Ilaria Spirito

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Ilaria Spirito
Personal information
Born (1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 30)
Albisola Superiore, Liguria, Italy
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Volleyball information
Position Libero
Current club Chieri '76
Number5
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2008–2009
  • 2009–2010
  • 2010–2014
  • 2014–2016
  • 2016–2017
  • 2017–2018
  • 2018–2020
  • 2020–2021
  • 2021–2022
  • 2022–
National team
0000 Italy
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Bangkok Team

Ilaria Spirito (born 20 February 1994) is an Italian volleyball player who plays for Chieri '76 as libero with jersey number 5.

Contents

Career

Clubs

Spirito's career began in 2008 in Albisola, in Serie C, while in the following year she played for Lanterna Volley Genova, in Serie B1. In the 2010–11 season she was signed by Busto Arsizio with whom she played in the Serie B2 championship and then, from the 2012–13 season, in Serie B1. In this period of time she still obtained some sporadic call-ups to the team that plays in Serie A1, where she entered permanently from the 2013–14 season.

For the 2014–15 season, Spirito was part of the team of Club Italia, in Serie A2, where she remained for two years. In the 2016–17 season she returned to the club Busto Arsizio, where she remained for two years, during which it was renamed UYBA.

In the 2018–19 season, Spirito moved to Casalmaggiore, still in Serie A1, and then signed with Club Roma for the 2020–21 season, in Serie A2, with whom she was promoted to the top division, where, in the following championship, she participated with Cuneo Granda. [1] [2] In the 2022–23 season she moved to Chieri '76, [3] still in the top division, with whom she won the WEVZA Cup, the Challenge Cup [4] and, in the following season, the CEV Cup. [5]

National team

With the under 19 national team, Spirito won the bronze medal at the 2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship. [6]

In 2015, Spirito received her first call-ups to the senior national team, with whom she won gold at the Volleyball Nations League in 2024. [7]

Awards

National team

Clubs

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References

  1. "LA POMI' RIPARTE DAL LIBERO: PRESENTATA ILARIA SPIRITO". 3 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. "ILARIA SPIRITO È IL NUOVO LIBERO DELLA BOSCA SAN BERNARDO CUNEO". 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. "Ilaria Spirito è il nuovo libero della Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76". 24 May 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  4. "CHCW 98, C.S.M. LUGOJ v Reale Mutua Fenera CHIERI" . Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. "CEV Volleyball Cup 2024 Women Finals". 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  6. "2012 CEV Junior Volleyball European Championship - Women". www.cev.lu.
  7. "Women's Volleyball Nations League 2024 - P-2 Match result - Final 1-2 (Places 1 and 2)" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2024.