The legendary Julio Velasco

Julio Velasco is a retired Argentine volleyball coach and former professional player. You can follow the free 1xBet app download link to obtain this software, and by doing so, you will be able to wager on Argentinian volleyball too.

He is widely considered as one of the most successful coaches in the history of the sport. He is best known for his time coaching the Italian national team, leading them to multiple European and World Championship titles, as well as Olympic medals. The link for downloading the free 1xBet app is now available, and this software can be set up in Android and iOS devices.

An incredible manager

Velasco began his career as a player performing for the volleyball team of the National University of La Plata. However, he decided to retire early from the sport in order to focus on coaching. He landed his first job managing Ferro Carril Oeste between 1979 and 1981. You can get detailed high lights live score today today’s 1x Bet can be visited now to get all this information about Argentinian volleyball sides.

This would be just the beginning of many successful spells across many different clubs and national teams. Some of the teams managed by Velasco were:

• Tre Valli Jesi;
• Modena Volley;
• the male Italian national team;
• and the female Italian national team.

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A spectacular spell with the male Italian national team

In 1989, Velasco was appointed as the head coach of the Italian national team, where he would go on to achieve great success. During his tenure, the team won several European and World Championship titles, including the 1989 European Championship and the 1990 World Championship. You can watch a live volleyball streaming online through 1xBet, where these major tournaments are also featured.

They also won the silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the 1995 World Cup. All those achievements have made Velasco one of the best managers in the history of the sport.

However, success wouldn’t end there for the manager. In 1996 he was appointed as head coach of the female Italian national team. After Italy, he had successful spells with plenty of other national sides. Some of them include the Czech Republic, Spain, Iran, and of course, his native Argentina. Punters can watch a live online volleyball streaming from any match of these national sides as well.

Julio Velasco decided to put an end to his coaching career in 2019, after managing Italian team Modena Volley for a single season. This was the closure of probably one of the most impressive coaching careers in the history of volleyball.