Luciano De Cecco


Luciano De Cecco is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for KS Norwid Częstochowa and the Argentina national team. He won the bronze medal at 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Club

In May 2014, De Cecco signed a 3-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia. For the 2020–21 season, he moved to Cucine Lube Civitanova.

National team

Luciano was first appointed to the Argentine national team in 2006 before the World League, but he did not play in any match. He began his participation during the World Championship, where Argentina took 13th place. His national team won silvers medals at South American Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 because four losses to Brazil in the finals. In 2009 and 2011, he was awarded Best Setter of the South American Championship. In 2011, he achieved the title of the Best Setter of the World League. On 4 December 2011, he was Best Setter of World Cup.
In 2015, De Cecco won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.
Luciano won the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In 2023, Luciano won the gold medal at the South American Championship held in Recife, Brazil.
On 3 July 2024, the Argentine Olympic Committee appointed De Cecco and the field hockey player Rocío Sánchez Moccia as the flag bearers to 2024 Summer Olympics.

Honours

Club

CEV Champions League

Individual awards

2009: CSV South American Championship – Best setter2010: CSV South American Club Championship – Best setter2010: CSV South American Club Championship – Most valuable player2010: FIVB Club World Championship – Best server2011: CSV South American Championship – Best setter2011: FIVB World League – Best setter2011: FIVB World Cup – Best setter2013: CEV Challenge Cup – Most valuable player2015: Pan American Games – Best setter2017: CEV Champions League – Best setter2021: Olympic Games – Best setter2023: CSV South American Championship – Best setter