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| Nickname | Angelo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 1954 Brescia, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Carpenedolo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Philippines (men) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angiolino Frigoni is an Italian volleyball coach who is the head coach of the Philippines men's national volleyball team.
Angelo Frigoni was born on 17 March 1954 in Brescia. [1] He grew up in Carpenedolo and was a player for a local team which competed in the Terza Divisione and later Serie B. An injury led him to coaching. [2]
Frigoni started coaching in 1986 with Montichiari. [1]
Frigoni was the assistant coach of the Italian men's national team, alongside Julio Velasco from 1990 until 1996. With the national team, Frigoni won two World Championships (1990 and 1994); three European titles (1989, 1993, 1995); a World Cup (1995) and five World Leagues. [1]
When Velasco became Italy's women's national team head coach, Frigoni followed suit. Frigoni replaced Velasco as coach in 1998. He helped the women's team win the bronze medal at the 1999 European Championship and qualify them for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; their first ever women's tournament qualification. They finished ninth. [1]
From 2001 to 2004, Frigoni coached of the Netherlands women's national team. [1]
Frigoni returned to Italy and coached Asystel Novara from 2004 to 2005. In 2007, Frigoni went to Russia to coach Ural Ufa. He also coached the Azeri team Rabita Baku and was the losing finalist of the 2012–13 CEV Women's Champions League. [1] [3]
Frigoni became coach of Egypt men's national team and guided them in winning the 2015 Men's African Volleyball Championship. [4] He was injured in August 2015 and was replaced by Flavio Gulinelli in November. [5] [6]
Frigoni was coach for the Italy U21 which won the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. [2] [7]
The Philippines men's national team assigned Frigoni as their head coach in mid-2024. [8] In his first tournament, the leg 2 of the 2024 SEA Men's V.League, the Philippines finished as bronze medallists. [9]
Egypt men's national team:
Italy men's U21 national team:
Philippines men's national team:
Rabita Baku:
