team, Giannelli won a silver medal at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup and a bronze medal at the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship, where he was also awarded the prize for best setter, the youngest in the history of the tournament.^[2]

Giannelli is the only player to have earned an MVP award at both an FIVB World Championship and an FIVB Club World Championship.^[3]

Honours

Clubs

CEV Champions League

• 2015–16, with Trentino Diatec
• 2020–21, with Trentino Itas
• 2024–25, with Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia

FIVB Club World Championship

• 2018, with Trentino Volley
• 2022, with Sir Safety Susa Perugia
• 2023, with Sir Sicoma Perugia
• 2025, with Sir Sicoma Perugia

CEV Cup

• 2019, with Trentino Diatec

Other international competitions

• 2024 Bogdanka Volley Cup, with Sir Susa Vim Perugia

National championships

• 2011–12 Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino
• 2012–13 Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2014–15 Italian Championship, with Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino
• 2015–16 Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino
• 2016–17 Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino
• 2017–18 Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino
• 2018–19 Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino
• 2020–21 Italian Championship, with Diatec Trentino
• 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

• 2015 CEV European Championship
• 2015 FIVB World Cup
• 2016 Olympic Games
• 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
• 2021 CEV European Championship
• 2022 FIVB World Championship
• 2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner
• 2023 CEV European Championship
• 2025 FIVB Nations League
• 2025 FIVB World Championship

Individual

• 2012 Italian Trofeo Delle Regioni U19 – Most Valuable Player
• 2015 Italian Superlega Serie A1 – Most Valuable Player
• 2015 CEV European Championship – Best Setter
• 2016 CEV Champions League – Best Setter
• 2016 FIVB World League – Best Setter
• 2016 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
• 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Setter^[4]
• 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
• 2021 European Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2022 FIVB World Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2022 FIVB World Championship – Best Setter
• 2022 FIVB Club World Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2022 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
• 2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Most Valuable Player
• 2023 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Best Setter
• 2023 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
• 2024 Italian Superlega Serie A1 – Most Valuable Player
• 2024 Bogdanka Volley Cup – Best Setter
• 2025 CEV Champions League – Best Setter
• 2025 CEV Champions League – Most Valuable Player
• 2025 FIVB Nations League – Best Setter
• 2025 FIVB World Championship – Best Setter
• 2025 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
• 2025 FIVB Club World Championship – Most Valuable Player