Italian volleyball player
Francesca Piccinini Born (1979-01-10 ) 10 January 1979 (age 46) Massa , ItalyHeight 1.84 m (6 ft 1 ⁄2 in) Weight 62 kg (137 lb) Spike 325 cm (128 in) Block 298 cm (117 in) Position Wing Spiker Current club Futura Volley Busto Arsizio Number 12
Francesca Piccinini (born 10 January 1979 in Massa ) is an Italian volleyball player who has represented Italy four times (2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) at the Summer Olympics . She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship in Germany . She made her debut for Italy on 10 June 1995 against the United States. She was inspired to become a professional volleyball player by the Japanese anime Attack No. 1 , shown in Italy in the 1980s under the title Mimì e la nazionale della pallavolo .
In 2004, she appeared nude in a calendar published by the Italian magazine Men's Health and modeled for Liu·Jo .[ 1] [citation needed ]
Playing professionally with the Italian club Volley Bergamo , she won the "Most Valuable Player" award when her team won the 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League title.[ 2]
Piccinini played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship .[ 3] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing the bronze medal match 2–3 to Brazil.[ 4]
In 2016, she again became "Most Valuable Player" when her team, Pomì Casalmaggiore , claimed the 2015–16 CEV DenizBank Champions League title 3–0 over the Turkish VakıfBank Istanbul .[ 5]
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Individuals
Clubs
1999 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
1999–00 Women's CEV Champions League — Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2000–01 Italian Championship - Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2001 Italian Supercup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2001 Italian Cup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2001–02 Women's CEV Champions League — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2001–02 Italian Championship - Champion, with Volley Bergamo
2002 Italian Supercup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2002 Italian Cup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2002–03 Women's CEV Champions League — Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
2003–04 CEV Challenge Cup - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2003–04 Italian Championship - Champion, with Volley Bergamo
2004 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2004 Italian Cup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2004–05 Women's CEV Champions League — Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2004–05 Italian Championship - Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2005 Italian Supercup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2005 Italian Cup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2005–06 Women's CEV Champions League — Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
2005–06 Italian Championship - Champion, with Volley Bergamo
2006 Italian Cup — Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2006–07 CEV Champions League — Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2008 Italian Supercup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2008 Italian Cup — Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2008–09 CEV Champions League — Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2009–10 CEV Champions League — Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2010 Italian Cup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2010 FIVB Club World Championship — Bronze medal, with Volley Bergamo
2010–11 Italian Championship - Champion, with Volley Bergamo
2011 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Volley Bergamo
2011 Italian Cup — Runner-Up, with Volley Bergamo
2015 Italian Cup — Runner-Up, with LJ Volley
2015–16 CEV Champions League — Champions, with Pomì Casalmaggiore
2018–19 CEV Champions League — Champions, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2019 Italian Cup — Champions, with Igor Gorgonzola Novara
2020 Italian Cup — Runner-Up, with Futura Volley Busto Arsizio
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