Simona Gioli

Simona Gioli
Personal information
Full name	Simona Gioli
Nickname	Simo
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1977-09-17) September 17, 1977 Rapallo
Hometown	Perugia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Spike	307 cm (121 in)
Block	283 cm (111 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle Blocker
Current club	Galatasaray
Number	12
Career
Years Clubs 2006-2008 2008-2011 2011-2012 2012- Sirio Perugia Dynamo Moscow Fakel Novy Urengoi Galatasaray
National team
1999 - Italy
Honours Women's Volleyball Competitor for  Italy World Grand Champions Cup Gold 2009 Tokyo/Fukuoka Team European Championship Gold 2009 Poland Team Gold 2007 Belgium-Luxembourg Team Silver 2005 Croatia Team Bronze 1999 Italy Team FIVB World Cup Gold 2007 Japan Team Gold 2011 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix Silver 2004 Reggio Calabria Team Bronze 2007 Ningbo Team
Last updated: March 2010

Simona Gioli (born September 17, 1977 in Rapallo) is a female volleyball player from Italy. Currently, she plays for Galatasaray in Turkey. Gioli was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. Gioli was named Most Valuable Player and Best Blocker at the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup and 2009 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup. She was also awarded MVP at the 2006-07 CEV Cup won by her team Sirio Perugia.^[1] She won the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League with Sirio Perugia and also was individually awarded "Most Valuable Player".^[2]

Playing with Dynamo Moscow she won the silver medal at the 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League, and she was awarded "Best Spiker".^[3]

Clubs

• Sirio Perugia (2006–2008)
• Dynamo Moscow (2008–2011)
• Fakel Novy Urengoi (2011-2012)
• Galatasaray Daikin (2012-)^[4]

Awards

Individuals

• 2009 European Championships "Best Spiker"
• 2009 World Grand Champion Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Spiker"
• 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player"
• 2006-07 CEV Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2007 FIVB World Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2007 FIVB World Cup "Best Blocker"

Clubs

• 2006-07 CEV Cup - Champion, with Pallavolo Sirio Perugia
• 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League - Champion, with Colussi Perugia
• 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League - Runner-Up, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2012 Turkish Volleyball Super Cup - Runner-Up, with Galatasaray Daikin
• 2012-2013 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup - Bronze Medal with Galatasaray Daikin

References

1. ↑ CEV. "Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League". Retrieved 2010-04-04. 
2. ↑ CEV. "Second Indesit Champions’ League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". Retrieved 2010-06-10. 
3. ↑ CEV. "Volley BERGAMO is the 2009 Champion!!!". Retrieved 2010-04-04. 
4. ↑ "Simona Gioli Galatasaray'da". Galatasaray SK. Retrieved 25 May 2012. 

External links

• FIVB Profile

v t e Italy – 2007 Women's European Championship Champions (1st Title) 1 Simona Gioli 3 Paola Croce 6 Valentina Fiorin 7 Martina Guiggi 8 Jenny Barazza 9 Manuela Secolo 11 Serena Ortolani 12 Taismary Agüero 13 Francesca Ferretti 14 Eleonora Lo Bianco 15 Antonella Del Core 17 Paola Cardullo Coach: Massimo Barbolini

v t e Italy – 2008 Summer Olympics Paola Croce Nadia Centoni Martina Guiggi Jenny Barazza Manuela Secolo Paola Cardullo Serena Ortolani Francesca Piccinini Francesca Ferretti Eleonora Lo Bianco Taismary Agüero Simona Gioli