Volley Tricolore
Volley Tricolore is a professional volleyball team based in Reggio Emilia, Italy. It plays in the second level of the Italian Volleyball League. The club was formed in 2012 with the merging of the local teams of Correggio and Scandiano with Cavriago, which was playing the games of the Italian second tier in Reggio Emilia. Volley Tricolore plays its home games in PalaBigi, an arena located in the city and shared with Pallacanestro Reggiana.
| Full name | Volley Tricolore Reggio Emilia | ||
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| Short name | Conad Reggio Emilia | ||
| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Ground | PalaBigi Reggio Emilia (Capacity: 4.600) | ||
| Chairman | Giulio Bertaccini | ||
| Manager | Henk-Jan Held | ||
| League | Italian Volleyball League | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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History
Men's volleyball always had a good tradition in Reggio Emilia, but every team (La Torre, Volley Reggiano and Latte Giglio) that played in the highest level got relegated or dismantled due to bankruptcy during the years; however international players like Henk-Jan Held and Krysztof Stelmach and famous coach Ljubomir Travica have been involved in Reggio Emilia's volley. Volley Tricolore took the space of Edilesse Cavriago in the Italian second division, but after the first season (2012–13) the club auto-relegated to the third division due to economic difficulties due to the abandon of the project by Correggio. In the last three seasons, Tricolore won promotion back to the Serie A2, and played two times in the Promotion Playoffs.
Notable Players and Coaches
- Santiago Orduna
- Andrii Diachkov
- Alessandro Tondo
- Davide Benaglia
- Michel Guemart
- Yvan Arthur Kody
- Leano Cetrullo
- Ludovico Dolfo
- Giulio Silva
- Thomas Douglas Powell
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Team
| Team roster - season 2017/2018 | |||||
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| Conad Reggio Emilia | |||||
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | ||
| 1 | Simone Bonante | April 6, 1992 | setter | ||
| 2 |  Arturo Iglesias | November 22, 1995 | setter | ||
| 4 |  Samuel Onwuelo | April 18, 1997 | opposite | ||
| 5 | Davide Cester | March 5, 1997 | opposite | ||
| 6 | Andrea Ippolito | November 16, 1985 | outside hitter | ||
| 7 | Alberto Bellini | June 7, 1987 | outside hitter | ||
| 8 |  Tim Held | April 17, 1998 | outside hitter | ||
| 9 |  Lorenz Koraimann | May 7, 1993 | outside hitter | ||
| 10 | Nicola Sesto(C) | May 11, 1987 | middle blocker | ||
| 11 | Matteo Bortolozzo | August 1, 1989 | middle blocker | ||
| 12 | Alessandro Arienti | December 7, 1993 | middle blocker | ||
| 14 | Jacopo Ferrari | May 10, 1998 | middle blocker | ||
| 15 | Davide Morgese(L) | June 16, 1996 | libero | ||
| 16 | Michele Raffaele (L) | March 6, 1999 | libero | ||
| Head coach: Henk-Jan Held Assistant: Paolo Zambolin | |||||