Luciano De Cecco

Luciano De Cecco
Personal information
Nickname	Cachete
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Spike	345 cm (136 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Cucine Lube Civitanova
Number	15
Career
Years Teams 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014–2020 2020– Gimnasia y Esgrima Santa Fe Bolívar Voley Gabeca Pallavolo Belgrano de Córdoba Top Volley Latina Dynamo Kaliningrad Bolívar Voley Gabeca Pallavolo Volley Piacenza Sir Safety Perugia Volley Lube
National team
2006– Argentina
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Argentina Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Pan American Cup 2017 Gatineau South American Championship 2007 Chile 2009 Colombia 2011 Brazil 2013 Brazil

Luciano De Cecco (born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine professional volleyball player. He is part of the Argentine national team, a bronze medallist at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 2015 Pan American Games winner and the 2018 Italian Champion. At the professional club level, he plays for Cucine Lube Civitanova.

Career

Clubs

In May 2014, he signed a 3-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia. In the season 2020-2021 he moved to Cucine Lube Civitanova.

National team

He was first appointed to Argentine national team in 2006 before the World League, but he did not play in any match. He began his participation during the World Championship where Argentina took 13th place. His national team won silvers medals at South American Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 because four losses to Brazil in the finals. In 2009 and 2011 he was awarded Best Setter of South American Championship. In 2011, he achieved a title of the Best Setter of the World League. On December 4, 2011 he was Best Setter of World Cup. In 2015, De Cecco won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

• CEV Champions League
  • 2016/2017 – with Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia

• CSV South American Club Championship
  • Argentina 2010 – with Bolívar Voley

• CEV Challenge Cup
  • 2012/2013 – with Copra Elior Piacenza

• National championships
  • 2006/2007 Argentine Cup, with Bolívar Voley
  • 2006/2007 Argentine Championship, with Bolívar Voley
  • 2013/2014 Italian Cup, with Copra Elior Piacenza
  • 2017/2018 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2017/2018 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2017/2018 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2018/2019 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2019/2020 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
  • 2020/2021 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova

Individual awards

• 2009: CSV South American Championship – Best Setter
• 2010: CSV South American Club Championship – Best Setter
• 2010: CSV South American Club Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2010: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Server
• 2011: CSV South American Championship – Best Setter
• 2011: FIVB World League – Best Setter
• 2011: FIVB World Cup – Best Setter
• 2013: CEV Challenge Cup – Most Valuable Player
• 2015: Pan American Games – Best Setter
• 2017: CEV Champions League – Best Setter
• 2021: Olympic Games – Best Setter

External links

• The Cecco 15
• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Player profile at Volleybox.net
• Player profile at the International Olympic Committee
• Player profile at Olympedia