Emanuele Birarelli (born 8 February 1981) is an Italian

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player, a member of

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and Italian club

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, silver medalist of

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, bronze medalist of

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and participant of the

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, World League (

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) and silver medalist of

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Career

Birarelli was born at

Senigallia Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and port town on Italy's Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast. It is situated in the province of Ancona, in the Italian region of Marche, and lies approximately 30 kilometres nor ...

. He debuted in the Italian top championship in 1998 for Pallavolo Falconara. He remained there until 2003, when he was diagnosed an arm

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which forced him away from the field for two years. He returned to play volleyball in 2005, first at

Pineto Pineto is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo, in central Italy. It is a 20th-century seaside resort on the Adriatic coast, with sandy beaches shaded by pine trees that give their name to the town. Geography Pineto is known ...

, then for

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and, from 2007, for

Trentino Volley Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento. It has played in the Italian Volleyball League since 2000. They have 5 titles in the FIVB Men's Club World Volleyball Championship, tied with Brazil's Sada Cruzeiro as th ...

, with which he won an Italian national title in 2008. In the same year he debuted for Italy's national team. In 2009, he won the

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with Trentino Volley, a feat he repeated the following year. He achieved bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2015, he left

after eight seasons and went to another Italian club

. He was a member of the Italy at the

and won silver medal after lost finale against Brazil. Birarelli received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker. After retirement from the sports, he turned into volleyball agent to seek talent young players.

Sporting achievements

CEV Champions League

2008/2009 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

2009/2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

2010/2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Bronze medal with cup

2011/2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Silver medal with cup

2016/2017 - with Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia

FIVB Club World Championship

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- with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

Qatar 2010 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

Qatar 2011 - with Itas Diates Trentino * Gold medal with cup

Qatar 2012 - with Itas Diates Trentino

National championship

* 2007/2008 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2008/2009 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2009/2010 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2010/2011 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2011/2012 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2011/2012 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup Serie A, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2012/2013 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diates Trentino * 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with

National team

* 2011

CEV European Championship * 2012 Bronze medal with cup

* 2013

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* 2013

CEV European Championship * 2014 Bronze medal with cup

* 2016

Individual

* 2012 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Blocker * 2013

- Best Middle Blocker * 2013 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Middle Blocker * 2013

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- Best Middle Blocker * 2016

- Best Middle Blocker

References

External links

LegaVolley Serie A player profile
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Birarelli, Emanuele 1981 births Living people People from Senigallia Sportspeople from the Province of Ancona Italian men's volleyball players Verona Volley players Trentino Volley players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic volleyball players for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Middle blockers 21st-century Italian sportsmen