Daniel Castellani

Personal information

Full name

Daniel Jorge Castellani

Born

March 21, 1961 (age 55)
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height

1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

Coaching information

Previous teams coached
Years	Teams
1993–1999 2001–2002 2002–2006 2006–2009 2009–2010 2011–2012 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2015 2015–2016	Argentina Gioia del Volley Orígenes Bolívar PGE Skra Bełchatów Poland Finland Fenerbahçe Grundig ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Fenerbahçe Grundig Sir Safety Perugia

Career

Years	Teams
1976–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1986 1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1991 1991–1993	GEBA Obras Sanitarias Minas Tênis Clube Pallavolo Chieti Bradesco São Paulo Pallavolo Falconara Voleibol San Nicolás Zinella Volley Bologna Antonveneta Padova Volley Prato

National team

1976–1988

Honours

Representing Argentina
Men's Volleyball
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul
World Championship
	1982 Argentina
South American Championship
	1981 Chile
	1983 Brazil
	1987 Uruguay
	1979 Argentina

Last updated: 26 May 2015

Daniel Jorge Castellani (born 21 March 1961) is a former Argentine volleyball player and coach, a member of Argentina men's national volleyball team in 1976-1988, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, a participant of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, head coach of Sir Safety Perugia.

Castellani was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is married to Silvina. They have two children - daughter named Ariana and son Iván, who is also volleyball player and has been playing as opposite spiker in Argentine national team.

He was the head coach of Polish volleyball team Skra Bełchatów (2006-2009). In 2009-2010 was head coach of the Poland men's national volleyball team. In September 2009 Poland led by Castellani won title of the European Champion 2009 in Izmir, Turkey. He received a state award granted by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński - Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta for outstanding contribution to the development of Polish sport, for achievements in training. He was dismissed before the end of his contract after an unsatisfactory result in the World Championship 2010 in Italy. In season 2012/2013 worked with Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. In May 2015 he went to Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.