FIVB world champ, MVP Simone Giannelli pours coronary heart for PH in victorious exit

One of many best setters in volleyball historical past and now a two-time FIVB world champion, Italian captain and 2022 world MVP Simone Giannelli leaves the Philippines with a grateful coronary heart after a momentous three-week keep

MANILA, Philippines – At simply age 29, Simone Giannelli has seen the world, skilled the highs and lows of volleyball and rapidly grew as one of many best setters within the sport’s historical past whereas representing Italy, now a five-time world champion after its 2025 FIVB Males’s World Championship conquest.

Although all the pieces in his profession now occurs on a grand scale, the 2022 FIVB world MVP stays ever grateful for his experiences out and in of the volleyball courtroom, and his three-week keep within the Philippines for the 2025 worlds is not any totally different.

On high of the world after Italy’s masterful education of younger Bulgaria in a grandiose knockout final final Sunday, September 28, Giannelli nonetheless took time to shine a lightweight on all Filipino followers who welcomed his arrival with open arms — specifically these concerned in his gorgeous courtroom mural in Parañaque Metropolis.

“I’m very grateful for what the Filipinos did for me. As a result of that playground, it’s wonderful, the artist [Maya Carandang], I wish to know him and to [congratulate] him, to thank him and all of the volleyball household as a result of it was a tremendous initiative,” Giannelli stated after the championship match.

“It’s crucial as a result of [though] we’ve got all issues, all over the world, it’s not [always] like this. I feel that we’ve got to do one thing nice with our presence in each nation [we] go to. By no means in my life [have] I assumed that I might be representing a courtroom within the Philippines, in Manila, and to be there [forever].”

According to the subject of being immortalized in Manila, Giannelli made his indelible mark in volleyball historical past on Philippine shores as he led Italy to its second straight FIVB world title, successful Finest Setter honors within the course of and passing the World MVP distinction to younger teammate Alessandro Michieletto.

All through its three-week keep in Metro Manila, Group Italy has been nothing however accommodating to the 1000’s of Filipino followers aching for a uncommon probability to fulfill their elite volleyball idols, as captain Giannelli gave a heartfelt farewell after Sunday’s title win.

“For the children, the message I can provide them is to attempt to be a superb individual, to start with, as a result of that is what we’d like now,” he stated.

“After this, benefit from the vitality of sports activities, keep along with your folks, your loved ones, and make sports activities nice.” – Rappler.com