Fabio Balaso
{{short description|Italian volleyball player (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name = Fabio Balaso
| image = Fabio Balaso (Legavolley 2017).jpg
| nationality = Italian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|10|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Camposampiero, Italy
| height = 1.82 m
| weight = 74 kg
| spike = 310 cm
| block = 290 cm
| position = Libero
| currentclub = Cucine Lube Civitanova
| currentnumber = 17
| years = 2011–2012
2012–2018
2018–
| teams = Trebaseleghe
Kioene Padova
Cucine Lube Civitanova
| nationalyears = {{0|0000}}
| nationalteam = Italy
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's volleyball }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Poland/Slovenia|}}
{{MedalCompetition|CEV European Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Poland/Czechia/Estonia/Finland|}}
{{MedalCompetition | Mediterranean Games }}
{{MedalGold | 2018 Tarragona | Team }}
}}
Fabio Balaso (born 20 October 1995) is an Italian professional volleyball player for Cucine Lube Civitanova and the Italian national team.
He participated at the 2017, 2019 and 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship.[http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/PlayerDetails.aspx?TeamID=9758&PlayerID=47209&ID=840 CEV profile]
Sporting achievements
=Clubs=
==CEV Champions League==
- 16px 2018/2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
==FIVB Club World Championship==
- 16px Poland 2018 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 16px Betim 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 16px Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
=National championship=
- 2018/2019 16px Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 2018/2019 16px Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 2019/2020 16px Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 2020/2021 16px Italian Supercup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 2020/2021 16px Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 2020/2021 16px Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 2022/2023 16px Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
Individual awards
- 2019: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Libero
- 2021: Italian Serie A1 – Best Libero
- 2021: CEV European Championship – Best Libero
- 2021: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Libero
- 2022: FIVB World Championship – Best Libero{{Cite web |last=volleyballworld.com |title=Giannelli claims World Championship MVP award |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/men-world-championship-2022/news/giannelli-claims-world-championship-mvp-award |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=volleyballworld.com |language=en}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Sports links}}
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{{succession box |
| before = {{flagicon|FRA}} Jenia Grebennikov
| after = Incumbent
| title = Best Libero of
FIVB Club World Championship
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = {{flagicon|SLO}} Jani Kovačič
| after = Incumbent
| title = Best Libero of
CEV European Championship
| years = 2021
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = {{flagicon|POL}} Paweł Zatorski
| after = Incumbent
| title = Best Libero of
FIVB World Championship
| years = 2022
|}}
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{{Italy squad 2022 FIVB Men's World Championship}}
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Category:Italian men's volleyball players
Category:Sportspeople from Camposampiero
Category:Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball
Category:Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Category:Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic volleyball players for Italy
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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