Paola Cardullo

Paola Cardullo
April 2008 in Tabano
portrait
Date of birth	March 18, 1982
place of birth	Gorizia , Italy
size	1.62 m
position	Libera
societies
1996–1999 1999–2003 2003–2009 2009–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014 2014–2015 since 2015	Pallavolo Omegna AGIL Volley Novara Asystel Volley Novara MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese RC Cannes MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese LJ Volley Modena Volley 2002 Forli River Volley Piacenza Volley Bergamo
National team
since 2001	A national team
successes
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2007 2009 2009 2010 2011 2012 2012 2016	Vice European Champion, World Champion, CEV-Pokal -winner, Italian Cup-winner, Vice-European-Champion, European Champion, World-Cup-Winner, CEV-Pokal -winner, Vice-European Champion, Italian Cup, Italian Cup, winner, French Cup, French, Champion, Italian Cup winner
As of June 15, 2016

Paola Cardullo (born March 18, 1982 in Omegna , Italy ) is an Italian volleyball player . She celebrated her greatest success at the 2002 World Cup , when she won the title with the national team and was also named the fairest player in the tournament.

Career

Cardullo began her career in 1996 with her hometown club Pallavollo Omegna in the third-rate series B1. Three years later she moved to the club AGIL Volley Novara , which was then playing under the name Agil Trecate in the second division (Serie A2). In 2001 Cardullo succeeded in advancing with the club and she was appointed to the Italian national team for the first time at the tournament in Montreux , with which she reached the final of the European Championship in Bulgaria shortly afterwards . The following year Libera was involved in the first ever title win of the Italians at the World Cup in Germany and was honored as the fairest player in the tournament. In the following season she triumphed with her club, which competed in the first division under the name Asystel Volley Novara , in the CEV Cup and in 2004 in the Italian Cup. After reaching the European Championship final again in 2005 and winning the Top Teams Cup in 2006, she achieved double success with the national team in the World Cup and the European Championship in 2007 . At the continental tournament in 2009 she defended her title after winning a European title for the third time with Novara in the CEV Cup . From 2009 to 2011 she played at MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese and won two Italian cups here. Cardullo has been playing for the southern French club RC Cannes since 2011 , with whom she became French champions and cup winners in 2012. She then returned to her home country and played again at MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese and later at LJ Volley Modena , Volley 2002 Forli , River Volley Piacenza and most recently Volley Bergamo , where she won the Italian Cup again in 2016.

Web links

• Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)
• Profile at FIVB (English)