Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian

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, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic. 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

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. 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.

Career

National team

On October 10, 2010

, including Vissotto, won a title of World Champion 2010. On August 12, 2012 Vissotto and his team mates lost in the final of

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with

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(2-3) and achieved a silver medal, although Vissotto missed the final due to injury. On September 21, 2014 his national team lost with

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in final of the World Championship 2014 (1-3) and Vissotto achieved his second medal of

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, this time it was silver.''Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil''
- fivb.org - 21-09-2014

Sporting achievements

Clubs

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2008/2009 - with Itas Diatec Trentino * Gold medal with cup

2009/2010 - with Itas Diatec Trentino

FIVB Club World Championship

Qatar 2009 - with Itas Diatec Trentino

AVC Asian Club Championship

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- with

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National championships

* 2005/2006 Silver medal with cup

Brazilian Championship, with

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* 2008/2009 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino * 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino * 2009/2010 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino * 2010/2011 Bronze medal with cup

Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Futuro * 2012/2013 Silver medal with cup

Russian Championship, with

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* 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

Japanese Championship, with JT Thunders * 2018/2019 Gold medal with cup

Brazilian Superliga, with Funvic Taubaté

National team

* 2000

CSV U19 South American Championship * 2000 Gold medal with cup

FIVB U19 World Championship * 2001 Gold medal with cup

FIVB U21 World Championship * 2009 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...

* 2009

South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of Championships * ATP Buenos Aires, a tenni ...

* 2009

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 af ...

* 2010

FIVB World Championship * 2011 Silver medal with cup

* 2011

FIVB World Cup * 2012 Silver medal with cup

* 2013

* 2014

FIVB World Championship

Individually

* 2008 Serie A1 - Best Scorer * 2010 Coppa Italia - Final Four Most Valuable Player * 2016

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competitio ...

- Best Middle Blocker

References

External links

Leandro Vissotto Neves
at the

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vissotto, Leandro 1983 births Living people Brazilian people of Italian descent Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Brazil Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Ural Ufa volleyball players Opposite hitters