Rosir Calderón Díaz (born 28 December 1984) is a Cuban-born Russian

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player who was a member of the Cuban women's national team that won the bronze medal at the

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in Athens. In November 2014, she received Russian Sport citizenship. She currently plays for the San Diego Mojo in the US

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Personal life

Calderón was born in

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, on 28 December 1984, and is the daughter of former national coach Luis Felipe Calderón and former

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World Champion

Erenia Díaz Erenia Díaz (born 14 April 1958) is a Cuban former volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She won gold medals with the Cuban team at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in the Soviet Unio ...

. She is tall and weighs . She moved to Russia, getting married there. In November 2014, she received her Russian sport nationality from the FIVB, in addition to her already own civil Russian passport.

Career

Calderón played the

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helping her team to reach the fourth place and earning the Best Spiker award. She later played the 2006 FIVB qualification championship won by her national team and she was awarded Most Valuable Player and Best Spiker. In November 2006, Calderón played the 2006 FIVB World Championship, helping Cuba to the seventh place. She posted a 59.68 average of success during the tournament to win the Best Spiker award and the US$50,000 reward. Calderón was one of six players included by the Cuban National Federation in an agreement with their Russian counterpart led by the head coach Nikolai Karpol, who previously visited the Island in order to raise the Cuban technical level. She played with the Russian Club Uraločka NTMK for the 2005–06 season and finished that season as league's Best Scorer. She decided to take a break from volleyball in 2009 and gave birth in February 2010, returning to the court in August 2010. Calderón was signed by the Swiss club Voléro Zürich in a five-year

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in February 2011 and transferred

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in August 2011.

played the 2011–12 in the

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, making it to the finals where they faced the Italian club Yamamay Busto Arsizio, winning the first final series match 3–1, but they lost 1–3 and lost the Golden Set to end in second place. Calderón played the

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with Galatasaray Daikin, finishing in fourth place after falling to Vakıfbank in the semifinals and Unendo Busto in the third place match. She won the tournament's Best Spiker award. After being transfer on loan to the Russian Club Dinamo Krasnodar with a three-year contract, Calderón won the gold medal and the Most Valuable Player at the Basel's Top Volley International tournament. In December 2014, Calderón won with her club the Russian Cup, after defeating Omichka Omsk. Taking the Golden Set, Calderón's Dinamo Krasnodar won the

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defeating the Polish club PGE Atom Trefl Sopot in Poland. Shortly afterwards, the Krasnodar club received a wild card to compete at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship. After beating Rexona Ades Rio in the semifinals, they lost to

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in the final match. In August 2022, Calderón joined the Greek club

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. In July 2024, Calderón signed with the San Diego Mojo of the

for the 2025 season.

Clubs

* Ciudad Habana (2003–2005) * Uraločka NTMK (2005–2006) * Ciudad Habana (2006–2009) * Voléro Zürich (2010–2011) *

Galatasaray Daikin Galatasaray Daikin is the professional women's volleyball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play their matches in the 7000-seat arena TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall. Previous names Due to sponsorship ...

(2011–2013) * Dinamo Krasnodar (2013–2015) *

(2015–2016) *

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(2016–2017) *

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(2016–2017) * Volero Zurich (2017–2018) *

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(2018–2019) * Bandung Bank BJB Pakuan (2019–2020) * Bolu Belediyespor (2021–2022) *

(2022–2024) * San Diego Mojo (2025–)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best spiker"'' * ''2005–06 Russian League "Best scorer"'' * '' 2006 World Championship "Best spiker"'' * '' 2007 Montreux Volley Masters "Best spiker"'' * '' 2008 Summer Olympics "Best spiker"'' * '' 2012–13 CEV Champions League "Best spiker"''

Club

* 2011–12 Turkish Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with

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–

Runner-up, with

* 2012 Turkish Volleyball Super Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with

* 2012–13 Turkish Cup – Bronze Medal with

* 2013–14 Russian Cup – Bronze Medal with Dinamo Krasnodar * 2014–15 Russian Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar *

–

Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar * 2015 FIVB Club World Championship – Gorm silver cup

Runner-up, with Dinamo Krasnodar

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