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Luciano De Cecco

De Cecco in 2024

Personal information

Nickname

Cachete

Born

2 June 1988 (age 36)
Santa Fe, Argentina

Height

1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

88 kg (194 lb)

Spike

345 cm (136 in)

Block

330 cm (130 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Setter

Current club

Modena Volley

Career

Years	Teams
2005–2006 2006–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014–2020 2020–2024 2024–	Gimnasia y Esgrima Santa Fe Bolívar Voley Gabeca Pallavolo Belgrano de Córdoba Top Volley Latina Dynamo Kaliningrad Bolívar Voley Gabeca Pallavolo Volley Piacenza Sir Safety Perugia Volley Lube Modena Volley

National team

2006–

Argentina

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing Argentina
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo
Pan American Games
	2015 Toronto
Pan American Cup
	2017 Gatineau
South American Championship
	2023 Recife
	2007 Chile
	2009 Colombia
	2011 Brazil
	2013 Brazil

Luciano De Cecco (born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Modena Volley and the Argentina national team.^[1] He won the bronze medal at 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Club

In May 2014, De Cecco signed a 3-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia.^[2] For the 2020–21 season, he moved to Cucine Lube Civitanova.

National team

Luciano was first appointed to Argentine national team in 2006 before the World League, but he did not play in any match. He began his participation during the World Championship where Argentina took 13th place. His national team won silvers medals at South American Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 because four losses to Brazil in the finals. In 2009 and 2011, he was awarded Best Setter of South American Championship. In 2011, he achieved the title of the Best Setter of the World League. On 4 December 2011, he was Best Setter of World Cup.^[3]

In 2015, De Cecco won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Luciano won the bronze medal at 2020 Summer Olympics.

In 2023, Luciano won the gold medal at the South American Championship held in Recife, Brazil.

On 3 July 2024, the Argentine Olympic Committee appointed De Cecco and the field hockey player Rocío Sánchez Moccia as the flag bearers to 2024 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Honours

Club

CEV Champions League
- 2016–17 – with Sir Safety Perugia

FIVB Club World Championship
- Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova

CSV South American Club Championship
- Argentina 2010 – with Bolívar Voley

CEV Challenge Cup
- 2012–13 – with Copra Elior Piacenza

Domestic
- 2006–07 Argentine Cup, with Bolívar Voley
- 2006–07 Argentine Championship, with Bolívar Voley
- 2013–14 Italian Cup, with Copra Elior Piacenza
- 2017–18 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2017–18 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2017–18 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2018–19 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2019–20 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2020–21 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova

Individual awards

2009: CSV South American Championship – Best setter
2010: CSV South American Club Championship – Best setter
2010: CSV South American Club Championship – Most valuable player
2010: FIVB Club World Championship – Best server
2011: CSV South American Championship – Best setter
2011: FIVB World League – Best setter
2011: FIVB World Cup – Best setter
2013: CEV Challenge Cup – Most valuable player
2015: Pan American Games – Best setter
2017: CEV Champions League – Best setter
2021: Olympic Games – Best setter
2023: CSV South American Championship – Best setter

References

^ "De Cecco replaces Bruno in Modena, headlines a number of new transfers". Volleyball World. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ Luciano de Cecco zawodnikiem Sir Safety Perugia – sportowefakty.pl – 12 May 2014
^ Maxim Mikhaylov earns MVP of FIVB Men’s World Cup – fivb.org – 4 December 2011
^ "ROCÍO SÁNCHEZ MOCCIA Y LUCIANO DE CECCO SERÁN LOS ABANDERADOS DE ARGENTINA EN LOS JUEGOS OLÍMPICOS DE PARÍS 2024" (in Spanish). Comité Olímpico Argentino. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luciano De Cecco.

The Cecco 15
Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
Player profile at Volleybox.net
Player profile at Olympics.com
Player profile at Olympedia

Awards
Preceded by Santiago Orduna	Best Setter of CSV South American Championship 2009 2011	Succeeded by Bruno Rezende
Preceded by Bruno Rezende	Most Valuable Player of CSV South American Club Championship 2010	Succeeded by Murilo Endres
Preceded by Osmany Juantorena	Best Server of FIVB Club World Championship 2010	Succeeded by Matey Kaziyski
Preceded by Sergey Grankin	Best Setter of FIVB World League 2011	Succeeded by Georgi Bratoev
Preceded by Miguel Ángel Falasca	Best Setter of FIVB World Cup 2011	Succeeded by Micah Christenson
Preceded by Bruno Rezende	Best Setter of Pan American Games 2015	Succeeded by Matías Sánchez
Preceded by Simone Giannelli	Best Setter of CEV Champions League 2016/2017	Succeeded by Aleksandr Butko
Preceded by Bruno Rezende	Best Setter of Olympic Games 2020	Succeeded by TBD

Olympic Games
Preceded by Francesca Baruzzi Franco Dal Farra	Flagbearer for Argentina París 2024 With: Rocío Sánchez Moccia	Succeeded by Incumbent