Andrea Lucchetta (born 25 November 1962) is an Italian former
volleyball
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player who is a three-time Olympian. Among his achievements, he won a World Championship with the
Italian national volleyball team in 1990. He was born in
Treviso, Italy
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, and is nicknamed "Crazy Lucky" for his bizarre hair style.
Standing at , Lucchetta played as middle blocker/hitter. Lucchetta debuted in Italian Major League in 1982 with
Panini Modena
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, where he remained until 1990, winning five Italian titles and one European Champions Cup.
With the Italian team, he made 292 appearances, winning a World Championship in 1989, a
European Championship
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
in 1989, and three
World Leagues from 1990 to 1992.
Lucchetta won the MVP award in the
1990 World Championship.
Lucchetta is also the creator of the Italian animated series ''
Spike Team''.
Olympics
In 1984, Lucchetta was part of the Italian team that won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.
Four years later, Lucchetta finished ninth with the Italian team in the
1988 Olympic tournament. He played one match.
At the 1992 Games, Lucchetta was a member of the Italian team that finished fifth in the
Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.
Clubs
Personal life
Lucchetta has been married to Nicoletta Tata, by whom he has two sons; he has now a partner called Francesca. He considers himself Roman Catholic.
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Profile at legavolley.it
Volleybox.net profile
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1962 births
Living people
Italian men's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players for 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
Middle blockers
Italian sports commentators
Volleyball commentators
20th-century Italian sportsmen
Italian Roman Catholics