Fabio Balaso

Fabio Balaso
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 (age 29) Camposampiero, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Spike	310 cm (122 in)
Block	290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	Cucine Lube Civitanova
Number	17
Career
Years Teams 2011–2012 2012–2018 2018– Trebaseleghe Kioene Padova Cucine Lube Civitanova
National team
0000 Italy
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Italy FIVB World Championship 2022 Poland/Slovenia CEV European Championship 2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland Mediterranean Games 2018 Tarragona Team

Fabio Balaso (born 20 October 1995) is an Italian professional volleyball player for Cucine Lube Civitanova and the Italian national team.

He participated at the 2017, 2019 and 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.^[1]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

• 2018/2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova

FIVB Club World Championship

• Poland 2018 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• Betim 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova

National championship

• 2018/2019 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 2018/2019 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 2019/2020 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 2020/2021 Italian Supercup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 2020/2021 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 2020/2021 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
• 2022/2023 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova

Individual awards

• 2019: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Libero
• 2021: Italian Serie A1 – Best Libero
• 2021: CEV European Championship – Best Libero
• 2021: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Libero
• 2022: FIVB World Championship – Best Libero^[2]

References

1. CEV profile
2. volleyballworld.com. "Giannelli claims World Championship MVP award". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 2022-09-12.

External links

• Fabio Balaso at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Fabio Balaso at WorldofVolley
• Fabio Balaso at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
• Fabio Balaso at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

Awards
Preceded by Jenia Grebennikov	Best Libero of FIVB Club World Championship 2019 2021	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Jani Kovačič	Best Libero of CEV European Championship 2021	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Paweł Zatorski	Best Libero of FIVB World Championship 2022	Succeeded by Incumbent