Francesca Piccinini
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Francesca Piccinini (born 10 January 1979 in Massa) is an former Italian volleyball player who has represented Italy four times (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) at the Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship in Germany. She made her debut for Italy on 10 June 1995 against the United States. She was inspired to become a professional volleyball player by the Japanese anime Attack No. 1, shown in Italy in the 1980s under the title Mimì e la nazionale della pallavolo.
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Playing professionally with the Italian club Volley Bergamo, she won the "Most Valuable Player" award when her team won the 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League title.[2]
Piccinini played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[3] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing the bronze medal match 2–3 to Brazil.[4]
In 2016, she again became "Most Valuable Player" when her team, Pomì Casalmaggiore, claimed the 2015–16 CEV DenizBank Champions League title 3–0 over the Turkish VakıfBank Istanbul.[5]
Clubs
- Template:Flagicon Robur Massa (1991–1993)
- Template:Flagicon Pallavolo Carrarese (1993–1995)
- Template:Flagicon Reggio Emilia (1995–1996)
- Template:Flagicon Volley Modena (1996–1997)
- Template:Flagicon Volley 2000 Spezzano (1997–1998)
- Template:Flagicon Rexona Volley (1998–1999)
- Template:Flagicon Volley Bergamo (1999–2012)
- Template:Flagicon Chieri Volley (2012–2013)
- Template:Flagicon LJ Volley (2013–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Pomì Casalmaggiore (2015–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2016–2019)
- Template:Flagicon Futura Volley Busto Arsizio (2020–2021)
Awards
Individuals
- 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix "Fair Play Award"
- 2006–07 CEV Champions League "Best Spiker"
- 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player"
- 2015–16 CEV DenizBank Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player"
Clubs
- 1999 Italian Supercup - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 1999–00 Women's CEV Champions League — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2000–01 Italian Championship - File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2001 Italian Supercup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2001 Italian Cup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2001–02 Women's CEV Champions League — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2001–02 Italian Championship - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Volley Bergamo
- 2002 Italian Supercup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2002 Italian Cup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2002–03 Women's CEV Champions League — File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
- 2003–04 CEV Challenge Cup - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2003–04 Italian Championship - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Volley Bergamo
- 2004 Italian Supercup - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2004 Italian Cup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2004–05 Women's CEV Champions League — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2004–05 Italian Championship - File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2005 Italian Supercup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2005 Italian Cup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2005–06 Women's CEV Champions League — File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
- 2005–06 Italian Championship - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Volley Bergamo
- 2006 Italian Cup — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2006–07 CEV Champions League — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2008 Italian Supercup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2008 Italian Cup — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2008–09 CEV Champions League — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2009–10 CEV Champions League — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2010 Italian Cup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2010 FIVB Club World Championship — File:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
- 2010–11 Italian Championship - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Volley Bergamo
- 2011 Italian Supercup - File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Volley Bergamo
- 2011 Italian Cup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
- 2015 Italian Cup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with LJ Volley
- 2015–16 CEV Champions League — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Pomì Casalmaggiore
- 2018–19 CEV Champions League — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
- 2019 Italian Cup — File:Simple cup icon.svg Champions, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
- 2020 Italian Cup — File:Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Futura Volley Busto Arsizio
References
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External links
Template:Italy women volleyball team 2002 World Championship
Template:Italy women volleyball team 2008 Olympics
Template:Italy women's championship Squad 2009
Template:Italy Squad 2014 FIVB Women's World Championship
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Massa
- Italian women's volleyball players
- Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Volleyball players at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Outside hitters
- Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Italian sports commentators
- Italian expatriate volleyball players
- Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Volleyball commentators