Bernardo Rocha de Rezende (born 25 August 1959), known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian

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coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball team

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. Rezende is the most successful coach in the history of volleyball, accumulating more than 30 major titles in twenty-year career directing the Brazilian

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and

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teams. He has won two Olympic gold medals during his coaching career, as head coach of

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and

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Olympics. He also won two bronze medals as head coach of

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at 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney. As of 2021, with 48 medals overall, he is the most successful

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coach of all time.

Career

Player

Rezende played volleyball from 1979 to 1985, and competed in two

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, winning a silver medal at the

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. He also finished fifth at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and won a gold medal at the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

. Rezende played in

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, Volley Atlantica Boavista,

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and

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from 1972 to 1988. With Atlântica Boavista he was the winner of Brazil Super League in 1981.

Coach

In 1988, he stopped playing to work started his coaching career as an assistant to Bebeto de Freitas at the

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. In 1990 he became the coach of Italian female team

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, and remained there for two years. In 1990 he became coach of Brazil female team That year. Rezende with Brazil team placed second in the FIVB World Championship and won the

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In 1996, the team won the bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympic Games and the gold medal at the

. In 1998 Rezende led the Brazilians to a

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title, earned qualification for the FIVB World Championship and won bronze in the FIVB World Grand Championship Cup in Japan. In 1999, Bernardinho won the gold medal at the

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in Winnipeg, a silver medal in the

, gold in the

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for the third time, and bronze at the FIVB World Cup. In 2000, he led Brazil to third place in the

and at the

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2000. two gold medalist in

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he was another achievement. Rezend leaving in 2000 female team. Since 2001, Bernardinho has been the coach of the Brazil male national team, with whom he won two Olympic titles in

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and

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. After this success Rezende accepted the challenge of leading the Brazilian Men in 2001. The choice could not have been better. Bernardinho led the team to memorable victories including first place in the 2001 and 2003 editions of the

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and the gold medal at the 2002 FIVB World Championship. In 2003, Bernardinho's star shone even stronger. He guided the team to titles in the

and the FIVB World Cup, and bronze at the

in Dominican Republic. In July 2004, Brazil claimed their fourth

title. In August, the team won its second Olympic gold medal in

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and make new historic team. Bernardinho returned at the end of the year to the Superliga to coach Rexona-Ades. In 2005, still coaching the Brazilian men team, he earned another four international medals, gold in the

, gold at the

and gold at the

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in Japan. He also won silver at the

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. In 2006, Bernardinho won the

, for the fifth time, and the FIVB World Championship for the second time. The success didn't let up in 2007, with victories in the

, the FIVB World Cup, the

and the

. He also led a young team to second place at the

. In 2008, Brazil failed in the most important tournaments of the season, finishing second in Beijing Olympic Games and fourth in the

, which Final Round was played in

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. In 2009, however, the coach commanded a renewed team that won the

, the FIVB World Grand Championship Cup and the

. In 2010, Brazil started the season winning the ninth title of the

, overcoming the Italian record. In the end of the year, Bernardo his third FIVB World Championship title with Brazil. In 2011, Rezende led the Brazilian national team winning the silver medal in the

, title and the

. In the end of the year, Brazil assured its spot at the London Olympic Games by finishing third in the FIVB World Cup. In 2012 Rezende Once again climbed to the

final and won silver medal. 2013 to 2015 won silver medal 2013 FIVB World League and 2014 FIVB World League, gold medal 2013 FIVB World Grand Championship Cup, gold medal 2013 South American Championship and 2015 South American Championship and reach the final 2014 FIVB World Championship front side

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won silver medal. Start 2016 with a silver medal in 2016 FIVB World League. Continuation year and attend in

. Rezende for the fourth time accede in final and winning match final against

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and won gold medal

Individual awards

* 2008 - Brazilian Superliga - Best Coach * 2011 - Brazilian Superliga - Best Coach * 2011 -

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- Best Coach in Volleyball * 2012 - Volleyball Globe - Best Coach

Personal

Since 1999, Rezende was married to volleyball player

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, with whom he has two daughters. They got divorced in 2020. From his previous marriage to player Vera Mossa he had a son who is currently the setter and captain of the Brazilian volleyball team, Bruno Rezende (Bruninho).

Management

Rezende besides lecturer is also a businessman on several fronts separate business and is part of the board of directors of all of them: * Delirio Tropical - Restaurant founded in 1983 with 9 units in Rio de Janeiro. * Bodytech Group - The largest fitness centers in Latin America, with 50 units and more than 87,000 students. * Instituto Compartilhar -

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created by Rezende with the mission to develop young people from disadvantaged communities through by sport. * - Online educational institution.

References

External links

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Olympics 2016 Rezende - Reuters

Rezende in EcuRed 2012

Espn.uol World Volleyball Rezende

Melhordovolei Bernardo Rezende
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rezende, Bernardo 1959 births Living people Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Brazil Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Brazilian volleyball coaches Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Brazilian expatriates in Italy Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Volleyball players at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games