Andrea Zorzi

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Andrea Zorzi (born 29 July 1965) is an Italian former volleyball player, won two World Championships with the Italy men's national volleyball team (1990 and 1994). A 201 cm athlete, Zorzi was an effective spiker who played as an opposite hitter. He was popularly known as "Zorro". In 1991, he was declared World's Best Player by the FIVB. In 2024, Zorzi was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.

National team

Zorzi was the 1990 FIVB World League MVP after helping Italy win the gold medal, and was at one point reputedly the world's highest paid volleyball player. He was instrumental in Italy winning the gold medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle. Zorzi won gold medals with the Italian team at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in Brazil and the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Greece. Zorzi was a silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the European Championship, Zorzi won gold medals while representing Italy in 1989, 1993, and 1995, and won a silver medal in 1991.

Club volleyball

Playing for almost all the major volleyball clubs of Italy, including Maxicono Parma and Sisley Treviso, Zorzi won several titles: these include two Italian Championships (1990, 1996) and one European Champions League in 1995.

Clubs

Individual awards

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