Roberto Santilli | |||||||
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Born | Rome, Italy | 22 February 1965||||||
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Position | Setter |
Roberto Santilli (born 22 February 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player.
In 2007, Santilli moved to Jastrzębski Węgiel and coached his team to the 2008–09 PlusLiga bronze medal, and a silver one next season. Also, in 2010 they won the Polish Cup after beating Asseco Resovia.
In 2010, he left PlusLiga and joined the Russian team, Iskra Odintsovo. [1]
Santilli was an assistant coach of Vital Heynen in the German national team, that won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championship held in Poland. In 2015, he was named a new head coach of the Australian national volleyball team. [2]
On 11 April 2017, he was appointed new head coach of the Polish team, Indykpol AZS Olsztyn. [3]
For the 2020–21 season, Santilli became the first ever foreign head coach in the South Korean Volleyball League, by joining Incheon Korean Air Jumbos. [4]
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