Carolina Costagrande Explained

Carolina Costagrande
Full Name:Carolina del Pilar Costagrande
Nationality:Argentina - Italy
Birth Date:15 October 1980
Birth Place:El Trébol, Argentina
Hometown:Pesaro, Italy
Height:1.87 m
Weight:80 kg
Spike:320 cm
Block:310 cm
Position:Wing Spiker
Currentnumber:18
Currentclub: Impel Wroclaw
Nationalyears:1999-2002
2009-2015
Nationalteam:
Updated:February 2017

Carolina del Pilar Costagrande (born 15 October 1980 in El Trébol, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine born[1] professional volleyball player who became a naturalized Italian.[2] She currently plays for Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. She played for Argentina between 1999-02 and has played for the Italian national team since 2009.

Career

Costagrande won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[3]

Costagrande won the silver medal in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League when her Turkish club VakıfBank İstanbul defeated 3-1 to Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the semifinal[4] but lost 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the Championship match.[5] She was awarded tournament's Best Receiver.[5]

She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[6] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[7]

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Awards

Individuals

Clubs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La Camoranesi del voley. Ole. 2011-11-09. 2011-11-18. 2017-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044115/http://www.ole.com.ar/poli/Camoranesi-voley_0_587341476.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Profile on FIVB . 2010-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927111637/http://www.fivb.ch/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Women/2002/Teams/VB_Player.asp?No=13399 . 2011-09-27 . dead .
  3. Web site: Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze. Zurich, Switzerland. FIVB. 2013-10-13. 2013-10-13.
  4. Web site: VakifBank to defend its Champions League title in Sunday's final. https://archive.today/20140316201156/http://www.cev.lu/News.aspx?NewsID=16849&ID=678. dead. 2014-03-16. CEV. Baku, Azerbaijan. 2014-03-15. 2014-03-16.
  5. Web site: Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title . CEV. Baku, Azerbaijan. 2014-03-16. 2014-03-16.
  6. News: USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium. FIVB. Milan, Italy. 2014-05-11. 2014-05-11.
  7. News: Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália. UOL. Carneiro. Leandro. Portuguese. Milan, Italy. 2014-10-12. 2014-10-12.
  8. http://62.149.234.65/DettaglioAtleta.asp?IdAtleta=COS-CAR-80 Player profile

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