Paola Cardullo

Paola Cardullo
Paola Cardullo
Personal information
Full name	Paola Cardullo
Nationality	Italy
Born	18 March 1982; Omegna, Italy
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Spike	275 cm (108 in)
Block	268 cm (106 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	Polisportiva Filottrano Pallavolo
Number	10
National team
2001 – 2014
Women's Volleyball
Representing Italy
FIVB World Championship
World Grand Champions Cup
FIVB World Cup
FIVB World Grand Prix
European Championship

Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named Best Libero of the tournament.

Career

Cardullo also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Italy ended up in fifth place and she was named Best Libero at the end of the Olympic tournament.

She won the bronze medal at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League with Asystel Novara and also was individually awarded Best Libero.[1] In the 2012-12 champions league, Cardullo played with the French club RC Cannes, capturing the silver medal and the Best Libero award.

Cardullo played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[2] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2-3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[3]

Clubs

Pallavolo Omegna (1996–1999)
AGIL Trecate (1999–2001)
Asystel Novara (2001–2009)
Villa Cortese (2009–2011)
RC Cannes (2011–2012)
Asystel MC Carnaghi (2012–2013)
LJ Volley (2013–2014)
Volley 2002 Forlì (2014–2014)
River Piacenza (2014–2015)
Volley Bergamo (2015–2018)
Polisportiva Filottrano Pallavolo (2018–)

Awards

Individuals

2002 World Championship "Fair Play Award"
2002–03 CEV Challenge Cup "Best Libero"
2003 World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
2004 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Popular Player"
2004 Olympic Games "Best Libero"
2004–05 CEV Champions League "Best Libero"
2005–06 Women's CEV Cup "Best Libero"
2007 FIVB World Cup "Best Libero"
2007 European Championship "Best Libero"
2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Libero"
2009 European Championships "Best Libero"
2011–12 CEV Champions League "Best Libero"

Clubs

2002–03 CEV Challenge Cup - Champions, with AGIL Novara
2003 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Asystel Novara
2004 Italian Cup— Champions, with Asystel Novara
2005 Italian Supercup - Champions, with Asystel Novara
2005–06 Women's CEV Cup - Champions, with Asystel Novara
2008–09 Women's CEV Cup - Champions, with Asystel Novara
2010 Italian Cup— Champions, with GSO Villa Cortese
2011 Italian Cup— Champions, with GSO Villa Cortese
2011–12 CEV Champions League— Runner-Up, with RC Cannes

References

CEV. "Second Indesit Champions' League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
"USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.

External links

FIVB Profile

Awards
Preceded by Yevgeniya Artamonova	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Prix 2003	Succeeded by Logan Tom

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[1] CEV. "Second Indesit Champions' League trophy for Colussi PERUGIA". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-06-10.

[2] "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

[3] Carneiro, Leandro (2014-10-12). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 2014-10-12.