Leandro Vissotto
Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic.[1] Vissotto is a winner silver medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, World Champion 2010, silver medalist of the 2014 World Championship, bronze medalist of the 2011 World Cup, multimedalist of the World League, 2015 Japanese Champion, 2018 Brazilian Superliga Champion and MVP of final .
Personal life
Vissotto was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is married to Nathalia. In August 2010 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Catharina. On September 7, 2013 their second daughter, Victoria, was born in Belo Horizonte.[2]
Career
National team
On October 10, 2010 Brazil, including Vissotto, won a title of World Champion 2010.[3][4] On August 12, 2012 Vissotto and his team mates lost in the final of Olympic Games with Russia (2-3) and achieved silver medal.[5] On September 21, 2014 his national team lost with Poland in final of the World Championship 2014 (1-3) and Vissotto achieved his second medal of World Championship, this time it was silver.[6]
Sporting achievements
Clubs
2008/2009 - with Itas Diatec Trentino
2009/2010 - with Itas Diatec Trentino
Qatar 2009 - with Itas Diatec Trentino
2016 - with Al Arabi Qatar
National championships
- 2005/2006
Brazilian Championship, with Minas Tênis Clube
- 2008/2009
Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
- 2009/2010
Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino
- 2009/2010
Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
- 2010/2011
Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Futuro
- 2012/2013
Russian Championship, with Ural Ufa
- 2014/2015
Japanese Championship, with JT Thunders
- 2018/2019
Brazilian Superliga, with Funvic Taubaté
National team
- 2000
CSV U19 South American Championship
- 2000
FIVB U19 World Championship
- 2001
FIVB U21 World Championship
- 2009
FIVB World League
- 2009
South American Championship
- 2009
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
- 2010
FIVB World League
- 2010
FIVB World Championship
- 2011
FIVB World League
- 2011
FIVB World Cup
- 2012
Olympic Games
- 2013
FIVB World League
- 2013
South American Championship
- 2014
FIVB World League
- 2014
FIVB World Championship
Individually
- 2008 Serie A1 - Best Scorer
- 2010 Coppa Italia - Final Four Most Valuable Player
- 2016 Asian Club Championship - Best Middle Blocker
References
- ^ Keith, Braden (26 January 2017). "Al Arabi Sends Olympic Silver Medalist Leandro Visotto Back to Italy". VolleyMob. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Leandro Vissotto po raz drugi został ojcem Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine - s-w-o.pl - 11-09-2013
- ^ Brazil continue golden reign with third world crown - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
- ^ Brazil Men's World Champions for third time running - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
- ^ Russia 3 Brazil 2: Historic comeback stuns favourites at Earls Court - dailymail.co.uk - 12-08-2012
- ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
External links
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
- Brazilian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Ural Ufa volleyball players