Cristian Savani (born 22 February 1982) is an Italian

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, a member of

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in 2001–2013 and Italian club

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, a medalist of the

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(bronze in

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), 2012 Italian Champion, double Chinese Champion (2015, 2016). He announced his retirement as professional volleyball player on 1 May 2020 on his instagram account.

Career

Cristian Savani in National team and Serie A1 plays since 2001. In the Italian league his debut was in team from Montichiari from which went for two years to Itas Diatec Trentino and first national team match against

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Personal life

Savani was born in

Castiglione delle Stiviere Castiglione delle Stiviere ( Upper Mantovano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Mantua, in Lombardy, Italy, northwest of Mantua by road. History The town's castle was home to a cadet branch of the House of Gonzaga, headed by the Marq ...

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. He is married to Mihaela Travica (

Dragan Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name derived from the common Slavic languages, Slavic element ''-drag, drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana (given name), Dragana. ...

's sister,

Ljubomir Lubomir, Lyubomir, Lyubomyr, Lubomír, Ľubomír, or Ljubomir is a Slavic given name meaning lub (love) and mir (peace, world). Feminine forms are: Lubomira and Ljubica. Nicknames Lubor, Luboš, Luborek, Lubošek, Borek, Lubo, Ľubo, Ljubo ...

's daughter). On 4 April 2013 his wife gave birth to their first child - daughter named Mia.''Savani & Wifey Welcome Daughter''
- volleywood.net - 4 April 2013

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

* 2007/2008 Simple gold cup

with

M. Roma Volley M. Roma Volley is an Italian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been ...

Challenge Cup The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup, commonly known just as the Challenge Cup is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, it is the world's old ...

* 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

with

Sir Safety Perugia Umbria Volley Perugia, known as Sir Safety Umbria Volley Perugia due to sponsorship from Sir Safety System, is a professional Italian volleyball club based in Perugia. It plays in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League. In the Italian ...

* 2010/2011 Simple gold cup

with

Lube Banca Macerata Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five tim ...

AVC Asian Club Championship

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- with Fudan University Shanghai

National championships

* 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with

* 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

Italian SuperCup 2012, with

* 2013/2014 Silver medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai * 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai * 2015/2016 Gold medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai

National team

* 2003

FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wome ...

* 2003

CEV European Championship * 2005 Gold medal with cup

CEV European Championship * 2011 Silver medal with cup

CEV European Championship * 2012 Bronze medal

* 2013

* 2013

CEV European Championship

Individually

* 2010 CEV Challenge Cup – Best Server * 2011

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– Best Server * 2012 Olympic Games London – Best Server * 2014

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious cl ...

– Best Outside Spikers * 2015 CVL League – Best Outside Spikers * 2015 CVL League – Most Valuable Player

References

External links

LegaVolley Serie A player profile
* * * 1982 births Living people People from Castiglione delle Stiviere Italian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Italy Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in volleyball Italian Champions of men's volleyball Sportspeople from the Province of Mantua Expatriate volleyball players in China Italian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar Italian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Italian expatriate sportspeople in China Italian expatriate volleyball players 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub