Carolina Costagrande
Italian volleyball player (born 1980)
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Carolina del Pilar Costagrande (born 15 October 1980 in El Trébol, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine born[1] professional volleyball player who became a naturalized Italian.[2] She currently plays for Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. She played for Argentina between 1999-02 and has played for the Italian national team since 2009.
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| Full name | Carolina del Pilar Costagrande | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Argentina - Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1980 El Trébol, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Pesaro, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 320 cm (126 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing Spiker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Impel Wroclaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Costagrande won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[3]
Costagrande won the silver medal in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League when her Turkish club VakıfBank İstanbul defeated 3–1 to Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the semifinal[4] but lost 0–3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the Championship match.[5] She was awarded tournament's Best Receiver.[5]
She played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship.[6] There her team ended up in fourth place after losing 2–3 to Brazil the bronze medal match.[7]
Clubs
Club Trebolense (1995–1998)
Rio Marsì Palermo (1998–1999)- Brums Busto Arsizio (1999–2000)
- Mirabilandia Teodora Ravenna (2000–2001)
- Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi 2001–2003
- PinetaGuru Ravenna (2003–2004)
- Infotel Europa Systems Forlì (2004–2005)
- Scavolini Pesaro (2005–2010)
Dynamo Moscow (2010–2011)
Guangdong Evergrande (2011–2013)
VakıfBank İstanbul (2013–2015)
Impel Wroclaw (2015–2016)- Imoco Volley Conegliano (2016–2018)
Awards
Individuals
Clubs
- 2005-06 CEV Cup -
Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro[8] - 2006 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2007 Italian Cup -
Runner-Up, with Scavolini Pesaro - 2007-08 Italian Championship - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2007-08 Top Teams Cup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2008 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2008 Italian Cup - Runner-Up, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2008-09 Italian Championship - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2009 Italian Supercup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2009 Italian Cup - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2009-10 Italian Championship - Champion, with Scavolini Pesaro
- 2010–11 Russian Championship - Runner-Up, with Dynamo Moscow
- 2011-12 Chinese Championship - Champion, with Guangdong Evergrande
- 2012-13 Chinese Championship - Runner-Up, with Guangdong Evergrande
- 2013 Asian Club Championship - Champion, with Guangdong Evergrande
- 2013 Club World Championship - Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
- 2013 Turkish Supercup - Champion, with VakıfBank İstanbul
- 2013-14 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup - Champion, with VakıfBank İstanbul
- 2013–14 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank İstanbul
- 2013–14 Turkish Women's Volleyball League - Champion, with VakıfBank İstanbul
- 2014 Turkish Supercup - Champion, with VakıfBank İstanbul
- 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank İstanbul
- 2014–15 CEV Champions League -
Bronze medal, with VakıfBank İstanbul - 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League - Runner-Up, with VakıfBank İstanbul
