Lorenzo Bernardi

Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (1990, 1994), and a two–time European Champion (1989, 1995).

Lorenzo Bernardi
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1968-08-11) 11 August 1968
Trento, Italy
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2007–2009
2009–2010
2010–2014
2014–2016
2016–2019
2020–2022		Anaune Pallavolo
Pallavolo Padova
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Halkbank Ankara
Sir Safety Perugia
Gas Sales Piacenza
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1984–1985
1985–1990
1990–2002
2002–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007		Pallavolo Padova
Modena Volley
Volley Treviso
Trentino Volley
Al Rayyan
Volley Lube
Olympiacos Piraeus
BluVolley Verona
Gabeca Pallavolo
National team
1987–2001 Italy (306)
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 Atlanta
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place1990 Brazil
Gold medal – first place1994 Greece
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place1995 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place1990 Osaka
Gold medal – first place1991 Milan
Gold medal – first place1992 Genoa
Gold medal – first place1994 Milan
Gold medal – first place2000 Rotterdam
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place1989 Sweden
Gold medal – first place1995 Greece
Silver medal – second place1991 Germany
Silver medal – second place2001 Czech Republic
Head Coach  Italy
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2009 Pescara

Bernardi was elected best player of the 1994 World Championship and 1995 European Championship, and in 2001, the FIVB declared him to be the "Volleyball Player of the Century" with Karch Kiraly.[1]

Career

Born in Trento, Bernardi started his long career in the 1980s as setter, but later was switched to hitter and passer. From 1985 he played with the Panini Modena club. Bernardi won the Italian championship nine times with Modena and with Sisley Treviso, which he played for from 1990 to 2001.

His first cap with Italy national volleyball team was on 27 May 1987, he played for a total of 306 times in "Azzurri" colours, winning two European gold medals in (1989 and 1995), two World Championships (1990 and 1994), three Volleyball World Leagues and the Volleyball World Cup in 1995. His international tally also includes two more gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze. Lorenzo was named the most valuable player of the 1992 FIVB World League after the Italians won the event for the third time in a row. Lorenzo was named the Best Player of the 1994 FIVB World Championship after Italy captured the gold medal for the second consecutive time. During Bernardi's final Olympic Games appearance in 1996 in Atlanta, Italy won all five of its Pool B matches in straight sets. Italy continued its success with a four-set victory over Argentina in the quarterfinals, followed by a four-set semifinal victory over Serbia and Montenegro to reach its first-ever Olympic gold-medal match. However, Netherlands battled to a five-set victory leaving Italy with the silver medal. Lorenzo was named the Best Player of the 1994 FIVB World Championship after Italy captured the gold medal for the second consecutive time. In 2004, he played some competitions in Qatar and after a spell in Greece and Olympiacos, he has returned to play in Italy as of November 2005. In spite of his late age of 37, he was declared MVP of the first match in his new Italian club career. In his later career he played for a B1 series (Italy's third category) near his native Trento, finishing his playing career with Montichiari in 2007. Overall, Bernardi competed 306 times for Italy in international competition. Lorenzo was part of nine Italian League championship teams to cement his legendary status in his home country. During the 2010/2011 season, he took over the head coach position of the Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel, and was able to reach the 4th spot in the CEV Champions League. Bernardi in 2014 was named new coach of the Halkbank Ankara. In November 2016, he replaced Slobodan Kovač as coach of Sir Safety Perugia.[2]

Style played

Lorenzo Bernardi’s versatility became a superior attribute to the sport that become a multi-talented hitter, outstanding passer and one of the ultimate all-around players of his generation.[3]

Honours

As a player

As a coach

Individual awards

State awards

References
  1. FIVB Player of the Century part of Volleyball Hall of Fame 2011 Inductees
  2. Perugia cambia: via Kovac, arriva il mito Bernardi
  3. Topendsports - Lorenzo Bernardi
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