Julio Velasco is a professional volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 coach from Argentina

Argentina

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, who guided the Italian national men's team

Italy men's national volleyball team

The Italy men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of Italy. It dominated international volleyball competitions in the 1990s and early 2000s, by winning three World Championships in a row , six European Championships, one World Cup and eight World League The Italy men's...

 to several successes in the 1990s. After the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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, where the Italians won silver, he switched to the Italian women's team (1996–1997). In 2011, Velasco was signed as the head coach of the Iran men's national team

Iran men's national volleyball team

The Iran men's national volleyball team is the national men's volleyball team of Iran.Tournament records Summer Olympics -: World Championship -: World Cup -:World Grand Champions Cup-: Asian Championship -: Asian Games -...

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Honours

Pallavolo Modena:

• 4 Italian Volleyball League
  Italian Volleyball League
  The Italian Male Volleyball League is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is Serie A1. Many of the best volleyball players in the world playing in the A1 and the overall level of competition is considerably higher.-Structure:...
  
  : 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
• 3 Coppe Italia: 1986, 1988, 1989
• 1 Coppa delle Coppe: 1986

Italy men's national volleyball team:

• 2 FIVB World Championship: 1990, 1994
• 3 European Volleyball Championship
  European Volleyball Championship
  The European Volleyball Championship is a sport competition for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the CEV, the European volleyball federation. There are both men's and women's competitions....
  
  : 1989, 1993, 1995
  • Runner-up 1: 1991
• 5 FIVB World League: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995
  • Runner-up 1: 1996
  • 3rd place 1: 1993
• 1 FIVB World Cup: 1995
• 1 Summer Olympics: 1996 - Silver medal
• 1 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup: 1993
• 1 World Top Four FIVB: 1994
• 1 World Super Six FIVB: 1996

Italy women's national volleyball team

• 1 Mediterranean Games
  Volleyball at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
  -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:...
  
  : 1997

Spain men's national volleyball team

• 1 Mediterranean Games
  Volleyball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
  -Medalists:-Men's Competition:-Women's Competition:-References:* *...
  
  : Runner-up 2009
• 2 European Volleyball League
  European Volleyball League
  The European Volleyball League is an annual continental volleyball tournament, introduced in 2004. The event is the European equivalent of the FIVB World League. After a preliminary league round the tournament ends with a Final Four, hosted in one city. The women's tournament introduced in...
  
  : Runner-up 2009, 2010

Iran men's national volleyball team

• 1 Asian Volleyball Championship: Winner 2011