Mauro Berruto

Mauro Berruto (born 8 May 1969) is an Italian volleyball head coach.

Mauro Berruto
Personal information
Full nameMauro Berruto
Born (1969-05-08) May 8, 1969
Turin, Italy
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1994–1996
1996–1998
1998–2001
2001–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2005–2010
2007–2008
2008–2010
2010–2011
2010–2015		 CUS Torino Pallavolo
Olympiacos Piraeus
CUS Torino Pallavolo
Copra Piacenza
Ducato Parma
Lube Banca Macerata
Sempre Volley
 Finland
Panathinaikos Athens
Gabeca Montichiari
Lube Banca Macerata
 Italy
Last updated: 29 July 2015

Career as coach

Born in Turin, Berruto graduated in philosophy and started his career in volley with CUS Torino Pallavolo in 1994. In 2001 he was engaged by Copra Piacenza, which he led to Serie A1, Italy's top volleyball club league, for the first time. After coaching at Parma (2003-2004) and Macerata (2004-2005) in the same league, he became head coach of Finland men's national volleyball team, a position he held until 2010; in 2005-2006 he also coached Sempre Volley Padua in A1. In 2007-2008 he coached Panathinaikos V.C. in Greece, while the fellowing year he returned to Italy's Serie 1 as head coach of Gabeca Montichiari (2008-2010), moving to Lube Macerata in 2010-2011.

In 2010 he was head coach of Italy men's national volleyball team. In 2011 his national team achieved the silver medal in the European Championship. On August 12, 2012 Italy defeated Bulgaria to gain the bronze medal in the 20120 Olympic Games at London. At the World League 2013 his team achieved bronze, while in the same year European Championships he led the Italian team to the second consecutive silver medal in the tournament.[1] At the World League 2014 Italy qualified to the final round, held in Florence, gaining another bronze medal.

Just before the final round of the 2015 World League he sent home four players (Zaytsev, Travica, Sabbi and Randazzo) because of insubordination. After his team took 5th place in the World League finals held in Rio de Janeiro, on July 29, 2015 he resigned as coach of the Italian national team.[2]

Awards

References
  1. Russian giants add yet another title to their unique showcase - eurovolley2013.dk - 29-09-2013
  2. Mauro Berruto nie jest już trenerem Italii - plusliga.pl - 29-07-2015


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