The Serbian Volleyball Association announced the appointment of Italian coach Santaarelli as the head coach of the Serbian women's volleyball national team, signing a four-year contract from 2022 to 2025, which is also the second time that Santareli has become the manager of the women's national volleyball team after coaching the Croatian women's volleyball team, Santareli's wife De Guinaro is also a world-class free person, who once represented the Italian women's volleyball team in the best team at the 2014 and 2018 World Championships. Serbian meritorious head coach Terdyc ended nearly 20 years of coaching career for the women's national volleyball team, and the next stop is likely to join the coaching team of the Russian women's volleyball national team.
From the beginning of the Serbian women's volleyball team to the podium of the World Championship, head coach Terdyc has always been a witness and leader, and is also the biggest contributor to the Serbian women's volleyball team. At the 2006 World Championships, Terdyc led the Serbian women's volleyball team to the podium of the World Championships for the first time, although it was the third place and the first medal in the history of the country's women's volleyball team. Since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Serbia has participated in four consecutive Olympic Games, reaching the top 8 in the first participation of the Beijing Olympic Games, the London Olympic Games stopped in the group stage, and the Rio Olympic Games won the runner-up.
As early as the Rio Olympic cycle with Mikhainović and Boskovic two heavy cannons, serbian women's volleyball team through the World Cup and the Olympic Games silver to become the world's top team, in 2018 to further in the World Championships to the top of the first three major championships, but with the age of Miha, Odjenović, Lasic team members aging, Serbian women's volleyball team failed to win the Olympic championship in Tokyo, Terdzic also after the expiration of the contract will not renew, the Russian women's volleyball team intends to invite to join, has not officially announced the final result.
Santareli took office as the head coach of the new women's volleyball national team in Serbia, he was the head coach of the Croatia women's volleyball national team and Conegliano Club before that, but as the manager of the two teams, the results brought out were also completely different: Conegliano under the leadership of Egnu, almost all the championships, the Serie A is even more unique, while the Croatian women's volleyball team is very frustrated in Europe, two European Championships respectively won the 10th and 11th places, very unsatisfactory, It also allowed the Croatian Volleyball Association to terminate its contract, after all, the team has famous players such as Fabris and Bodigan, and has the strength to advance to the top 8 of the European Championship.
Santareli may be blessed by Croatia's poor record, suddenly became the head coach of the world women's volleyball team, in the Paris Olympic cycle Serbia wants to maintain the ranks of medals in the World Championships and the Olympic Games, must be changed, Mikhainović, Odjenović, Rasic may withdraw from the national team lineup, young Razovic, Mirenkovic, Kokic, Alexic and other players are expected to be shortlisted for the main lineup, want to reach the peak state of the 2018 World Championships, Santareli needs a lot of work to train in the young players.
Santareli's wife, De Guinaro, is more famous in the international women's volleyball arena, occupying the position of the main free man in the Italian women's volleyball national team, and the Dominican Castillo is the best free man in the world. In 2014 and 2018, the World Championships won the honor of the best free man, and it is also an important pillar of the Italian women's volleyball team when it defeated the Chinese women's volleyball team twice at the 2018 World Championships to win the silver medal. The two of them are expected to compete for their own masters in the international arena of the Paris cycle.