Elvis Contreras
Elvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos (born July 20, 1979 in Tamayo[1]) is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 2006 Pan American Cup in Mexicali, Mexico. He plays as a wing-spiker for Brazilian club Funvic Taubaté.
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Full name | Elvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dominican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tamayo | July 20, 1979||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Santo Domingo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 365 cm (144 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 355 cm (140 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing Spiker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: June 2013 |
Career
He won the "Best Spiker" award at the 2001 NORCECA Championship,[2] and "Best Scorer" at the 2005 version.[3]
At the 2007 NORCECA Championship, he was awarded "Best Receiver", and his national team finished in 5th place.[4]
He won the Dominican Republic "2007 Volleyball Player of the Year".[5]
In mid-June 2012, the Poland club Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle announced his joining for the 2012–13 season.[6]
Contreras won the bronze medal in the 2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup playing with his national team and also win the Best Receiver and Best Server awards.[7]
Contreras led Technocrats to the title of the 2013 Caribbean Volleyball League,[8] also winning the Most Valuable Player, Best Scorer, Best Spiker and Best Server awards in the Trinidad and Tobago-based tournament.[9] He then joined the Brazilian club Funvic Taubaté.[10]
In August 2014 Contreras announced that he would retire from the national team after the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[11] At these games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time[12] and Contreras were awarded Most Valuable Player, Best Outside Spiker and Best Scorer.[13]
Clubs
Bameso (1997–2000) Los Prados (2000–2003) 7 Islas Compaktuna (2002–2003) Armet Bassano del Grappa (2003–2004) VfB Friedrichshafen (2004–2006) Leones de Ponce (2006) Sada Betim (2006–2007) Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia (2007–2010) Bahoruco (2010) San José de Las Matas (2010) Dinamo Krasnodar (2011-2012) Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle (2012) Iskra Odintsovo (2013) Technocrats (2013) La Romana (2013) Funvic/Taubaté (2013-2014) Alhi Club (2014-2015)
Individuals
- 2001 NORCECA Championship "Best Spiker"
- 2005 NORCECA Championship "Best Scorer"
- 2006 Pan-American Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2006 Pan-American Cup "Best Scorer"
- 2006 Dominican Republic Volleyball Player of the Year"
- 2007 NORCECA Championship "Best Receiver"
- 2008 Pan-American Cup "Best Scorer"
- 2012 Pan-American Cup "Best Server"
- 2012 Pan-American Cup "Best Receiver"
- 2013 Caribbean League "Most Valuable Player"
- 2014 Arabian Champion "Most Valuable Player"
- 2014 Dominican Republic Volleyball Player of the Year"
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games "Most Valuable Player"
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Scorer"
Clubs
- 2005 German Cup -
Champion, with VfB Friedrichshafen - 2005 German Championship -
Champion, with VfB Friedrichshafen - 2006 German Championship -
Champion, with VfB Friedrichshafen - 2006 German Cup -
Champion, with VfB Friedrichshafen - 2008 Italian A2 Championship -
Champion, with Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia - 2010 Dominican Republic Volleyball League -
Runner-Up, with Bahoruco - 2013 Caribbean League -
Champion, with Technocrats - 2014 Arabian Champion Cup -
Champion, with Alhi Club Bahrain - 2015 Bahrain Championship -
Champion, with Alhi Club Bahrain
References
- FIVB (2012). "Dominican Republic". Archived from the original on 2012-12-30. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- Volley Barbados. "Cuba wins 13th NORCECA Title". Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- DominicanToday.com. "Cuban Poey was the MVP at Norceca's Men Continental". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- FIVB. "USA Men Captured NORCECA Gold Against Puerto Rico". Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
- DR1. "Athletes of the Year". Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- "Niespodzianka z Dominikany. Nowy przyjmujący w Zaksie" (in Polish). nto.pl. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=36026&Language=en
- Sunich, Kevin (2013-06-05). "Technocrats capture men volleyball title". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- Sunich, Kevin (2013-06-05). "Thompson, Contreras adjudged MVP's". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- "Vôlei Taubaté contrata estrangeiros e corre para agilizar documentação". Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
- "José Cáceres y Elvis Contreras se van de la selección nacional". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
- "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
- "Elvis Contreras MVP of the Central American Games". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31.