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Brazilian volleyball player

Sérgio Santos
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Serginho at the 2016 Olympics
Full name Sérgio Dutra dos Santos
Nickname Serginho
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 (age 47)
Diamante do Norte, Brazil[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)[2]
Spike 325 cm (128 in)
Block 310 cm (120 in)
Position Libero
Current club retired
Number 10
Last updated: 24 August 2016

Sérgio Dutra dos Santos, known as Serginho or Escadinha (born 15 October 1975) is a former Brazilian volleyball player. As a member of Brazil men’s national volleyball team, he won gold medals at the 2004 and 2016 Olympics and silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 editions.

Additionally, he’s a two-time World Champion (2006, 2010) and a multimedalist of the World League, South American Championship, World Cup and the Grand Champions Cup. In 2009 he became the first libero to be named Most Valuable Player in the history of the FIVB World League.[3]

Medal ceremony at 2016 Olympics.

He is widely regarded as one of the best liberos of all time and is unquestionably the best libero of the 2000s, with more awards than any other libero. Known for his outstanding service reception and digging capabilities, teams often attempt to avoid Sergio when serving. Beyond his defensive abilities, he is also capable of running the offense as a ‘second setter’ if the setter is forced to make the first contact. This is in large part due to Sergio playing the setting position while growing up and subbing in as a setter for his professional club teams over the years.

Sergio is multimedialist of every volleyball tournament in the 2000s. He is seven-time South American Champion and he won with Brazil every South American Championship during his whole career in the national team. In 2002 and 2006 he achieved titles of World Champion. During his career, he achieved 7 gold and 3 silver medals of FIVB World League.
In his achievements are also medals in World Cup, World Grand Champions Cup, and Pan American Games.

In 2004 he became an Olympic Champion for the first time. However, in the next two Olympics, the Brazilian national volleyball team won silver medals only.[4] Serginho semi-retired from the national team after the 2012 Olympics, and returned only for the 2015 World League.[5] After that he declined to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but was persuaded by Bernardinho to return. Bernardinho claimed that, while Serginho no longer had the agility that made him famous, he had experience and maturity to lead the team during a tournament that would certainly be rife with pressure on the Brazilian team, since they were playing on their country and coming from two losses on previous Olympics. Serginho was essential to motivate his team against France. They were losing, and on a break, Serginho told his colleagues that, while they all had at least one more chance at going to the Olympics, he didn’t – those would be his last Olympic Games. Eventually, Brazil won the gold medal against Italy, and Serginho was acclaimed by the cheering fans, who called him king.[6] After the match against Italy, Serginho was named the tournament’s most valued player.[7] He announced after the Rio finals against Italy he will play professionally for two more years.

Sporting achievements[edit]

Clubs[edit]

CEV Champions League[edit]

CEV Top Teams Cup[edit]

National championships[edit]

  • 1993/1994 Silver medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with SE Palmeiras
  • 1994/1995 Bronze medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with SE Palmeiras
  • 2001/2002 Silver medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with CRET São Caetano
  • 2002/2003 Bronze medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with CRET São Caetano
  • 2004/2005 Bronze medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Copra Piacenza
  • 2006/2007 Silver medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Copra Piacenza
  • 2007/2008 Silver medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Copra Piacenza
  • 2010/2011 Gold medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with SESI São Paulo
  • 2012/2013 Bronze medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with SESI São Paulo
  • 2013/2014 Silver medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with SESI São Paulo
  • 2014/2015 Silver medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with SESI São Paulo

National team[edit]

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