Carolina Costagrande
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| Full name | Carolina Costagrande | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Argentina - Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
October 15, 1980 El Trébol, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Pesaro, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 312 cm (123 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 291 cm (115 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside Hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Vakıfbank Istanbul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: March 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carolina Costagrande (born 15 October 1980, El Trébol, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentinian born[1] professional volleyball player who became a naturalized Italian.[2] She currently plays for Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. She played for Argentina between 1999-02 and has played for the Italian national team since 2009.
Career
Costagrande won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[3]
Costagrande won the silver medal in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League when her Turkish club VakıfBank İstanbul defeated 3-1 to Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the semifinal[4] but lost 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the Championship match.[5] She was awarded tournament's Best Receiver.[5]
She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[6] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[7]
Clubs
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Club Trebolense (1995–1998) -
Rio Marsì Palermo (1998–1999) - Brums Busto Arsizio (1999–2000)
- Mirabilandia Teodora Ravenna (2000–2001)
- Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi 2001–2003
- PinetaGuru Ravenna (2003–2004)
- Infotel Europa Systems Forlì (2004–2005)
- Scavolini Pesaro (2005-2010
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Dynamo Moscow (2010-2011) -
Guangdong Evergrande (2011-2013) -
VakıfBank İstanbul (2013-present)
Awards
Individuals
- 2011 World Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2013-14 CEV Champions League "Best Receiver"
Clubs
- 2005-06 CEV Cup -
Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro[8] - 2006 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2007-08 Italian Championship - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2007-08 Top Teams Cup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2008 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2008-09 Italian Championship - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2009 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2009 Italian Cup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2009-10 Italian Championship - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2013 Club World Championship - Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
- 2013–14 CEV Champions League -
Runner-Up, with VakıfBank İstanbul
References
- ↑ Ole (2011-11-09). "La Camoranesi del voley". Retrieved 2011-11-18.
- ↑ Profile on FIVB
- ↑ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women’s Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
- ↑ "VakifBank to defend its Champions League title in Sunday’s final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
- ↑ "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
- ↑ Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese) (Milan, Italy). Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ↑ Player profile