Samuele Papi (born May 20, 1973) is an 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.

Papi, standing at 1.91 m, was born in Ancona

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

 and debuted in Italy's Serie A in 1990. He current plays passing-hitter for Sisley Treviso.

He won five Italian titles, three European Champions cup, and, with Italian national 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...

, two World Championships (1994 and 1998) and three European Championships. He competed at three Summer Olympics

Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

Volleyball has been contested as an indoor sport at the Summer Olympic Games since 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced at the 1992 Games, and has been an official Olympic sport since 1996.-Origins:...

, winning two silver medals and a bronze medal.

Clubs

Club	Country	From	To
Falconara		1990–1991	1993–1994
Alpitour Traco Cuneo		1994–1995	1997–1998
Sisley Treviso		1998–1999	...

Individual awards

• 2003 European Championship "Best Receiver"