Fabio Vullo (born September 1, 1964) is a retired

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player. Vullo, standing at 1.98 m for 87 kg, was born in

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, and played as setter (although at the beginning of his long career was employed also as hitter). Vullo revolutionized the role of the setter, because he was, along with the Dutch Peter Blangé, one of the first setters in the world capable to set the ball from a greater height and to be dangerous in attack, block and serve. Before Vullo and Blangé, most of the setters were much shorter (usually not taller than 1.90 m), but nowadays it is common to see setters who are over 2.00m tall, and are effective blockers and servers. Despite being unanimously considered one of world's best setters ever, Vullo was rarely capped by the

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, due to his conflictual relationship with coach

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. He therefore did not take part in much of the victories of that team during the 1990s: with the

, he only won one World League, in 1992. On the other hand, Vullo had a long and very successful career at club level in the Italian Serie A1: he won 8 Italian titles, 7 Champions Leagues (4 with Modena, 3 with Ravenna), one European Champions cup, and other less important trophies, both in Italy and in Europe. Vullo stopped playing in 2004, and is currently working as TV commentator.

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