Francisco Abreu López
Francisco Alberto Abreu López (born April 26, 1982) is a male volleyball and beach volleyball player from Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with his national team at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.
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| Full name | Francisco Alberto Abreu López | ||||||||||||||
| Born | April 26, 1983 Santo Domingo,  Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | VBC Waremme | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Career
He played professionally at home with the club Jose Marti from the National District volleyball tournament.[1]
Abreu played at the 2007 America's Cup wearing the #10 jersey. His team finished in the 6th place.[2]
He also participated in the 2007 Pan-American Cup.[3] His team finished 5th.
At the Dominican Republic Volleyball League he won the championship with Distrito Nacional[4] at the 2008 league championship.
In Beach Volleyball, he represented his country in the 2006 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Championship[5] partnering Juan Antonio Pozo, losing the bronze medal match to Costa Ricans Gilberto and Alexánder Villegas 19–21, 21–14, 17–15, and finishing in 4th place.[6] Later that year, he participated at the beach volleyball tournament at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia, partnering Yewddys Pérez and finishing in the 8th place.[7]
In the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2008 he played with Yewddys Pérez, earning the 8th position.[8]
He played for Distrito Nacional for the 2008 season, winning the league championship.[9][10]
Abreu won with his national team the gold medal at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Veracruz, Mexico.[11]
Clubs
- Jose Martí (2006)
- Distrito Nacional (2008)
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Beivoc Humbeek (2008–2010)- VC Global Wineries Kapellen (2010–2011)
- Beivoc Humbeek Belgian (2008–2010)
- Kapellen Belgian (2010–2011)
Dunkerque Grand Littoral Volley-Ball (2011–2012)- Axis Shanks Guibertin (2014–2015)
- VBC Waremme (2015- )
Awards
Clubs
- 2008 Dominican Republic Championship –
Champion, with Distrito Nacional
References
- NORCECA. "Los Prados y Bameso toman ventaja en RD" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- Terra. "Canadá vence a Dominicana Copa America" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- Agencia de Noticias Xinhua de China. "Cuba y Panamá abren Copa Panamericana de voleibol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- FEDOVOLI. "El Distrito Nacional Revalida Coronas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- La Nacion, Costa Rica. "Papaleo y Gil competirán en República Dominicana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- NORCECA. "Strickland and Roberts won the gold at NORCECA" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- NORCECA. "CAC Games Beach Volleyball Ranking" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- Listin diario. "EU y Puerto Rico avanzan en torneo playero masculino" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- FEDOVOLI. "Nomina Equipos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- "El DN se coronó campeón de la Liga Dominicana de Voleibol". Hoy (in Spanish). 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31.