Emanuele Birarelli

Emanuele Birarelli
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1981-02-08) 8 February 1981 (age 36) Senigallia, Italy
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Spike	340 cm (130 in)
Block	316 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Current team	Sir Safety Perugia
Number	18
Career
Years Teams 1995–1999 Pallavolo Falconara 1999–2000 Bottega Colbordolo 2000–2002 Pallavolo Falconara 2002–2003 Dorica Pallavolo Ancona 2005–2006 Pineto Volley 2006–2007 BluVolley Verona 2007–2015 Itas Diatec Trentino 2015– Sir Safety Perugia
National team
2008– Italy
Honours Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2012 London Team European Championship 2011 Austria/Czech Republic 2013 Denmark/Poland World League 2013 Mar del Plata 2014 Florence

Emanuele Birarelli (born 8 February 1981) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, silver medalist of 2016 Olympic Games, bronze medalist of 2012 Olympic Games and participant of the Olympic Games 2008 Olympic Games, World League (2013, 2014) and silver medalist of European Championship (2011, 2013).

Birarelli was born at Senigallia. He debuted in the Italian top championship in 1998 for Pallavolo Falconara. He remained there until 2003, when he was diagnosed an arm ischemia which forced him away from the field for two years.

He returned to play volleyball in 2005, first at Pineto, then for Verona and, from 2007, for Trentino Volley, with which he won an Italian national title in 2008. In the same year he debuted for Italy's national team. In 2009, he won the CEV Champions League with Trentino Volley, a feat he repeated the following year. He achieved bronze medal at 2012 Olympics. In 2015, he left Trentino Volley after eight seasons and went to another Italian club Sir Safety Perugia. He was a member of the Italy at the 2016 Olympics and won silver medal after lost finale against Brazil. Birarelli received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker.

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