Monica De Gennaro

Monica De Gennaro (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Imoco Volly and for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] She is 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) tall.

Monica De Gennaro
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987
Piano di Sorrento, Italy
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Spike298 cm (117 in)
Block215 cm (85 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubImoco Volley Conegliano
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2001–2002
2002–2009
2009–2010
2010–2013
2013–		Libertas Sorrento
Vicenza Volley
Aprilia Volley
Scavolini Pesaro
Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
0000Italy
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Italy
World Championship
2018 JapanTeam
European Championship
2019 TurkeyTeam
World Cup
2011 Japan
FIVB World Grand Prix
2017 Nanjing
2006 Reggio Calabria

Career

De Gennaro played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[2] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[3] She was selected to be tournament's Best Libero.[4]

De Gennaro won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League silver medal with Imoco Volley Conegliano after losing the final match 0-3 to the Turkish VakıfBank Istanbul[5] winning also the Best Libero award.[6]

She won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix silver medal and the Best Libero individual award.[7]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs
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References
  1. "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  2. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  3. Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  4. "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  5. "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  6. "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  7. "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
Awards
Preceded by
Lin Li		 Best Libero of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2017		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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