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Andrea Lucchetta (born November 25, 1962) is an Italian former
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player who was World champion with his national team in 1990. He was born in
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, Italy, and is nicknamed "Crazy Lucky" for his bizarre hair style. Standing at 199 cm (6'6"), he played as middle blocker/hitter. Lucchetta debuted in Italian Major League in 1982 with Panini Modena, where he remained until 1990, winning five Italian titles and one European Champions Cup. With the Italian team he gained 292 caps, winning a World Title, a
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title (1989), and three World Leagues (1990, 1991 and 1992). He's also the creator of the Italian animated series '' Spike Team''. Lucchetta won MVP award in World Championship
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Olympics

In 1984 he was part of the Italian team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches. Four years later he finished ninth with the Italian team in the 1988 Olympic tournament. He played one match. At the 1992 Games he was a member of the Italian team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.


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Proile at legavolley.it
1962 births Living people Italian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Italy Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Sportspeople from Treviso Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub