Cristian Savani


Cristian Savani is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 2001–2013 and Italian club BluVolley Verona, a medalist of the Olympic Games, 2012 Italian Champion, double Chinese Champion.
He announced his retirement as professional volleyball player on 1 May 2020 on his instagram account.

Career

Cristian Savani in National team and Serie A1 plays since 2001. In the Italian league his debut was in team from Montichiari from which went for two years to Itas Diatec Trentino and first national team match against Bulgaria.

Personal life

Savani was born in Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy. He is married to Mihaela Travica. On 4 April 2013 his wife gave birth to their first child - daughter named Mia.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

[CEV Cup]

2007/2008 with M. Roma Volley

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2009/2010 with Sir Safety Perugia2010/2011 with Lube Banca Macerata

[Asian [Men's Club Volleyball Championship|AVC Asian Club Championship]]

National championships

2011/2012 Italian Championship, with Lube Banca Macerata2012/2013 Italian SuperCup 2012, with Lube Banca Macerata2013/2014 Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai2014/2015 Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai2015/2016 Chinese Championship, with Fudan University Shanghai

National team

2003 FIVB World League2003 CEV European Championship2005 CEV European Championship2011 CEV European Championship2012 Olympic Games2013 FIVB World League2013 CEV European Championship

Individually

2010 CEV Challenge Cup – Best Server2011 World Cup – Best Server2012 Olympic Games London – Best Server2014 Asian Club Championship – Best Outside Spikers2015 CVL League – Best Outside Spikers2015 CVL League – Most Valuable Player