Marco Bracci (born August 23, 1966 in Fucecchio

Fucecchio

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, province of Florence

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) is a former Italian

Italy

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 volleyball

Volleyball

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 player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter.

Bracci made his debut for the Italy national team

Italy men's national volleyball team

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 on May 6, 1988. He earned 344 caps for his native country, winning three Volleyball World Championships (1990, 1994 and 1998) and four Volleyball European Championships (1989, 1993, 1995 an 1999), plus numerous other titles. One of the most winning players of all-time in the Italian Championships, his club titles include six scudetti and four European Champions Cups.

He played at four Olympic Games

Volleyball at the Summer Olympics

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, winning a silver medal at the 1996 Games

Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 and a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics

Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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.

Now he works as assistant coach of Massimo Barbolini

Massimo Barbolini

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 the trainer of Italy women's national volleyball team

Italy women's national volleyball team

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Clubs

Club	|From		Parma		1987-1988	1993-1994
Modena		1994-1995	1997-1998
Piaggio Roma		1998-1999	2000-2001
Macerata		2001-2002	2004-2005