Francesco Di Fulvio

Francesco Di Fulvio (born 15 August 1993) is an Italian professional water polo player. He was part of the Italian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics,^[1] where the team won the bronze medal.

Francesco Di Fulvio
Personal information
Born	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 31) Pescara, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Position	Left wing/Left driver
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	Pro Recco
Number	2
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2009–2010	Roma
2010–2013	Florentia
2013–2014	Brescia
2014–present	Pro Recco
Medal record Representing  Italy Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2019 Gwangju Team 2022 Budapest Team 2024 Doha Team European Championship 2014 Budapest 2024 Zagreb FINA World League 2017 Ruza World Cup 2023 Los Angeles Youth World Championship 2013 Szombathely Youth European Championship 2010 Stuttgart 2012 Roussillon

Honours

Pro Recco

• LEN Champions League: 2014–15, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23; runners-up: 2017–18
• LEN Super Cup: 2015, 2021, 2022
• Serie A: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Coppa Italia: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

Individual

• FINA "World Player of the Year" award (2): 2019, 2022
• Swimming World Magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award (2): 2019,^[2] 2022
• Total-Waterpolo-World Magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2022
• LEN "European Player of the Year" award (2): 2019, 2022
• Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo (2): 2019, 2022
• LEN Champions League MVP: 2021–22
• LEN Champions League Right Winger of the Year (2): 2017–18, 2021–22
• World Championship MVP (2): 2019 Gwangju, 2024 Doha
• World Championship Team of the Tournament (4): 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024
• Serie A1 MVP (2): 2018–19, 2021–22
• Serie A1 Top Scorer: 2020–21^[3]
• Serie A Left Winger of the Year (8): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Serie A Young Player of the Year (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Italian Water Polo Player of the Year (9): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

See also

• Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. "Francesco DI FULVIO – Olympic – Italy".
2. prorecco (3 January 2020). "Swimming World Magazine sceglie Di Fulvio: è il pallanuotista dell'anno!". Pro Recco 1913 (in Italian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
3. "A1 M – Gir. A". federuonto.it.

External links

• Francesco Di Fulvio at World Aquatics
• Francesco Di Fulvio at Olympics.com
• Francesco Di Fulvio at Olympedia
• Francesco Di Fulvio at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

Awards
Preceded by Márton Vámos	Most Valuable Player of Water Polo World Championship 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Aleksandar Ivović	Swimming World Magazine Water Polo Player of the Year 2019	Succeeded by Filip Filipović