Roberto Santilli

Roberto Santilli
Roberto Santilli
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	22 February 1965 (age 59); Rome, Italy
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
1996–1998; 1998–1999; 1999–2000; 2000–2001; 2004–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2007; 2007–2010; 2010–2013; 2013–2014; 2014; 2014–2015; 2015–2016; 2017–2018; 2018–2019; 2020–2021; 2021–2022; 2022	Gallo Gioia Del Colle; Boomerang Verona; Volley Lube (AC); Top Volley Latina; Top Volley Latina; Volley Callipo; Tiscali Cagliari; Jastrzębski Węgiel; Iskra Odintsovo; Top Volley Latina; Germany (AC); MKS Będzin; Australia; AZS Olsztyn; Jastrzębski Węgiel; Incheon Korean Air Jumbos; Ziraat Bankası Ankara; Projekt Warsaw
Volleyball information
Position	Setter

Roberto Santilli (born 22 February 1965) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player.

Career as coach[edit]

In 2007, Santilli moved to Jastrzębski Węgiel and coached his team to the 2008–09 PlusLiga bronze medal, and a silver one next season. Also, in 2010 they won the Polish Cup after beating Asseco Resovia.

In 2010, he left PlusLiga and joined the Russian team, Iskra Odintsovo.^[1]

Santilli was an assistant coach of Vital Heynen in the German national team, that won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championship held in Poland. In 2015, he was named a new head coach of the Australian national volleyball team.^[2]

On 11 April 2017, he was appointed new head coach of the Polish team, Indykpol AZS Olsztyn.^[3]

For the 2020–21 season, Santilli became the first ever foreign head coach in the South Korean Volleyball League, by joining Incheon Korean Air Jumbos.^[4]

National championships
- 2009/2010 Polish Cup, with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- 2020/2021 South Korean Championship, with Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
- 2021/2022 Turkish SuperCup, with Ziraat Bankası Ankara

^ "Santilli opuszcza Jastrzębski Węgiel! Wybrał rosyjską Superligę". sportslaski.pl (in Polish). 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^ "Volleyroos Recruit Santilli Ahead Of Rio 2016". FIVB. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
^ "PlusLiga: Roberto Santilli poprowadzi Indykpol AZS Olsztyn". sport.onet.pl (in Polish). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ "Roberto Santilli sarà il primo tecnico straniero in Corea del Sud". volleynews.it (in Italian). 24 May 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.