Serena Ortolani (born 7 January 1987 in

Ravenna Ravenna ( ; , also ; ) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its Fall of Rome, collapse in 476, after which ...

) is an Italian volleyball player.

Career

She has played as an opposite hitter for

Foppapedretti Bergamo Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Volley Bergamo (1991–1992) * Foppapedretti Ber ...

from 2008 to 2011. Her debut for the

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

came on the

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edition of the

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, held in

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, when the team was then coached by

Marco Bonitta Marco Bonitta (born 5 September 1963) is an Italian professional volleyball coach. He currently serves as head coach for the Slovenia women's national team and Consar RCM Ravenna. Career Bonitta took over the Italian national volleyball team ...

. In the 2005/06 season, she won her first Coppa Italia and Scudetto with

. In 2006, she was selected again for the national team for the

2006 FIVB Women's World Championship The 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the competition, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held from 31 October ...

, held in

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, where she helped Italy win fourth place. She began the 2006/2007 season for Bergamo, but after the first half of the season, she was loaned to Rebecchi Piacenza, to improve her game further. In 2007, she helped the Italian volleyball team win the

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, held in

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and

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and repeated this success a few months later at the

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, thereby helping Italy gain qualification for the

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, where she subsequently competed. She won the 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League playing with

Volley Bergamo Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Volley Bergamo (1991–1992) * Foppapedretti Ber ...

and was awarded "Most Valuable Player". She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.

Clubs

* Teodora Ravenna (2000–2001) *

(2004–2006) * Rebecchi Piacenza (2006–2007) * Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2007–2008) *

(2008–2011) * Volley Pesaro (2011–2012) * Yamamay Busto Arsizio (2013–2014) * Pomi Casalmaggiore (2014–2015) * Imoco Conegliano (2015–2017) * ProVictoria Pallavolo Monza (2017–present)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Most Valuable Player"''

Club

* 2004 Italian Supercup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo *

2004–05 CEV Champions League The 2004–05 CEV Champions League was the 46th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. League round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Playoffs Playoff 12 ...

Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo * 2005-06 Italian Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo * 2005-06 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo *

2008–09 CEV Champions League The 2008–09 CEV Champions League was the 50th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Participating teams League round 24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams ...

Champion, with

2009–10 CEV Champions League The 2009–10 CEV Champions League was the 51st edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Participating teams League round 24 teams will be drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams ...

Champion, with

* 2010–11 Italian League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Norda Foppapedretti Bergamo * 2014–15 Italian League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Pomì Casalmaggiore * 2015–16 Italian League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

Imoco Volley Conegliano Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Italian Women's Volleyball League, Serie A1. On the global stage, the team is a world champion (current) winning th ...

* 2016 Italian Supercup - Simple cup icon

Champions, with

* 2016-17 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) - Simple cup icon

Champions, with

2016–17 CEV Champions League The 2016–17 CEV Champions League was the 58th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Qualification Pools composition League round *All times are local Poo ...

Runner-Up, with

2018–19 CEV Challenge Cup The 2018–19 CEV Challenge Cup was the 39th edition of the CEV Challenge Cup tournament, the former CEV Cup. 42 teams were participating from 28 countries. Participating teams Format Qualification Phase (Knock-out with Home and Away Matche ...

Champion, with ProVictoria Pallavolo Monza

National team

* 2007 World Cup * 2007 European Championships * 2005 European Championships

National youth team

*2004 Junior European Championships

References

External links

*
Official website

Italian League Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortolani Serena 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Ravenna Olympic volleyball players for Italy Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in volleyball FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Italian sportswomen Opposite hitters