Felipe Perrone Rocha (born 27 February 1986 in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

) is a

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He competed for

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from 2003 until 2013, including in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Afterwards he competed for his birth country in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, as

earned its first qualifying spot in 32 years as hosts. He helped Spanish water polo club

CN Atlètic-Barceloneta Club Natació Atlètic-Barceloneta (CNAB) is a Spanish water polo club from Barcelona, established in 1913. The club is the result of the merge of Club Natació Atlètic, founded in 1913, and Barceloneta Amateur Club, founded in 1929 and renamed ...

win the

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

in 2013–14 season. His brother

Ricardo Perrone Ricardo Perrone (born 21 December 1976) is a Spanish water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo References External links

* 1976 births ...

also competed for Spain in water polo.

Personal life

While playing for

Jug Dubrovnik Vaterpolski klub Jug ( en, Jug Water Polo Club) is a professional water polo club based in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The club was established in 1923 as part of sports society "JUG". As of the 2021–22 season, VK Jug competes in the Croatian League, ...

, Perrone married Marija Pecotić from

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on the

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Korčula Korčula (, it, Curzola) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of , is long and on average wide, and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 15,522 inhabitants (2011) make it the second most populous Adriatic island after K ...

Honours

Club

CN Barcelona *

LEN Euro Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competitio ...

: 2003–04 * Spanish Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05 *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 2002–03 CN Atlètic-Barceloneta *

: 2013–14 *

LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...

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* Spanish Championship: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10,

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, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 *Copa de Cataluña: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Pro Recco *

: 2011–12 ; ''runners-up'':

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

: 2012 * Serie A1:

, 2011–12 *

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

: 2010–11 *

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mace ...

: 2011–12 Jug Dubrovnik *

: 2015–16 ; ''runners-up'': 2016–17 *

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* Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

: 2015–16, 2016–17

Awards

*''Total-waterpolo'' magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2018 *Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2010–20 by ''total-waterpolo'' *Member of World Team 2018 by ''total-waterpolo'' * Olympic Games 2008 Team of the Tournament * Olympic Games 2012 Team of the Tournament * World League

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

: 2012 Almaty *

Adriatic League MVP The ABA League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual ABA League award given since the inaugural season to the best performing player of the regular season. The League is the top-tier regional men's professional basketball league that ...

: 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik *

Adriatic League Top Scorer The ABA League Top Scorer, also known as the Adriatic League Top Scorer, is an award given to the Top Scorer of each season of the European regional Adriatic ABA League, which is the top-tier level professional basketball league for countries of ...

: 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik * LEN Champions League Top Scorer (2):

with Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2016–17 with Jug Dubrovnik * LEN Champions Final Six MVP (2):

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with Atlètic-Barceloneta,

with Jug Dubrovnik * Spanish Championship

(4): 2005–06 2009–10,

, 2020–21 with Atlètic-Barceloneta

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perrone, Felipe 1986 births Living people Brazilian male water polo players Spanish male water polo players Olympic water polo players of Spain Olympic water polo players of Brazil Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Naturalised citizens of Spain World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Pan American Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Water polo players from Rio de Janeiro (city)