Franco Bertoli

Education

In 1980 he was part of the Italian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament.

Career

As a volleyball player, he gained the nickname of mano di pietra (stone-hand) for his attack skills. He played four matches. He played all six matches.

In total he gained 219 caps with the Italian national team and was also appointed captain of the national team

He was declared best overall player in the 1983 European Championships in Berlin. He was a television commentator for Sky Sports Italia for about eleven years, until the London Olympics Games in 2012.

He is also an accredited Teacher in Numerology, Diploma Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear. AIN. and an Aura-Soma Colour-Care System Coach.

Website: www.francobertoli.com.

Achievements

• Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Italian team in the 1984 Olympic tournament. In his club career, Bertoli was a mainstay of Klippan Torino (1977-1983) first and then of Panini Modena (1984-1990), two of the most successful Italian teams in the 1980s. Later he moved to Milan Volley, a short-lived volley companion of Silvio Berlusconi"s Air Corps Milan, where he won two World Cups in 1990 and 1992. Subsequently he worked as a coach for the Modena"s volleyball team (He won Italian and European Championship in 1998) them in Rome and Genova.

Membership

Now Franco Bertoli works as professional coach, he is member of the International Coach Federation, International Coach Federation.