Luca Cantagalli

Luca Cantagalli
Personal information
Born	(1965-12-08) 8 December 1965 Cavriago, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy
Height	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	10
National team
1986–1996 Italy
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Italy Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Championship 1990 Brazil Team 1994 Greece Team FIVB World Cup 1989 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1993 Japan FIVB World League 1990 Osaka 1991 Milan 1992 Genoa 1994 Milan 1996 Rotterdam 1993 São Paulo Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle European Championship 1989 Sweden 1993 Finland 1995 Greece 1991 Germany

Luca Cantagalli (born 8 December 1965, in Cavriago) is an Italian volleyball former player who was twice World champion with his national team in 1990 and 1994. He was nicknamed "bazooka" by the fans, due to his powerful spikes. He competed at three Olympic Games, winning a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Career

Debuting on 18 March 1986, he totalled 330 caps for Italy men's national volleyball team. He was four times Italian champion and three times European Champion (1989, 1993 and 1995).

After announcing his retire at the end of the 2005–2006 season, he played shortly for the team of his native Cavriago in the A2 series of Italy. Cantagalli retired in 2007.

Clubs

Club	Country	From	To
Panini Modena	Italy	1980-1981	1989-1990
Sisley Treviso	Italy	1990-1991	1992-1993
Modena	Italy	1993-1994	1997-1998
Palermo	Italy	1998-1999	1999-2000
Modena	Italy	2000-2001	2003-2004
Taranto	Italy	2004-2005	2004-2005
Santa Croce sull'Arno	Italy	2005-2006	2005-2006
Cavriago	Italy	2006-2007

External links

• Italian League profile
• Volleybox.net profile