Italian volleyball player
Carolina Costagrande Full name Carolina del Pilar Costagrande Nationality Argentina - Italy Born (1980-10-15 ) 15 October 1980 (age 43) El Trébol , ArgentinaHometown Pesaro , ItalyHeight 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 80 kg (176 lb) Spike 320 cm (126 in) Block 310 cm (122 in) Position Wing Spiker Current club Impel Wroclaw Number 18 Last updated: February 2017
Carolina del Pilar Costagrande (born 15 October 1980 in 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
2005-06 CEV Cup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro [ 8]
2006 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
2007 Italian Cup - Runner-Up, 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 Italian Cup - Runner-Up, 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
2010–11 Russian Championship - Runner-Up, with Dynamo Moscow
2011-12 Chinese Championship - Champion, with Guangdong Evergrande
2012-13 Chinese Championship - Runner-Up, with Guangdong Evergrande
2013 Asian Club Championship - Champion, with Guangdong Evergrande
2013 Club World Championship - Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
2013 Turkish Supercup - Champion, with VakıfBank İstanbul
2013-14 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup - Champion, with VakıfBank İstanbul
2013–14 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank İstanbul
2013–14 Turkish Women's Volleyball League - Champion, with VakıfBank İstanbul
2014 Turkish Supercup - Champion, with VakıfBank İstanbul
2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank İstanbul
2014–15 CEV Champions League - Bronze medal, with VakıfBank İstanbul
2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank İstanbul
References
^ Ole (2011-11-09). "La Camoranesi del voley" . Archived from the original on 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2011-11-18 .
^ "Profile on FIVB" . Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-05-29 .
^ "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. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16 .
^ a b "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 Archived July 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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