Mauro Berruto (born 8 May 1969) is an Italian

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head coach.

Career as coach

Born in

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, Berruto graduated in philosophy and started his career in volley with

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in 1994. In 2001 he was engaged by Copra Piacenza, which he led to Serie A1, Italy's top volleyball club league, for the first time. After coaching at Parma (2003-2004) and

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(2004-2005) in the same league, he became head coach of

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, a position he held until 2010; in 2005-2006 he also coached

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Padua in A1. In 2007-2008 he coached

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in Greece, while the fellowing year he returned to Italy's Serie 1 as head coach of Gabeca Montichiari (2008-2010), moving to Lube Macerata in 2010-2011. In 2010 he was head coach of

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. In 2011 his national team achieved the silver medal in the European Championship. On August 12, 2012 Italy defeated

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to gain the bronze medal in the 20120 Olympic Games at London. At the World League 2013 his team achieved bronze, while in the same year European Championships he led the Italian team to the second consecutive silver medal in the tournament. At the World League 2014 Italy qualified to the final round, held in

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, gaining another bronze medal. Just before the final round of the 2015 World League he sent home four players (

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, Travica, Sabbi and

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) because of insubordination. After his team took 5th place in the World League finals held in

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, on July 29, 2015 he resigned as coach of the

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.''Mauro Berruto nie jest już trenerem Italii''
- plusliga.pl - 29-07-2015

Awards

* 2005

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, 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 time ...

* 2008

Greek Cup, with

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* 2011

, with

* 2011

CEV European Championship * 2012 Bronze medal with cup

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* 2013

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* 2013

CEV European Championship * 2013 Bronze medal with cup

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* 2014

References

1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Turin Italian volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Panathinaikos V.C. coaches {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub