Monica De Gennaro

Monica De Gennaro Santarelli (born 8 January 1987) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Imoco Volley Conegliano and for the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] She is 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) tall.

Monica De Gennaro Santarelli
Personal information
NicknameMoki
NationalityItalian
Born (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987
Piano di Sorrento, Italy
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Spike298 cm (117 in)
Block215 cm (85 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubImoco Volley Conegliano
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2001–2002
2002–2009
2009–2010
2010–2013
2013–		Libertas Sorrento
Vicenza Volley
Aprilia Volley
Scavolini Pesaro
Imoco Volley Conegliano
National team
0000Italy
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Italy
World Championship
Silver medal – second place2018 JapanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 Poland/NetherlandsTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2011 JapanTeam
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2022 AnkaraTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place2017 NanjingTeam
Bronze medal – third place2006 Reggio CalabriaTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/RomaniaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 TurkeyTeam
Montreux Volley Masters
Gold medal – first place2018 SwitzerlandTeam
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 TurkeyTeam

Career

De Gennaro played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[2] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2–3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[3] She was selected to be tournament's Best Libero.[4]

De Gennaro won the 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League and was twice a runner-up with Imoco Volley Conegliano (2016-17[5][6] and 2018-19), receiving the award of Best Libero in those three editions of the Champions League.

She won both the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship and the Best Libero award in China.

She won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix silver medal and the Best Libero individual award.[7]

At the 2014 FIVB World Championship she won the Best Libero award, ant at the 2018 FIVB World Championship in Japan, she won the silver medal and the Best Libero individual award.[8]

She won the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship and the Best Libero individual award.

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

Personal life

She has been married to the volleyball coach Daniele Santarelli since 2017.[9]

References
  1. "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  2. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  3. Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  4. "USA's Kim Hill Honored with World Championship MVP". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  5. "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  6. "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  7. "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  8. "Monica De Gennaro inspires victory from defeat". Boxscore World Sportswire. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  9. "Daniele Santarelli new head coach of Team Serbia | CEV". www.cev.eu.
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