Daniele Santarelli

{{Short description|Italian volleyball coach (born 1981)}}

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| name = Daniele Santarelli

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| nationality = Italian

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|6|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Foligno, Italy

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| currentcoachteam = {{flagicon|ITA}} Imoco Volley Conegliano

| coachyears = 2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–17
2017–

2018–22
2022
2023–

| coachteams = {{flagicon|ITA}} Robursport Volley Pesaro (assistant)
{{flagicon|ITA}} Robur Tiboni Volley Urbino (assistant)
{{flagicon|ITA}} Pomí Casalmaggiore (assistant)
{{flagicon|ITA}} Imoco Volley Conegliano (assistant)
{{flagicon|ITA}} Imoco Volley Conegliano

{{flagicon|CRO}} Croatia[http://volleymob.com/imocos-daniele-santarelli-named-head-coach-of-croatian-womens-nt/ Imoco's Daniele Santarelli Named Head Coach Of Croatian Women's NT ] – http://volleymob.com – 11-07-2018
{{flagicon|SRB}} Serbia{{cite web |title=Santarelli new head coach of world champions Serbia |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/news/santarelli-new-head-coach-of-world-champions-serbia |website=volleyballworld.com |access-date=27 December 2022 |language=en |date=19 January 2022}}

{{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey{{cite web |last1=GENGÖNÜL |first1=Burak |title=Filenin Sultanları'nın Yeni Başantrenörü Daniele Santarelli |url=https://tvf.org.tr/milli-takimlar/filenin-sultanlarinin-yeni-basantrenoru-daniele-santarelli/ |website=Türkiye Voleybol Federasyonu {{!}} TVF |access-date=27 December 2022 |language=tr |date=27 December 2022}}

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| medaltemplates-title = Medal record

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{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vbw|TUR}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB Nations League}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Arlington|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Belgium/Estonia/Germany/Italy|}}

{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vbw|SRB}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Championship}}

{{MedalGold| 2022 Netherlands/Poland|}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB Nations League}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Ankara|}}

{{MedalSport| Head coach {{vbw|CRO}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Volleyball League}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Varaždin|}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Ruse|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Gloria Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Belek|}}

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Daniele Santarelli (born 8 June 1981 in Foligno) is an Italian women's volleyball coach. He is the current head coach of Imoco Volley and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. Previously, he was coach of the Croatian national team, and the Serbian national team with whom he won the 2022 World Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cev.eu/articles/volleyball/daniele-santarelli-new-head-coach-of-team-serbia/|title=Daniele Santarelli new head coach of Team Serbia | CEV|website=www.cev.eu}}{{cite web | last=Pavić| first=Zoran | title=Danijele Santareli: Odbojka kao droga | website=Dnevni list Danas | date=21 January 2022 |url=https://www.danas.rs/ljudi/danijele-santareli-odbojka-kao-droga/ | language=sr | access-date=26 October 2022}}

Playing career

Santarelli played as libero in various lower categories of Italian league (Serie B) in Foligno, Vicenza, Legnago and Terracina before pursuing his career as a youth coach at a young age.{{cite web | title=Foligno in festa per Santarelli campione | website=umbriaON | date=30 April 2018 |url=https://www.umbriaon.it/foligno-in-festa-per-santarelli-campione/ | language=it | access-date=26 October 2022}}{{cite web | title=Daniele Santarelli – Imoco Volley Conegliano | website=Imoco Volley Conegliano |url=https://imocovolley.it/staff/daniele-santarelli/ | language=it | access-date=26 October 2022}}

Coaching career

He was a coach for Italian teams such as Snoopy Pesaro, Robursport Pesaro, Robur Tiboni Urbino Volley. He currently leads Imoco Volley. With Imoco, Santarelli has won the Italian national league four times (2015, 2018, 2019, and 2021), 3 Italian Cups (2017, 2020 and 2021), 4 Italian Super Cups (2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020), 1 Club World Championship (2019){{cite web | title=Da Foligno al tetto d’Europa Santarelli vince anche la Champions | website=umbriaON | date=1 May 2021 |url=https://www.umbriaon.it/da-foligno-al-tetto-deuropa-santarelli-vince-anche-la-champions/ | language=it | access-date=26 October 2022}} and the last edition of the CEV Champions League.

In the summer of 2018 he took the position of head coach of the Croatia women's national volleyball team, a position he held until the end of the 2021 European Championship. During that time he won two silver medals in the European league, held in Varaždin and Ruse.{{Cite web|url=https://hos-cvf.hr/2022/01/18/hrvatski-odbojkaski-savez-nije-produzio-ugovore-s-izbornicima-reprezentacije-santarellijem-i-zaninijem/|title=Hrvatski odbojkaški savez nije produžio ugovore s izbornicima reprezentacije Santarellijem i Zaninijem|date=January 18, 2022}} In January 2022 he became the head coach of Serbian women's national team{{Cite web|url=https://www.ossrb.org/seniorke/item/846-danijele-santareli-novi-trener-seniorki-srbije.html|title=OSSRB – Danijele Santareli novi trener seniorki Srbije|website=www.ossrb.org}}{{cite web | title=Thompson, Drews lead USA women into Tuesday's Volleyball Nation's League opener | website=Volleyballmag.com | date=30 May 2022 |url=https://volleyballmag.com/volleyball-nations-league-preview-053022/ | access-date=26 October 2022}} and won bronze medal at FIVB Women's Nations League same year.{{cite web | last=Arcari | first=Marco | title=Pallavolo – Egonu MVP, Bosetti miglior schiacciatrice: l'Italia domina il 6+1 ideale della VNL | website=Eurosport | date=17 July 2022 |url=https://www.eurosport.it/pallavolo/nations-league-femminile/2022/pallavolo-egonu-mvp-bosetti-miglior-schiacciatrice-l-italia-domina-il-61-ideale-della-vnl_sto9041388/story.shtml | language=it | access-date=26 October 2022}}

In October 2022, the Serbian national women's team headed by Santarelli won the world title at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship held in Poland and the Netherlands. The team thereby successfully defended the 2018 title won under the previous coach Zoran Terzić.{{cite web | title=Novi selektor Srbije ima visoke ambicije: Vodim najbolju ekipu na svetu, ali nisam ja osvojio te trofeje | website=Euronews.rs | date=4 February 2022 |url=https://www.euronews.rs/sport/ostali-sportovi/36074/novi-selektor-srbije-ima-visoke-ambicije-vodim-najbolju-ekipu-na-svetu-ali-nisam-ja-osvojio-te-trofeje/vest | language=sr | access-date=26 October 2022}} On 27 December 2022 it was announced by the TVF that Daniele will be the new head coach of the Turkey women's national volleyball team, and the details of the agreement would be announced at a press conference to be held jointly by TVF President Mehmet Akif Üstündağ and Daniele himself.

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Personal life

Santarelli has a degree in physical education.{{Cite web|url=https://www.umbriaon.it/foligno-in-festa-per-santarelli-campione/|title=Foligno in festa per Santarelli campione|date=April 30, 2018}} He has been married to the volleyball player Monica De Gennaro since 2017.

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