Daniel Castellani
Daniel Jorge Castellani (born 21 March 1961) is an Argentine volleyball coach and former volleyball player, member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team in 1976–1988, bronze medallist of the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, participant of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, current head coach of Polish club Indykpol AZS Olsztyn.
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Full name | Daniel Jorge Castellani | ||||||
Nationality | Argentine | ||||||
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 21 March 1961||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||
Coaching information | |||||||
Current team | Indykpol AZS Olsztyn | ||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||
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Honours
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Personal life
Castellani was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is married to Silvina Pozzo. They have two children – daughter named Ariana and son Iván, who is also a volleyball player and was playing as opposite spiker in the Argentine national team.
Career as coach
He was a head coach of Polish volleyball team Skra Bełchatów (2006-2009). In 2009-2010 he was a head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team. In September 2009 Poland led by Castellani won title of the European Champion 2009 in Izmir, Turkey. He received a state award granted by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński – Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport.[1] He was dismissed before the end of his contract after an unsatisfactory result in the World Championship 2010 in Italy. In season 2012/2013 he worked with Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[2] In May 2015 he went to Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.[3] After one season in Belgian club Noliko Maaseik he moved to Brazilian Funvic Taubaté in May 2017.[4] He was replaced by Renan Dal Zotto as a head coach of Funvic Taubaté in 2019.[5]
Sporting achievements
As a player
- CEV Cup
- 1987/1988 – with Camst Bologna
- CEV Challenge Cup
- 1985/1986 – with Kutiba Falconara
- 1988/1989 – with Petrarca Padova
- Youth national team
- 1980 CSV U21 South American Championship
As a coach
- National championships
- 2002/2003 Argentine Championship, with Orígenes Bolívar
- 2003/2004 Argentine Championship, with Orígenes Bolívar
- 2004/2005 Argentine Championship, with Orígenes Bolívar
- 2006/2007 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2006/2007 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2007/2008 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2007/2008 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008/2009 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2008/2009 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2011/2012 Turkish SuperCup, with Fenerbahçe İstanbul
- 2011/2012 Turkish Cup, with Fenerbahçe İstanbul
- 2011/2012 Turkish Championship, with Fenerbahçe İstanbul
- 2012/2013 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2012/2013 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
- 2013/2014 Turkish Championship, with Fenerbahçe İstanbul
- 2016/2017 Belgian SuperCup, with Noliko Maaseik
- 2016/2017 Belgian Championship, with Noliko Maaseik
State awards
External links
- Player profile at Olympic.org
- Coach profile at CEV.eu
- Coach profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Coach profile at WorldofVolley.com
- Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net
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Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Raúl Lozano |
Head coach of Poland 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Andrea Anastasi |
References
- Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009
- Daniel Castellani will be a new coach Zaksa in the next season – volleyball-movies.net – 09.05.2012
- Ecco la firma tanto attesa! Daniel Castellani è il nuovo allenatore di Perugia! – legavolley.it – 26-05-2015
- Miał być wielki powrót do PlusLigi. Castellani nie poprowadzi PGE Skry – polsatsport.pl – 04-05-2017
- Renan Dal Zotto chega ao Taubaté e diz que cargo em clube não atrapalha trabalho na seleção – globoesporte.globo.com – 25.02.2019