Luciano De Cecco | |||||
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![]() De Cecco in 2019 | |||||
Personal information | |||||
Nickname | Cachete | ||||
Born | Santa Fe, Argentina | 2 June 1988||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||
Spike | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||
Block | 330 cm (130 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | Modena Volley | ||||
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Luciano De Cecco (born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Modena Volley and the Argentina national team. [1] He won the bronze medal at 2020 Summer Olympics.
In May 2014, De Cecco signed a 3-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia. [2] For the 2020–21 season, he moved to Cucine Lube Civitanova.
Luciano was first appointed to Argentine national team in 2006 before the World League, but he did not play in any match. He began his participation during the World Championship where Argentina took 13th place. His national team won silvers medals at South American Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 because four losses to Brazil in the finals. In 2009 and 2011, he was awarded Best Setter of South American Championship. In 2011, he achieved the title of the Best Setter of the World League. On December 4, 2011, he was Best Setter of World Cup. [3]
In 2015, De Cecco won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.
In 2023 Luciano won the gold medal at the South American Championship held in Recife, Brazil.
On July 3, 2024 the Argentine Olympic Committee appointed De Cecco and the field hockey player Rocío Sánchez Moccia as the flag bearers to 2024 Summer Olympics. [4]
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