Andrea Anastasi

Andrea Anastasi
2012 at the Final Four
portrait
Date of birth	October 8, 1960
place of birth	Poggio Rusco, Italy
size	1.83 m
position	passing
societies
1977–1980 1980–1983 1983–1987 1987–1991 1991–1992 1992–1993	Pallavolo Parma Panini Modena Kutiba Falconara Sisley Treviso Schio Sport Gioia del Colle
National team
1981-1991	A national team
successes
1983 1986 1988 1989 1990 1990 1991 1991	CEV Cup Winner CEV Cup Winner Place 9 Olympic Games Seoul European Champion in Sweden Winner World League World Champion in Brazil CEV Cup Winner Winner World League
As of September 7, 2012

Andrea Anastasi (born October 8, 1960 in Poggio Rusco ) is an Italian volleyball coach and former national volleyball player.

Career as a player

Andrea Anastasi began his career as a setter in 1977 at Pallavolo Parma . In 1980 he moved to Panini Modena , with whom he won the CEV Cup in 1983 . Then he went to Kutiba Falconara , where he was again CEV Cup winner in 1986 . In 1987 Anastasi moved to Sisley Treviso . Here, too, he won the CEV Cup in his last year in 1991 . He ended his playing career at Schio Sport and Gioia del Colle .

Since 1981 Andrea Anastasi also played in the Italian national team , with which he completed 141 international matches. The highlights here were the participation in the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , the victory at the European Championship in Sweden in 1989 , the world championship title in Brazil in 1990 and victories in the world league in 1990 and 1991 .

Career as a coach

Andrea Anastasi started his coaching career in 1994 in the A2 series at Pallavolo Brescia . He then moved to Serie A1 to Gabeca Montechiari , where he was a coach for four years. In 1999 he took over the Italian men's national team for four years , with which he won the world league in 1999 and 2000 , was European champion in 1999 and 2003 and won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . From 2003 to 2005 he worked again in the A1 series at BreBranca Lannutti in Cuneo . Then Anastasi took over the Spanish national team , with which he became European champion in 2007 . From 2007 to 2010 he trained again in Italy . From 2011 to 2013 he worked as a coach of the Polish national team .

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