Carolina Costagrande

Carolina Costagrande
Personal information
Full name Carolina del Pilar Costagrande
Nationality Argentina - Italy
Born (1980-10-15) October 15, 1980
El Trébol, Argentina
Hometown Pesaro, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
Spike 320 cm (130 in)
Block 310 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position Wing Spiker
Current club Poland Impel Wroclaw
Number 18
National team
2009-2015Italy
Last updated: March 2014

Carolina del Pilar Costagrande (born 15 October 1980, El Trébol, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine 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

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. Ole (2011-11-09). "La Camoranesi del voley". Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  2. Profile on FIVB
  3. "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  4. "VakifBank to defend its Champions League title in Sunday's final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  5. 1 2 "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  6. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  7. 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.
  8. Player profile Archived July 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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