Gonzalo Quiroga (born 25 February 1993) is an Argentine professional

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player, a former member of the Argentina national team. At the professional club level, he plays for

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. He has an older brother

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, who is also a volleyball player. They are both nephews of

Raúl Quiroga Raúl Nicolás Quiroga (born 26 January 1962, in San Juan Province, Argentina) is a retired volleyball player from Argentina who represented his native country in two Summer Olympics. After having finished in sixth place at the 1984 Summer Olymp ...

, a bronze medallist at the

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Seoul 1988.

Sporting achievements

Youth national team

* 2010

CSV U19 South American Championship * 2012 Simple silver cup

U23 Pan American Cup * 2014 Silver medal southamerica

CSV U23 South American Championship

Individual awards

* 2010: CSV U19 South American Championship – Most valuable player * 2010: CSV U19 South American Championship – Best receiver * 2014: CSV U23 South American Championship – Best outside hitter

References

External links

Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
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at ''PlusLiga.pl''
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at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Quiroga, Gonzalo 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from San Juan, Argentina Argentine men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Pan American Games medalists in volleyball Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate volleyball players in France UCLA Bruins men's volleyball players GKS Katowice (volleyball) players BKS Visła Bydgoszcz players Outside hitters