Yuji Nishida (西田 有志, Nishida Yūji, born 30 January 2000) is a Japanese male volleyball player. Currently, he plays for JTEKT Stings in V.League Division 1.
Nishida made his debut with JTEKT Stings at V.League on 6 January 2018 in a match against Osaka Blazers Sakai. His impressive debut at the young age of 17 soon earned him a position in JTEKT’s Starting 6,[3] as well as Japan men’s national volleyball team. Nishida also led the team finishing 7th place after 29 years, in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
He is one of the youngest players in the 2018 roster of the Japan men’s national volleyball team and FIVB cup Final.[4] He made his first international performance with the Japanese national team in 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League. In June 2018, he played a pivotal role in securing Japan’s first win in 11 years against Italy where he collected 24 points from 21 spikes and 3 aces.[5] In September 2018, in a match against Argentina in 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship, Nishida became the youngest player ever to score 30 points in a match.[6] In June 2019, Nishida broke serving records in the VNL history after hitting 7 aces in a single game during a match against Canada.
Nishida transferred to play in Italian Volleyball League for 2021–22 season.[8][9][10] He took MVP awards of the matches for 3 times despite the injury and 2-month recovery. Furthermore, he helped his team, Volley Callipo, in many matches that made him became the highest scorer of the team. The highest score that he ever done was 29 points and scored the most aces in one match of the league’s first round, 2021/22 season, with 8 aces.
Individuals
2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League — Top 4 Best Scorers at Preliminary Round [64]
2018–19 V.League 1 — Rookie of the Year[65][66][67]
2018–19 V.League 1 — Best Servers [68][66][67]
2018–19 V.League 1 — 3rd Best Scorer [68]
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League — Top 2 Best Scorers at Preliminary Round [69]
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League — Top 2 Best Servers at Preliminary Round [69]
2019 Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship — Best Servers
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup — Best Opposite Spiker[70]
2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup — Best Servers[71]
2019–20 V.League 1 — Most Valuable Player[72]
2019–20 V.League 1 — Best Scorers[73]
2019–20 V.League 1 — Best Servers[74][75]
2019–20 V.League 1 — Best Opposite Spiker
2019–20 V.League 1 — Best 6
2020–21 the Japanese Emperor’s Cup — Most Valuable Player [76]
2020–21 V.League 1 — Best Servers at preliminary round[77]
2020–21 V.League 1 — V.League Japan record award player, highest score from Japanese player in the history (with 833 points)[78][79]
2020–21 V.League 1 — Top 2 best scorer at final round[80]
2020–21 V.League 1 — Top 2 best serve effective rate at final round[81]
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Alessandro Michieletto (born 5 December 2001) is an Italian professional volleyball player and member of the Italy men’s national volleyball team.
Individual
2020: U20 European Championship – Most Valuable Player
2021: CEV European Championship – Best Outside Hitters
2021: U21 World Championship – Most Valuable Player
2021: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Outside Spikers
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