Pallavolo Molfetta

Exprivia Molfetta
Full nameExprivia Neldiritto Pallavolo Molfetta
Founded1964
GroundPalaPoli
(Capacity: 2,000)
ChairmanAntonio Antonaci
ManagerFlavio Gulineli
WebsiteClub home page

Pallavolo Molfetta is a professional volleyball team based in Molfetta, Italy.

History

In 2012 the club was promoted to Serie A1, highest level of the Italian Volleyball League. Same year Argentine Juan Manuel Cichello was a new head coach.[1][2] In November 2016 Flavio Gulineli was a new head coach.

Team

Team roster - season 2016/2017
Exprivia Molfetta
No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Italy Alberto Polo (1995-09-07)September 7, 1995 middle blocker
3 Italy Marco Vitelli (1996-04-04)April 4, 1996 middle blocker
4 Cuba Ernesto Jiménez (1989-11-16)November 16, 1989 outside hitter
5 Italy Pier Paolo Partenio (1993-02-06)February 6, 1993 setter
6 Italy Francesco Del Vecchio (1987-04-21)April 21, 1987 outside hitter
7 Brazil Joao Rafael De Barros Ferreira (1993-03-17)March 17, 1993 outside hitter
8 Brazil Thiago Pontes Veloso (1993-08-15)August 15, 1993 setter
9 Romania Bogdan Olteanu (1981-05-11)May 11, 1981 outside hitter
10 Italy Giulio Sabbi (1989-08-10)August 10, 1989 opposite
11 Italy Daniele De Pandis (1984-06-30)June 30, 1984 libero
12 Italy Alessandro Porcelli (1995-12-03)December 3, 1995 libero
13 Italy Niki Hendriks (1992-09-06)September 6, 1992 outside hitter
14 Slovenia Gregor Ropret2 (1989-03-01)March 1, 1989 setter
15 Italy Elio Giuseppe Cormio (1998-06-15)June 15, 1998 outside hitter
17 Brazil Maicon Josè Leite Costa3 (1992-05-06)May 6, 1992 middle blocker
18 Italy Gabriele Di Martino4 (1997-07-20)July 20, 1997 middle blocker
Head coach: Flavio Gulineli
Assistant: Leonardo Castellaneta

1 Ernesto Jimenez joined the club on October 14, 2016.
2 Maicon Jose Leite Costa joined the club on December 10, 2016.
3 Gabriele DI Martino left the club on December 10, 2016.
4 Gregor Ropret was a player of the club from September 30, 2016, to October 23, 2016.

References

  1. ^ Pallavolo, l’allenatore sarà Cichello - molfettalive.it - 17-02-2017
  2. ^ Supercolpo Molfetta! L'allenatore è l'argentino Juan Manuel Cichello - legavolley.it - 17-02-2017


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