Leandro Vissotto

Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic.[1] 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 .

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vissotto and the second or paternal family name is Neves.
Leandro Vissotto
Personal information
Full nameLeandro Vissotto Neves
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1983-04-30) April 30, 1983
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
Spike378 cm (149 in)
Block348 cm (137 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite spiker
Current teamFunvic Taubaté
Number8
Career
YearsTeams
1999–2000Flamengo
2000–2002EC Unisul
2002–2004EC União Suzano
2004–2005EC Unisul
2005–2006Minas Tênis Clube
2006–2007Top Volley Latina
2007–2008Taranto Volley
2008–2010Itas Diatec Trentino
2010–2011Vôlei Futuro
2011–2012Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
2012–2013Ural Ufa
2013–2014Rio de Janeiro Vôlei
2014–2014Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm
2014–2016JT Thunders
2016Al Arabi
2016–2017Gi Group Monza
2017–2018Vôlei Renata
2018–2020Funvic Taubaté
National team
2001–2016 Brazil
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championship 1 1 0
World Cup 0 0 1
World Grand Champions Cup 1 0 0
World League 4 3 0
South American Championship 2 0 0
Total 8 5 1
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2010 ItalyTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 PolandTeam
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2011 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place2009 JapanTeam
World League
Gold medal – first place2003 MadridTeam
Gold medal – first place2006 MoscowTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 BelgradeTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 CórdobaTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 GdańskTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 Mar del PlataTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 FlorenceTeam
South American Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 BogotáTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 Cabo FrioTeam
Last updated: 8 September 2018

Personal life

Vissotto was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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.[2]

Career

National team

On October 10, 2010 Brazil, including Vissotto, won a title of World Champion 2010.[3][4] On August 12, 2012 Vissotto and his team mates lost in the final of Olympic Games with Russia (2-3) and achieved a silver medal, although Vissotto missed the final due to injury.[5] On September 21, 2014 his national team lost with Poland in final of the World Championship 2014 (1-3) and Vissotto achieved his second medal of World Championship, this time it was silver.[6]

Sporting achievements

CEV Champions League

FIVB Club World Championship

AVC Asian Club Championship

National championships

National team

Individually
  • 2008 Serie A1 - Best Scorer
  • 2010 Coppa Italia - Final Four Most Valuable Player
  • 2016 Asian Club Championship - Best Middle Blocker

References
  1. Keith, Braden (26 January 2017). "Al Arabi Sends Olympic Silver Medalist Leandro Visotto Back to Italy". VolleyMob. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. Leandro Vissotto po raz drugi został ojcem Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine - s-w-o.pl - 11-09-2013
  3. Brazil continue golden reign with third world crown - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
  4. Brazil Men's World Champions for third time running - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
  5. "Russia beats Brazil for men's gold". ESPN. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
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