Luciano De Cecco | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Nickname | Cachete | ||||
Nationality | Argentine | ||||
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 | Cucine Lube Civitanova | ||||
Number | 15 | ||||
Career | |||||
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Luciano De Cecco (born 2 June 1988) is an Argentine professional volleyball player. He is part of the Argentine national team, a bronze medallist at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 2015 Pan American Games winner and the 2018 Italian Champion. At the professional club level, he plays for Cucine Lube Civitanova.
In May 2014, De Cecco signed a 3-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia. [1] In the season 2020-2021, he moved to Cucine Lube Civitanova.
De Cecco 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. [2] In 2015, De Cecco won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.