Ricardo Lucarelli Souza

Ricardo Lucarelli
Lucarelli at the 2014 World Championship
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 25) Maceió, Brazil
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Spike	338 cm (133 in)
Block	308 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current team	Funvic Taubaté
Number	8
Career
Years Teams 2010–2013 2013–2015 2015– Minas Tênis Clube SESI São Paulo Funvic Taubaté
National team
2011– Brazil
Honours Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2014 Poland Team World Grand Champions Cup 2013 Japan Team World LeagueTeam 2013 Mar del Plata Team 2014 Florence Team 2016 Kraków Team South American Championship 2013 Cabo Frio 2015 Maceió
Last updated: 21 August 2016

Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza (born 14 February 1992) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club Funvic Taubaté, 2016 Olympic Champion, South American Champion 2013, a silver medalist of the World Championship 2014 and the World League (2013, 2014).

In 2010 he started playing for Minas Tênis Clube. In 2013 he signed a contract with SESI São Paulo, and in 2015 he was hired by the club Funvic Taubaté.

The young Lucarelli defended the junior national team in 2010, when won the gold medal in the South American Championship .In the next year, he was on the group that finished fifth in the World Championship. In 2013 Lucarelli won the World Grand Champions Cup, a gold medal at the South American Championship and a silver medal at the World League, where he was named the Best Outside Spiker (together with Ivan Zaytsev). In 2014 he was a major player in Brazilian team, which won the silver medal at the World League 2014 in Florence, Italy. He was again named the Best Outside Spiker, together with teammate Murilo Endres.