Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza (born 14 February 1992) is a Brazilian professional

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player who plays as an outside hitter for JTEKT Stings and the Brazil national team. He was a gold medallist in the men's tournament at the

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and the 2019 World Cup winner.

Career

Club

In 2010 he started playing for

Minas Tênis Clube Minas Tênis Clube (short, just ''Minas'') is a social, recreational and sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. By 2013, it has more than 73,000 members. Its patrimony comprises two urban units, the Minas I and Minas II, and two country units, ...

. In 2013 he signed a contract with SESI São Paulo, and in 2015 he was hired by the club Funvic Taubaté.

National team

The young Lucarelli defended the junior national team in 2010, winning the gold medal in the South American Championship. The following year, he was in the group that finished fifth in the World Championship. In 2013 Lucarelli won the World Grand Champions Cup, a gold medal at the South American Championship and a silver medal at the World League, where he was named the ''Best outside spiker'' (together with Ivan Zaytsev). In 2014 he was a major player in the Brazilian team, which won the silver medal at the World League 2014 in

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. He was again named the ''Best outside spiker'', together with teammate Murilo Endres.''Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team''
– poland2014.fivb.org – 21 September 2014 Lucarelli was one of the Bernardinho team's starters; Lucarelli was on the court in all the games of the FIVB World League and the conquest of the South American Games in 2015. In the special year of 2016, Lucarelli was a key player in the gold medal campaign at the Rio Olympic Games. Lucarelli was part of the team that won the

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at the

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in Rio de Janeiro. He played the last three games against Argentina (quarterfinals), Russia (semifinals), and Italy (finals).

Honours

Club

* FIVB Club World Championship ** Silver medal world centered-2

Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova * CSV South American Club Championship ** Silver medal southamerica

Belo Horizonte 2013 – with

Taubate 2016 – with Vôlei Taubaté * Domestic ** 2018–19 Gold medal with cup

Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Taubaté ** 2022–23 Gold medal with cup

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, with Gas Sales Piacenza

Youth national team

* 2013

FIVB U23 World Championship

Individual awards

* 2009: FIVB U19 World Championship – Best receiver * 2013: CSV South American Club Championship – Best server * 2013: FIVB U23 World Championship – Most valuable player * 2013:

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– Best outside spiker * 2013: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker * 2014:

– Best outside spiker * 2014: FIVB World Championship – Best outside spiker * 2016: CSV South American Club Championship – Best outside spiker * 2016:

– Best outside spiker * 2017:

– Best outside spiker * 2017: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker * 2017:

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– Best outside spiker * 2017:

– Most valuable player * 2021: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker * 2023: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker

References

External links

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Player profile
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