Luiz Felipe Fonteles

Luiz Felipe Marques Fonteles (born 19 June 1984) is a Brazilian volleyball player, member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team in 2005–2016 and currently plays for Japanese team, JTEKT Stings, on club level. He is the 2016 Olympic Champion, silver medallist of the 2014 World Championship, two–time South American Champion (2005, 2013) and gold medallist of the 2011 Pan American Games.

Medal ceremony, Brazil - 2016 Olympic Champions.
Lipe and Sérgio with gold medals at 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Felipe Fonteles
Personal information
Full nameLuiz Felipe Marques Fonteles
NicknameLipe
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1984-06-19) 19 June 1984
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Spike330 cm (130 in)
Block320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubJapan JTEKT Stings
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
2002–2003Brazil Esporte Clube Banespa
2003–2007Italy Kerakoll Modena
2007–2009Japan Panasonic Panthers
2009Brazil Minas Tênis Clube
2009–2010Greece Olympiacos Piraeus
2010–2011Brazil Minas Tênis Clube
2011–2012Brazil RJX
2012–2013Poland ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
2013–2014Turkey Fenerbahçe Grundig
2014–2016Brazil Vôlei Taubaté
2016–2017Turkey Halkbank Ankara
2017–2019Brazil SESI São Paulo
2019–2020Brazil Vôlei Taubaté
2020–Japan JTEKT Stings
National team
2005–2018 Brazil
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place2014 Poland
Silver medal – second place2018 Italy/Bulgaria
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place2013 Japan
FIVB World League
Silver medal – second place2013 Mar del Plata
Silver medal – second place2014 Florence
Silver medal – second place2016 Kraków
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 Guadalajara
CSV South American Championship
Gold medal – first place2005 Lages
Gold medal – first place2013 Cabo Frio

Career

Season 2012/2013 spent as a player of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in Poland.[1][2] He won silver medal of Polish Championship and Polish Cup 2013. Individually was the best player of PlusLiga in season 2012/2013.[3] He was awarded: MVP and Best Spiker of Polish Cup,[4] Best Server of CEV Champions League 2012/2013.[5] In season 2013/2014 was a player of Fenerbahçe Grundig.[6][7] In 2014 came back to Brazilian club – Funvic Taubaté.[8]

Sporting achievements

Youth national team

Individual awards[12]

References
  1. Luiz Felipe Fonteles w ZAKSIE! Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine – zaksa.pl – 30-05-2012
  2. Felipe Fonteles potwierdza: odchodzi z ZAKSY! – sportowefakty.pl – 27-04-2013
  3. PlusLiga: Luis Felipe Fonteles najlepszym zawodnikiem sezonu 2012/2013 – eurosport.onet.pl – 09-05-2013
  4. Enea Cup Finał PP: Felipe Fonteles najlepszym zawodnikiem turnieju – plusliga.pl – 27-01-2013
  5. LM: Fonteles i Rouzier wyróżnieni – sport.wp.pl – 17-03-2013
  6. Getting to know: Brazil and Fenerbahce “iron man” Felipe Fonteles – cev.eu – 04-12-2013
  7. Fenerbahçe Grundig’de 4 oyuncu sağlık kontrolünden geçti – fenerbahce.org – 10-09-2013
  8. Felipe Fonteles wraca do Brazylii – czassiatkowki.pl – 01-06-2014
  9. "令和2年度 天皇杯・皇后杯 全日本バレーボール選手権大会 ファイナルラウンド組み合わせ（男子）" (PDF) (in Japanese). tk2020.jva.or.jp. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  10. "Men's final round -pdf.form A" (PDF) (in Japanese). tk2020.jva.or.jp. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  11. "Men's final round -pdf.form B" (PDF) (in Japanese). tk2020.jva.or.jp. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  12. "Luiz Felipe Fonteles » awards :". Volleybox. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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