Ricardo Lucarelli
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| Full name | Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza | ||||
| Born | 14 February 1992 Contagem, Brazil | ||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | ||||
| Block | 340 cm (134 in) | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club | JTEKT Stings | ||||
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Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza (born 14 February 1992) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for JTEKT Stings and the Brazil national team.[1] He was a gold medallist in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2019 World Cup winner.
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]In 2010 he started playing for Minas Tênis Clube. In 2013 he signed a contract with SESI São Paulo, and in 2015 he was hired by the club Funvic Taubaté.
National team
[edit]The young Lucarelli defended the junior national team in 2010, winning the gold medal in the South American Championship. The following year, he was in the group that finished fifth in the World Championship. In 2013 Lucarelli won the World Grand Champions Cup, a gold medal at the South American Championship and a silver medal at the World League, where he was named the Best outside spiker (together with Ivan Zaytsev). In 2014 he was a major player in the Brazilian team, which won the silver medal at the World League 2014 in Florence, Italy.[2][3] He was again named the Best outside spiker, together with teammate Murilo Endres.[4] Lucarelli was one of the Bernardinho team's starters; Lucarelli was on the court in all the games of the FIVB World League and the conquest of the South American Games in 2015. In the special year of 2016, Lucarelli was a key player in the gold medal campaign at the Rio Olympic Games. Lucarelli was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He played the last three games against Argentina (quarterfinals), Russia (semifinals), and Italy (finals).
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- FIVB Club World Championship
Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- CSV South American Club Championship
Belo Horizonte 2013 – with Minas Tênis Clube- Taubate 2016 – with Vôlei Taubaté
- Domestic
- 2018–19
Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Taubaté - 2022–23 Italian Cup, with Gas Sales Piacenza
- 2018–19
Youth national team
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Individual awards
[edit]- 2009: FIVB U19 World Championship – Best receiver
- 2013: CSV South American Club Championship – Best server
- 2013: FIVB U23 World Championship – Most valuable player
- 2013: FIVB World League – Best outside spiker
- 2013: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2014: FIVB World League – Best outside spiker
- 2014: FIVB World Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2016: CSV South American Club Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2016: Olympic Games – Best outside spiker
- 2017: FIVB World League – Best outside spiker
- 2017: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2017: FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best outside spiker
- 2017: FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Most valuable player
- 2021: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2023: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker
References
[edit]- ^ "大同生命SV.LEAGUE MEN ジェイテクトSTINGS リカルド・ルカレッリ選手加入のお知らせ". JTEKT Stings (in Japanese). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Poland win second World Championship title at home – fivb.org – 21 September 2014
- ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil – fivb.org – 21 September 2014
- ^ Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team – poland2014.fivb.org – 21 September 2014
External links
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- 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
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