Fabio Vullo

Fabio Vullo (born 1 September 1964) is a retired talian volleyball player. Vullo, standing at 1.98 m for 87 kg, was born in Massa, and played as setter (although at the beginning of his long career was employed also as hitter). Vullo revolutionized the role of the setter, because he was, along with the Dutch Peter Blangé, one of the first setters in the world capable to set the ball from a greater height and to be dangerous in attack, block, and serve. Before Vullo and Blangé, most of the setters were much shorter (usually not taller than 1.90 m), but nowadays it is common to see setters who are over 2.00m tall, and are effective blockers and servers. Despite being widely considered one of world's best setters ever, Vullo was rarely given playing time by the Italian national team, due to his conflicts with coach Julio Velasco. He therefore did not take part in many of the victories of that team during the 1990s. With the Italian national team, he only won one World League in 1992. At the club level, Vullo competed in Italy's Serie A1, where he won eight Italian league titles, seven CEV Champions League titles four with Modena and three with Ravenna and one European Champions Cup, in addition to several other domestic and European honours. Vullo stopped playing in 2004, and is currently working as a television commentator.