Roberto Russo (volleyball)

Roberto Russo (born 27 February 1997) is an Italian professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Lega Pallavolo Serie A club Modena Volley and the Italy national team.

Personal life

Russo wanted to become a football player. His uncle was a volleyball player who introduced him into volleyball.^[2]

Russo signed his first club in 2014.^[2]

In 2015, he was called up for the U19 national team and in 2016 to the U21 and U23 national teams.^[3]

In 2018, he was called up to the senior national team, with which he won, in the same year, the gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

CEV Champions League
- 2024–25, with Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia
FIVB Club World Championship
- 2022, with Sir Safety Susa Perugia
- 2023, with Sir Sicoma Perugia
- 2025, with Sir Sicoma Perugia
Domestic
- 2019–20 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2019–20 Italian Championship, with Sir Susa Perugia
- 2020–21 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2020–21 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2021–22 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2021–22 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2022–23 Italian Super Cup, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2023–24 Italian Super Cup, with Sir Susa Perugia
- 2023–24 Italian Cup, with Sir Susa Perugia
- 2023–24 Italian Championship, with Sir Susa Perugia
- 2024–25 Italian Super Cup, with Sir Susa Perugia
- 2024–25 Italian Championship, with Sir Susa Perugia

2019–20 SuperLega – Best U23 Player ^[3]

↑ "Russo Roberto". Legavolley (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
1 2 "Roberto Russo: "Io, campione del mondo, ho imparato il volley a Ciammarita"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2022-09-18. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
1 2 Sarkisian, Roberto (2017-09-05). "Team Incentives under Moral and Altruistic Preferences: Which Team to Choose?". Games. 8 (3): 37. doi:10.3390/g8030037. hdl:10419/179147. ISSN 2073-4336.