Ana Carolina da Silva (born 8 April 1991) is a Brazilian indoor

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. She is a current member of the

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Career

Da Silva won the silver medal and the Best Middle Blocker award at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Unilever Vôlei. Da Silva played with her national team, winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship when her team defeated Italy 3–2 in the bronze medal match. During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, da Silva played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich, Nonetheless, she won the tournament's Best Blocker award along with the Croatian Maja Poljak. She averaged 1.07 stuff blocks per set, just behind Poljak who blocked 1.19. She won the 2017 South American Championship Best Middle Blocker award. and later the 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup Best Middle Blocker award.

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

* 2011–12 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Unilever Vôlei * 2013–14 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Unilever Vôlei * 2014–15 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona-Ades * 2015–16 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona-Ades * 2016–17 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona-Sesc * 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Dentil/Praia Clube * 2020–21 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Dentil/Praia Clube * 2021–22 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Dentil/Praia Clube * 2013 FIVB Club World Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Unilever Vôlei * 2015 South American Club Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona-Ades * 2016 South American Club Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona-Ades * 2017 South American Club Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Rexona-Sesc * 2019 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Dentil/Praia Clube * 2020 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Dentil/Praia Clube * 2021 South American Club Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Dentil/Praia Clube * 2020 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Dentil/Praia Clube

References

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