Giovanni Guidetti

Giovanni Guidetti
Giovanni Guidetti
	Giovanni Guidetti in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	20 September 1972 (age 51); Modena, Italy
Coaching information
Current team	Serbia women's national volleyball team (coach)
Previous teams coached
1994–1998; 2000–2001; 2001–2002; 2003; 2003–2004; 2004–2007; 2008– ; ; ; 2006–2015; 2015–2016; 2017–2022; 2023–;	Volley 2000 Spezzano; Vakıfbank ; ; ; Germany; Netherlands; Turkey; Serbia;
Honours
Coach for Women's volleyball
Germany
World Grand Prix
European Championship
European League
Netherlands
World Grand Prix
European Championship
Turkey
FIVB Nations League
European Championship
Serbia
European Championships

Giovanni Guidetti (born 20 September 1972) is an Italian

Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü since 2008. He coached the Turkey women's national team

between 2017 and 2022.

Career

Guidetti coached from 1995 until 1998 the team Volley 2000 Spezzano in his hometown. In 1997, the team was promoted to the Italian Women's League Serie A. For this success, he was awarded the title "Coach of the Year." Between 1997 and 2000, he served as the vice coach of the

1998 World Championship in Japan and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[1]

After his function at the United States Professional Volleyball League (USPV) in the 2000-01 season, he returned to Italy as coach of Vicenza Volley. He coached the US women's national B-team and the Bulgaria women's national team.^[1]

In the season 2003-04, he was the coach of

Pallavolo Modena. Afterwards, he transferred to Chieri Volley, where he was named in 2004 again the "Coach of the Year" and won the Women's CEV Cup in 2005. In April 2006, he became the head coach of the Germany women's national team.^[2]^[3] Since 2008, Guidetti acts as the coach of the Turkish team Vakıfbank.^[1]^[4]

Guidetti won the gold medal at the

2013 Club World Championship, coaching Vakıfbank Istanbul.^[5]

Between 2015 and 2016, Guidetti coached the Netherlands women's national volleyball team, leading them to silver in the 2015 European championship, bronze in the 2016 Grand Prix, and fourth in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He left the Dutch squad in late 2016, hoping to live full-time in Istanbul, and took up the coaching job for the Turkish national team.^[6]

Vakıfbank Years

After signing Vakıfbank, Guidetti just started to build a team that they don't give up in games and improve their volleyball day by day. In his first season, Vakıfbank was good in attacking with some unique players such as

Eczacıbaşı VitrA

.

2012–2013 season was a record year for Guidetti and his team. They signed with some stars such as

Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü

won Turkish League, Turkish Cup, and Champions League with a winning streak of 47–0. They won all the matches of the season and was a record for volleyball history. All the players contributed in offense, defense, blocking, and service with the help of Guidetti. He used all fourteen players in the games, managing all of them with a great harmony. He was selected to FIVB Coaching Commission after his stable success and re-signed to Turkish side for two more years.

Personal life

On 20 September 2013 he married Turkish volleyball player Bahar Toksoy, the middle blocker of Guidetti's team Vakıfbank and Turkish national team.^[7] The couple's first child was born in September 2016.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Giovanni Guidetti" (in Italian). Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
^ "Host Germany reaches European volleyball finals in Berlin". Deutache Welle. 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
^ "Germany claims its first European League title in a dramatic final against Belgium". CEV. 2013-07-14. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
^ "Bu takımdan olmaktan gurur duyuyorum". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
^ ^a ^b Guidetti to lead Turkish women’s team
^ "Guidetti ile Bahar evlendi". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

[lvf-1] "Giovanni Guidetti" (in Italian). Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile. Retrieved 2013-09-18.

[2] "Host Germany reaches European volleyball finals in Berlin". Deutache Welle. 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-09-18.

[3] "Germany claims its first European League title in a dramatic final against Belgium". CEV. 2013-07-14. Retrieved 2013-09-18.

[4] "Bu takımdan olmaktan gurur duyuyorum". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-18.

[5] "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

[tur-6] Guidetti to lead Turkish women’s team

[7] "Guidetti ile Bahar evlendi". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

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