José Miguel Cáceres

José Miguel Cáceres Gómez (born December 24, 1981, in Tamayo) is a men's volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won a bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

José Miguel Cáceres
Cáceres in 2012
Personal information
Full nameJosé Miguel Cáceres Gómez
NicknameClavito
NationalityDominican
Born (1981-12-24) December 24, 1981
Tamayo
HometownSanto Domingo
Height2.10 m (6 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Spike385 cm (152 in)
Block353 cm (139 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubCapitanes de Arecibo
Number7
National team
2005–2014Dominican Republic
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Winnipeg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Chiapas Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Santo Domingo Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Team
Last updated: October 2015

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.[1]

Playing at the 2005 NORCECA Championship, his team finished in 4th place, and he was selected "Best spiker".[2]

At the Dominican Republic Sport Gala of 2008 Cáceres was awarded "Volleyball Player of the Year".[3] He then played with Distrito Nacional, to help them win the 2010 season Dominican Republic Volleyball League championship.[4]

Cáceres signed the Spanish club CAI Voleibol Teruel for the 2010–2011 season, joining countrymate Víctor Batista.[5]

For his performance during 2010, Cáceress was the recipient of the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year".[6]

For the 2010–11 season, Cáceres joined his friend and countrymate Víctor Batista[7] at the Spaniard club CAI Voleibol Teruel,[8] winning the 2011 King's Cup[9] and the Superliga.[10]

In June 2011, Cáceres signed with the Italian team Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo to play the 2011–12 season with that club.[11] He won the Best Scorer and the bronze medal at the 2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup.[12] In August 2014 he announced that he would retire from the national team after the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[13] At these games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time[14] and Caceres were awarded Best Opposite Spiker.[15] After this medal he joined his father José Cáceres who also won a medal, a silver in volleyball during the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games.[16]

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[17] and the league fourth place with a 15–5 mark.[18] He then joined the Puerto Rican champions Capitanes de Arecibo for the 2015–16 season.[19] He won the 2017 Pan-American Cup Best Opposite award, helping his national team to reach the sixth place.[20]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

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 CEV Challenge Cup – Bronze medal, with Stade Poitevin
  • 2010 Dominican Republic Volleyball League – Champion, with Distrito Nacional
  • 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
  1. NORCECA. "Bameso y Mirador, campeones de nuevo". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  2. DominicanToday.com. "Cuban Poey was the MVP at Norceca's Men Continental". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  3. Caceres, Jose. "Escogen a Gaby y Díaz como los Atletas del Año 2008 de la ACD". Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  4. "El Distrito barre Tamayo y retiene título de campeón". Listin Diario (in Spanish). 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  5. EFE. "José Cáceres será el opuesto del CAI Teruel para la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  6. Caceres, Jose. "Luguelin Santos, el Atleta del Año 2010". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  7. Heraldo de Aragon (2010-04-22). "El dúo más dinámico" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  8. RFEVB (2010-10-14). "Unicaja Almería y CAI Voleibol Teruel se retan en el estreno de la temporada 2010-11" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  9. Eco de Teruel (2010-03-26). "El CAI, campeón de la Copa del Rey de Voleibol" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  10. RFEVB (2010-05-08). "El CAI Voleibol Teruel, Campeón de la Superliga masculina" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  11. Lega Pallavolo Serie A (2010-06-03). miguel caceres&tipo=&ID=35110 "Volleymercato. Arrivano a Cuneo José CACERES e Francesco Pieri" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-06-06. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  12. "Press release". Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  13. "José Cáceres y Elvis Contreras se van de la selección nacional". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  14. "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  15. "Elvis Contreras MVP of the Central American Games". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  16. Clemente, Carmeli (2015-07-29). "Los Cáceres construyen con "clavos y clavitos" su historia en volibol de RD". Listin Diario. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  17. "Cáceres y Contreras se lucen en Copa del Golfo". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  18. Rodriguez, Pachy (2015-09-17). "Cáceres: experiencia y esfuerzo" (in Spanish). Capitanes de Arecibo. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  19. "Con nuevo refuerzo Arecibo desde esta noche". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  20. "Martin Ramos elected MVP of Pan Am Cup". NORCECA. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.


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