Andrea Zorzi
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Andrea Zorzi is a former Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 player, who won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team
Italy men's national volleyball team
The Italy men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of Italy. It dominated international volleyball competitions in the 1990s and early 2000s, by winning three World Championships in a row , six European Championships, one World Cup and eight World League The Italy men's...

 (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was en effective spiker playing usually as opposite hitter. He was popularly known as Zorro.

After his debut in Bormio
Bormio
Bormio is a town and comune located in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy. It has a population of 4,200...

 in 1986, he totalled 325 caps with Italian national team. He was a silver medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured beach volleyball for the first time as the official Olympic sport.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-External links:*...

 and also competed at the [Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] and [Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] games.

Playing for almost all the major volleyball clubs of Italy, including Maxicono Parma and Sisley Treviso, he won several titles: these include two Italian Championships (1990, 1996) and one European Champions League in 1995. In 1991 he was declared World's Best Player by FIVB.

Clubs

Club Country From To
Padua 1982–1983 1984–1985
Parma 1985–1986 1989–1990
Milan 1990–1991 1993–1994
Sisley Treviso 1994–1995 1995–1996
Macerata 1996–1997 1997–1998

Individual awards

  • 1990 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
  • 1991 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
  • 1992 FIVB World League "Best Server"
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