Wallace de Souza

Wallace de Souza (born 26 June 1987)[2] is a Brazilian volleyball player, who competes for Vôlei Taubaté and the Brazilian national team. In 2007 Wallace won the U-20 World Championship with the Brazilian national team. Playing for Vôlei Futuro he was considered one of the best players of the Superliga 08/09 and was elected the best server. His good performances took him to Sada Cruzeiro (MG). Right after, in 2010, he won the World League title. In 2011, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games and finished the season with the World Cup bronze medal. He won silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2014 FIVB World League, where he was elected the best opposite spiker of the tournament. In 2015, he had a surgery on his back that put him out of the national team for the whole season. In 2016, with the Brazilian national volleyball team, he finished second in 2016 Volleyball World League and became Olympic champion in 2016 Olympic Games.

Wallace de Souza
de Souza at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameWallace Leandro de Souza
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1987-06-26) 26 June 1987
São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Spike365 cm (144 in)
Block348 cm (137 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current teamSESC-RJ
Number8
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2008E.C. Banespa
2008–2009Araçatuba
2009–2016Sada Cruzeiro
2016–2018Funvic Taubaté
2018–SESC-RJ
National team
2009–Brazil
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
2014 PolandTeam
2018 Italy-BulgariaTeam
World Cup
2011 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2013 JapanTeam
2017 JapanTeam
World League
2013 Mar del PlataTeam
2014 FlorenceTeam
2016 KrakówTeam
2017 CuritibaTeam
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara
South American Championship
2011 Cuiabá
2013 Cabo Frio
2017 Santiago/Temuco
Summer Universiade
2011 Shenzhen
Last updated: 17 September 2017

Sporting achievements

Clubs

FIVB Club World Championship

South American Club Championship

National team

Individual

References
  1. Wallace de Souza. cob.org.br
  2. "Wallace de Souza". London2012.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2012.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
Awards
Preceded by
-		 Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
2013		 Succeeded by
Matt Anderson
Preceded by
Osmany Juantorena		 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB Club World Championship
2013		 Succeeded by
Dmitry Muserskiy
Preceded by
Tsvetan Sokolov
-
Aleksandar Atanasijević		 Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB World League
2014
2016
2017		 Succeeded by
Aleksandar Atanasijević
-
Not Awarded
Preceded by
-		 Best Opposite Spiker of
Olympic Games
2016		 Succeeded by
TBD
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