Robertlandy Simón

Robertlandy Simón Aties (born 11 June 1987) is a Cuban volleyball player, a member of Cuba men's national volleyball team from 2005–2010 and from 2019 to present day and also Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, 2009 NORCECA Champion, silver medalist of the 2010 World Championship, double South Korean Champion (2015, 2016).

Robertlandy Simón
Personal information
Full nameRobertlandy Simón Aties
NationalityCuban
Born (1987-06-11) June 11, 1987
Guantánamo, Cuba
Height2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Weight114 kg (251 lb)
Spike387 cm (152 in)
Block350 cm (140 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubCucine Lube Civitanova
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2012–2014
2014
2014–2016
2016
2016–2018
2018–		Copra Elior Piacenza
Al Rayyan
OK Savings Bank
El Jaish
Sada Cruzeiro
Cucine Lube Civitanova
National team
2005–2010
2019–present		 Cuba
Honours
Representing  Cuba
Men's volleyball
World Championship
2010 Italy
World League
2005 Belgrade
NORCECA Championship
2009 Bayamón
2019 Winnipeg
2007 Anaheim
Last updated: 13 February 2017

Career

Simón debuted in the national team at age of 17. He was Cuban national team captain for 5 years.[1] In 2009 he achieved individual awards at 2009 World Grand Champions Cup. In 2010 Cuba, including Simon, went to the finale of 2010 World Championship with Brazil.[2] On October 10, 2010 he achieved silver medal.[3] He was Best Blocker of the tournament. Simon was champion of the Italian Cup 2013/14 and of the Challenge Cup 2012/13 with Piacenza. He used to be the world’s Best Middle Blocker before he left Cuba in 2010 right after the 2010 World Championship to pursue his dreams and to make a decent living overseas. Simon helped Al Rayyan to win the 2014 Club World Championship. He was the most expensive player in South Korea League from 2014 to 2016.[4] Simon joined Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro in 2016.[5]

Style of Play

Simon touched 384 cm and, according to his coach, has reached a record of 389 cm. This happened during the athletic test for the Piacenza team at Serie A1.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

CEV Challenge Cup
  • 2012/2013 – with Copra Elior Piacenza

FIVB Club World Championship

South American Club Championship

National championships

National team

Individually

References
  1. Simon interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport - chepalle.gazzetta.it
  2. Brazil and Cuba set up final showdown - fivb.org - 09-10-2010
  3. Brazil continue golden reign with third world crown - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
  4. Korean club hires Cuban Volleyball player Robertlandy Simón in one million euros - russiavolley.com - 10-06-2014
  5. Sada Cruzeiro signs Cuban star Robertlandy Simon - fivb.org - 19-04-2016
Awards
Preceded by
Gustavo Endres		 Best Blocker of
Pan American Games
2007		 Succeeded by
Sebastian Sole
Preceded by
Santiago Darraidou		 Best Blocker of
America's Cup
2007		 Succeeded by
Éder Carbonera
Preceded by
Riley Salmon		 Best Spiker of
America's Cup
2007
2008		 Succeeded by
–
Preceded by
Lucas Chávez		 Best Scorer of
America's Cup
2008		 Succeeded by
–
Preceded by
Dante Amaral		 Best Spiker of
FIVB World League
2009		 Succeeded by
Maxim Mikhaylov
Preceded by
Marko Podraščanin		 Best Blocker of
FIVB World League
2009		 Succeeded by
Dmitriy Muserskiy
Preceded by
Murray Grapentine		 Best Blocker of
NORCECA Championship
2009		 Succeeded by
David Lee
Preceded by
Ryan Millar		 Best Blocker of
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
2009		 Succeeded by
Maxwell Holt
Emanuele Birarelli
Preceded by
Abdalla Ahmed		 Best Server of
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
2009		 Succeeded by
–
Preceded by
André Nascimento		 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
2009		 Succeeded by
Dmitriy Muserskiy
Preceded by
Aleksey Kuleshov		 Best Blocker of
FIVB World Championship
2010		 Succeeded by
Karol Kłos
Marcus Böhme
Preceded by
Emanuele Birarelli
Matteo Burgsthaler
-
Pablo Crer
Artem Volvich		 Best Middle Blocker of
FIVB Club World Championship
2014
ex aequo José Santos Júnior
2017
ex aequo Alexey Samoylenko		 Succeeded by
Nikolay Nikolov
Alexander Gutsalyuk
-
TBD
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