Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza (born 14 February 1992) is a Brazilian volleyball player, member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team and Italian club Trentino Volley, 2016 Olympic Champion, silver medallist of the 2014 World Championship, gold medallist of the 2019 World Cup, fourth-time South American Champion (2013, 2015, 2017 and 2021).
In 2014 he was a major player in Brazilian team, which won the silver medal at the World League 2014 in Florence, Italy.He was again named the Best Outside Spiker, together with teammate Murilo Endres.Lucarelli one of the starts in the Bernardinho team, Lucarelli was in the court in all the games of 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 in the Rio Olympic Game. 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).
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
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Samuel Lucarelli Santos de Souza
Nationality Brazil Brazilian
Born 14 February 1992 (age 29)
Contagem, Brazil
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Spike 355 cm (140 in)
Block 340 cm (134 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Italy Trentino Volley
Number 8
Teams
Brazil Minas Tênis Clube
Brazil SESI São Paulo
Brazil Vôlei Taubaté
Italy Trentino Volley
National team
2011- Brazil
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