Giovanni Guidetti

Giovanni Guidetti
Giovanni Guidetti at the 2013 European Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	September 20, 1972 Modena, Italy
Volleyball information
Position	Head coach
Current club	Vakıfbank; Netherlands
Career
Years Teams 1994–98 2000–01 2001–02 2003 2003–04 2004–07 2006–15 2008–present 2015–present Volley 2000 Spezzano USPV Vicenza Volley PV Reggio Emilia PV Modena, Bulgaria Chieri Volley Germany Vakıfbank Netherlands
Honours Coach for Women's Volleyball Germany FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 Tokyo Team European Championship 2013 Germany-Switzerland Team 2011 Italy-Serbia Team European League 2014 Team 2013 Bulgaria Team Vakıfbank FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2013 Zürich Team 2011 Doha Team CEV Women's Champions League 2013–14 League Team 2012–13 League Team 2010–11 League Team Turkish Women's League 2013–14 League Team 2012–13 League Team 2011–12 League Team 2010–11 League Team 2009–10 League Team Turkish Cup 2013–14 Cup Team 2012–13 Cup Team
Last updated: October 13, 2013

Giovanni Guidetti (born September 20, 1972 in Modena, Italy) is an Italian volleyball coach. He's been coaching Turkish side Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü since 2008 and also coaches the Netherlands national women's team.

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 Italy women's national volleyball team. During this period, he took part at 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]

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 Neslihan Demir, Jelena Nikolic and Angelina Grün but poor in defense. They completed the Turkish league on top but lost Galatasaray in play-off's first round. In 2009-10 season, Vakıfbank improved their volleyball level but Fenerbahçe Acıbadem won the league title with a big investment. In 2010–2011 season, Guidetti started to receive a recompense for his work. Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü won the CEV Women's Champions League with a winning streak of 12-0 and got the only unbeaten championship in Champions League history. They defeated the host and favorite one Fenerbahçe Acıbadem in the semi-final after a classic game of 3-2 and Rabita Baku from Azerbaijan in the final game in straight sets of 3-0. On the other hand, they lost the domestic league championship to Fenerbahçe Acıbadem again. 2011–2012 season was a big disappointment for Guidetti. They lost RC Cannes in quarter finals of Champions League in golden set. Vakıfbank was leading the golden set with 14-11 but Cannes won 18-16 against the last champions. They lost Turkish League again to Eczacıbaşı VitrA.

2012–2013 season was a record year for Guidetti and his girls. They signed with some stars such as Jovana Brakocevic, Saori Kimura and Naz Aydemir. 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 on offence, defense, blocking and service by the helping of Guidetti. He used 14 players of 14 in games and managed them with a great harmony. He was selected to FIVB Coaching Commission after his stabile successes and re-signed to Turkish side for 2 more years. Today, Vakifbank is current European and the world champions and going on the winning streak under his coaching.

Personal life

On September 20, 2013, he married Turkish volleyball player Bahar Toksoy, the middle blocker of Guidetti's team Vakıfbank and Turkish national team.^[6]

References

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