Ricardo Lucarelli

{{Short description|Brazilian volleyball player (born 1992)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox volleyball biography | name = Ricardo Lucarelli | image = Ricardo Lucarelli (Legavolley 2021).png | image_size = | caption = Lucarelli in 2021 | full_name = Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|2|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Contagem, Brazil | hometown = | height = 1.96 m | weight = 90 kg | spike = 355 cm | block = 340 cm | college = | position = Outside hitter | currentclub = JTEKT Stings | currentnumber = | years = 2010–2013 2013–2015 2015–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022–2024 2024– | teams = Minas Tênis Clube SESI São Paulo Vôlei Taubaté Itas Trentino Cucine Lube Civitanova Gas Sales Piacenza JTEKT Stings | nationalyears = 2011– | nationalteam = {{vb|BRA}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Men's volleyball }} {{MedalCountry| {{BRA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Championship}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Poland|}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Poland/Slovenia|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2019 Japan|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Grand Champions Cup}} {{MedalGold|2013 Japan|}} {{MedalGold|2017 Japan|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB Nations League}} {{MedalGold|2021 Rimini|}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Ningbo|}} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World League}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Mar del Plata|}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Florence|}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Kraków|}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Curitiba|}} {{MedalCompetition|CSV South American Championship}} {{MedalGold|2013 Cabo Frio|}} {{MedalGold|2015 Maceió|}} {{MedalGold|2017 Santiago/Temuco|}} {{MedalGold|2021 Brasília|}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Recife|}} }}

'''Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza''' (born 14 February 1992) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for JTEKT Stings and the Brazil national team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jtekt-stings.jp/news/post_371.html |title=大同生命SV.LEAGUE MEN ジェイテクトSTINGS リカルド・ルカレッリ選手加入のお知らせ |work=JTEKT Stings |language=ja |date=19 June 2024 |access-date=19 June 2024}}</ref> He was a gold medallist in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2019 World Cup winner.

==Career==

===Club=== In 2010 he started playing for Minas Tênis Clube. In 2013 he signed a contract with SESI São Paulo, and in 2015 he was hired by the club Funvic Taubaté.

===National team=== The young Lucarelli defended the junior national team in 2010, winning the gold medal in the South American Championship. The following year, he was in the group that finished fifth in the World Championship. In 2013 Lucarelli won the World Grand Champions Cup, a gold medal at the South American Championship and a silver medal at the World League, where he was named the ''Best outside spiker'' (together with Ivan Zaytsev). In 2014 he was a major player in the Brazilian team, which won the silver medal at the World League 2014 in Florence, Italy.<ref>[http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=49498&Language=en#.VCAG_qIu6ho ''Poland win second World Championship title at home''] – fivb.org – 21 September 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=49500&Language=en#.VCAHAaIu6ho ''Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil''] – fivb.org – 21 September 2014</ref> He was again named the ''Best outside spiker'', together with teammate Murilo Endres.<ref>[http://poland2014.fivb.org/en/news/poland-in-dreamland-and-in-dream-team?id=49497 ''Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team''] – poland2014.fivb.org – 21 September 2014</ref> Lucarelli was one of the Bernardinho team's starters; Lucarelli was on the court in all the games of the FIVB World League and the conquest of the South American Games in 2015. In the special year of 2016, Lucarelli was a key player in the gold medal campaign at the Rio Olympic Games. Lucarelli was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He played the last three games against Argentina (quarterfinals), Russia (semifinals), and Italy (finals).

==Honours== ===Club=== * '''FIVB Club World Championship''' ** 16px Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova * '''CSV South American Club Championship''' ** 16px Belo Horizonte 2013 – with Minas Tênis Clube ** 16px Taubate 2016 – with Vôlei Taubaté * '''Domestic''' ** '''2018–19''' 16px Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Taubaté ** '''2022–23''' 16px Italian Cup, with Gas Sales Piacenza

===Youth national team=== * '''2013''' 16px FIVB U23 World Championship

===Individual awards=== * '''2009:''' FIVB U19 World Championship – Best receiver * '''2013:''' CSV South American Club Championship – Best server * '''2013:''' FIVB U23 World Championship – Most valuable player * '''2013:''' FIVB World League – Best outside spiker * '''2013:''' CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker * '''2014:''' FIVB World League – Best outside spiker * '''2014:''' FIVB World Championship – Best outside spiker * '''2016:''' CSV South American Club Championship – Best outside spiker * '''2016:''' Olympic Games – Best outside spiker * '''2017:''' FIVB World League – Best outside spiker * '''2017:''' CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker * '''2017:''' FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best outside spiker * '''2017:''' FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Most valuable player * '''2021:''' CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker * '''2023:''' CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons}} * {{FIVB player|136468}} * {{CEV player|83267}} * [https://volleybox.net/ricardo-lucarelli-souza-p218 Ricardo Lucarelli] at ''Volleybox.net'' * {{Olympics.com|ricardo-lucarelli}} * {{Olympedia|132935}} * {{COB profile}} * {{Instagram}}

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