Daniel Castellani
Daniel Jorge Castellani (born 21 March 1961) is a former Argentine volleyball player, a member of Argentina men's national volleyball team in 1976-1988, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, a participant of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984. A head coach of Polish club Indykpol AZS Olsztyn.
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Full name | Daniel Jorge Castellani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | March 21, 1961||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Personal life
Castellani was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is married to Silvina. They have two children - daughter named Ariana and son Iván, who is also volleyball player and has been playing as opposite spiker in Argentine national team.
Career as coach
He was a head coach of Polish volleyball team Skra Bełchatów (2006-2009). In 2009-2010 he was a head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team. In September 2009 Poland led by Castellani won title of the European Champion 2009 in Izmir, Turkey. He received a state award granted by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński – Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport.[1] He was dismissed before the end of his contract after an unsatisfactory result in the World Championship 2010 in Italy. In season 2012/2013 he worked with Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2] In May 2015 he went to Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.[3] After one season in Belgian club Noliko Maaseik he moved to Brazilian Funvic Taubaté in May 2017.[4] He was replaced by Renan Dal Zotto as a head coach of Funvic Taubaté in 2019.[5]
Sporting achievements
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As a player
- CEV Cup
1987/1988 – with Zinella Volley Bologna
- CEV Challenge Cup
1985/1986 – with Pallavolo Falconara 1988/1989 – with Petrarca Volley
- National team
As a coach
- CEV Champions League
2007/2008 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- CEV Challenge Cup
1985/1986 – with Pallavolo Falconara 1988/1989 – with Petrarca Volley 2013/2014 – with Fenerbahçe Grundig
- National championships
- 2002/2003
Argentine Championship, with Orígenes Bolívar - 2003/2004
Argentine Championship, with Orígenes Bolívar - 2004/2005
Argentine Championship, with Orígenes Bolívar - 2006/2007
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2006/2007
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2007/2008
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2007/2008
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2008/2009
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2008/2009
Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów - 2011/2012
Turkish Cup, with Fenerbahçe Grundig - 2011/2012
Turkish Championship, with Fenerbahçe Grundig - 2012/2013
Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle - 2012/2013
Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2002/2003
- National teams
- 1993
CSV South American Championship, with Argentina - 1995
Pan American Games, with Argentina - 1995
CSV South American Championship, with Argentina - 1997
CSV South American Championship, with Argentina - 1999
CSV South American Championship, with Argentina - 2009
CEV European Championship, with Poland
- 1993
State awards
References
- Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
- Daniel Castellani will be a new coach Zaksa in the next season – volleyball-movies.net – 09.05.2012
- Ecco la firma tanto attesa! Daniel Castellani è il nuovo allenatore di Perugia! – legavolley.it – 26-05-2015
- Miał być wielki powrót do PlusLigi. Castellani nie poprowadzi PGE Skry – polsatsport.pl – 04-05-2017
- Renan Dal Zotto chega ao Taubaté e diz que cargo em clube não atrapalha trabalho na seleção – globoesporte.globo.com – 25.02.2019
External links
- Daniel Castellani at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Daniel Jorge Castellani at the International Olympic Committee
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Head coach of Poland 2009–2010 |
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