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 .

Leandro Vissotto
Personal information
Full nameLeandro Vissotto Neves
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1983-04-30) April 30, 1983
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
Spike378 cm (149 in)
Block348 cm (137 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite spiker
Current teamFunvic Taubaté
Number8
Career
YearsTeams
1999–2000Flamengo
2000–2002EC Unisul
2002–2004EC União Suzano
2004–2005EC Unisul
2005–2006Minas Tênis Clube
2006–2007Top Volley Latina
2007–2008Taranto Volley
2008–2010Itas Diatec Trentino
2010–2011Vôlei Futuro
2011–2012Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
2012–2013Ural Ufa
2013–2014Rio de Janeiro Vôlei
2014–2014Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm
2014–2016JT Thunders
2016Al Arabi
2016–2017Gi Group Monza
2017–2018Vôlei Renata
2018–Funvic Taubaté
National team
2001–2016Brazil
Last updated: 8 September 2018

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

CEV Champions League

FIVB Club World Championship

AVC Asian Club Championship

National championships

National team

Individually

  • 2008 Serie A1 - Best Scorer
  • 2010 Coppa Italia - Final Four Most Valuable Player
  • 2016 Asian Club Championship - Best Middle Blocker
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References

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