# Massimo Barbolini

Massimo Barbolini (born 29 August 1964) is an Italian volleyball coach. He is coach of Turkey women's national volleyball team, and Galatasaray SK. Coaching Italy women's national volleyball team, he has won the 2007 and 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

## Career

Born in Modena, as a boy he played volleyball as setter but was forced to retired from volleyball due to a serious injury when he was 20 years old. He soon become assistant coach of Julio Velasco at Panini Modena then in 1989 he was named coach of Sanyo Agrigento. With the Sicilian team he reached the Italian serie A1 (first division) then he trained Modena Volley.
In 1993 he was named coach of Latte Rugiada Matera, his first assignment in woman volleyball. With that team he won two Italian championship and two Italy Cup a European Supercup and a European Champions League. After a year with Gierre Roma, he was named coach of Despar Sirio of Perugia. With the Deapar Sirio, which he trained from 1997/1998 to 2006/2007, he won 3 Italian championship (2003, 2005 and 2007), a European Champions League (2006) and a European Cup Winner's Cup, two CEV Cups, as well as 4 Italy Cup (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007).
In the August 2006, after the firing of Marco Bonitta from Italy women's national volleyball team, Barbolini led the team in the World Championship to the 4th place.
In summer 2007 the Italy women's national volleyball team arrived third at Grand Prix and won its first European Championship. In November 2007 Barbolini's team also won the 2007 Volleyball World Cup. At 2008 summer olympics the Italian team managed by Barbolini was defeated by the USA at the quarter-final match.
In 2009 he led the Italian woman volleyball national team to the victory at European championship. In 2011 he led the Italian national team to the victory of 2011 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Cup

## References and sources

* ↑ . Massimo Barbolini Galatasaray'da(in Turkish)
* Despar Sirio website
* September 2007 Edition of monthly magazine Pallavolo Supervolley
Italy squads :
vteCEV European Championship winning managers
1949: Anikin
1950: Anikin
1951: Oskolkova
1955: Mácha
1958: Yakushev
1963: Eingorn
1967: Akhvlediani
1971: Akhvlediani
1975: Akhvlediani
1977: Tyurin
1979: Karpol
1981: Simov
1983: Grund
1985: Patkin
1987: Köhler
1989: Karpol
1991: Karpol
1993: Karpol
1995: Goedkoop
1997: Karpol
1999: Karpol
2001: Karpol
2003: Niemczyk
2005: Niemczyk
2007: Barbolini
2009: Barbolini
2011: Terzić
2013: Marichev
2015: Marichev
2017: Terzić
2019: Terzić
2021: Mazzanti
2023: Santarelli
vteItaly – 2007 European Championship (1st Title)
1 Simona Gioli
3 Paola Croce
6 Valentina Fiorin
7 Martina Guiggi
8 Jenny Barazza
9 Manuela Secolo
11 Serena Ortolani
12 Taismary Agüero
13 Francesca Ferretti
14 Eleonora Lo Bianco
15 Antonella Del Core
17 Paola Cardullo
Coach: Massimo Barbolini
vteItaly squad – 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship (2nd Title)
4 Crisanti
5 Rondon
6 Merlo
8 Barazza
9 Secolo
10 Cardullo
11 Ortolani
12 Piccinini
13 Arrighetti
14 Lo Bianco
15 Del Core
16 Bosetti
17 Gioli
18 Agüero
Coach: Massimo Barbolini :
Eczacıbaşı Vitra squads :
vteEczacıbaşı Vitra – 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship (Champions)
Aşçı
Kayalar Kuzubaşıoğlu
Bošković
Aköz
Menezes
Baladın
Adams
Cansu
Larson
Özdemir
Yılmaz
Kosheleva
Arısan
Demir (C)
Ognjenović
Coach: Barbolini :