José Miguel Cáceres Gómez (born December 24, 1981, in Tamayo) is a men's

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player from the

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, who won a bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in

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Career

Cáceres won the "Most Valuable Player" at the 2004 Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament in Dominican Republic, helping Bameso to win the 19th Championship, defeating Los Prados in the 7th game of the final series. Playing at the 2005 NORCECA Championship, his team finished in 4th place, and he was selected "Best spiker". At the Dominican Republic Sport Gala of 2008 Cáceres was awarded "Volleyball Player of the Year". He then played with

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, to help them win the 2010 season

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championship. Cáceres signed the Spanish club CAI Voleibol Teruel for the 2010–2011 season, joining countrymate Víctor Batista. For his performance during 2010, Cáceress was the recipient of the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year". For the 2010–11 season, Cáceres joined his friend and countrymate Víctor Batista at the Spaniard club CAI Voleibol Teruel, winning the 2011 King's Cup and the Superliga. In June 2011, Cáceres signed with the Italian team

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to play the 2011–12 season with that club. He won the Best Scorer and the bronze medal at the

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. In August 2014 he announced that he would retire from the national team after the

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. At these games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time and Caceres were awarded Best Opposite Spiker. After this medal he joined his father José Cáceres who also won a medal, a silver in volleyball during the
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. Cáceres played the 2014–15 season with the Qatari Police Club, helping them to reach a second place in the Gulf Cup being named best opposite spiker and the league fourth place with a 15–5 mark. He then joined the Puerto Rican champions Capitanes de Arecibo for the 2015–16 season. He won the 2017 Pan-American Cup Best Opposite award, helping his national team to reach the sixth place.

Clubs
* Bameso (1997–2005) * Gigantes de Adjuntas (2006) * Arona Tenerife (2005–2007) * Stade Poitevin (2007–2009) *
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(2009–2010) *
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(2010) * CAI Voleibol Teruel (2010–2011) *
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(2011-2012) * Los Mina (2013) * Technocrats (2013) * Police Club (2014-2015) * Capitanes de Arecibo (2015-2016) * Al-Muharraq (2015-2016)

Awards

Individuals
* 2004 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year" * 2005 NORCECA Championship "Best spiker" * 2008 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year" * 2009 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year" * 2009 NORCECA Championship "Best scorer" * 2010 Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year" * 2012 Pan-American Cup "Best scorer" * 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best opposite spiker" * 2015 Gulf Cup "Best Oppostie Spiker" * 2017 Pan-American Cup "Best opposite"

Clubs
* 2004 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament – Champion, with Bameso * 2006-07 Spanish Superliga – Bronze medal, with Arona Tenerife * 2007-08 French Championship – Runner-Up, with Stade Poitevin * 2007-08
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– Bronze medal, with Stade Poitevin * 2010
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– Champion, with
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* 2011 Spanish King's Cup – Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel * 2010-11 Spanish Superliga – Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel * 2013 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Superior Tournament – Champion, with Los Mina * 2015 Gulf Cup – Runner-Up, with Police Club

References

External links

FIVB Profile

Italian League Profile

France Team Profile

France League Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caceres, Jose Dominican Republic men's volleyball players 1981 births Living people Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in volleyball