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 a silver medal, although Vissotto missed the final due to injury.[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 beats Brazil for men's gold". ESPN. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
External links
- Leandro Vissotto at FIVB.com
- Leandro Vissotto at FIVB.org World Championships 2010
- Leandro Vissotto Neves at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Leandro Vissotto Neves at Olympics.com
- Leandro Vissotto Neves at Olympic.org (archived)
- Leandro Vissotto at Olympedia
- Leandro Vissotto at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
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