Alain Roca

Alain Roca Borrero (born September 7, 1976) is a volleyball player from Cuba. A two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), he was honoured as Best Setter at the 2001 Volleyball America's Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Cuba finished in second place.

Alain Roca

Roca in 2011
Personal information
Born	September 7, 1976 (age 44) Havana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
Website	AlainRoca.com
Medal record Men’s Volleyball Representing  Cuba World Championship 1998 Japan Team Competition World Grand Champions Cup 2001 Japan Team Competition

As of 2012–2013 he was playing on Fakel Novy Urengoy

Honours

• 1995: Start in the National Team of Cuba
  • Preolympic Games- Calgary, Canada (gold medal)
• 1996: World League – Rotterdam, Holland (4th place) and "Best Service"
  • Olympic Games – Atlanta, USA (6th place)
• 1997: World League – Moscow, Russia (silver medal)
  • World Grand Champions Cup – Japan (bronze medal)
  • Norceca Championship – Puerto Rico (gold medal)
• 1998: World League – Milan, Italy (gold medal)
  • World Champion – Japan (bronze medal) and "2nd Best Receiver"
  • Season 98-99 Cuneo, Italy (4th place)
  • Italy Cup – (Gold Medal) and "Record Speed Service"
  • Cope delle Coppe Europe – (silver medal)
  • Centroamerican Games – Maracaibo, Venezuela (gold medal)
  • America Cup – Argentina (bronze medal)
  • Norceca Championship – Monterrey, Mexico (silver medal)
• 1999: World League – Argentina (silver medal)
  • World Cup – Japan (silver medal)
  • Season 99-00 Montichiari, Italy
  • Italy Cup – (silver medal)
  • America Cup – Tampa; Orlando, USA (bronze medal)
• 2000: America Cup – São Paulo, Brazil (gold medal)
  • Olympic Games – Sydney, Australia (7th place)
• 2001: Norceca Championship – Barbados (gold medal) "Best Setter" and "Best Service"
  • America Cup – Argentina (silver medal) and "Best Setter"
  • World Grand Champions Cup – Japan (gold medal) and "Best Setter"
• 2002: World League Participation – National Team of Cuba
• 2007-2008: Tigre Unisul, Brazil
  • Minero Championship (silver medal)
  • Santa Catarina State Championship (gold medal)
  • Super League (4th place)
• 2008-2009: Tigre Unisul, Brazil
  • Santa Catarina State Championship (silver medal)
  • Super League (4th place)
• 2009-2010: Pinheiros-SKY, Brazil
  • Super League (bronze medal)
• 2010-2011: Halkbank Sport Club, Ankara-Turkey
  • Turkey Championship (third place)
• 2011: August to 30 December: Top Volley Andreoli Latina, Italy
  • "All Star Volley" Marcelo Gabana in Memorial
• 2012: 31 December to 30 April: Ural-Ufa Volley, Russia
  • Russia Championship (5th place)
• 2012-2013: Club Fakel Novy Urengoy- Russia
  • Siberian Cup (bronze medal)
  • Russia Championship (5th place)
• Individual Titles: Best Service- World League 1996 (Rotterdam, Holland)
  • 2nd Best Reception- World Cup 1998 (Japan)
  • Record Speed Service (117 km/h) – Italy Cup 1999 (Rome, Italy)
  • Best Setter – Championship Norceca 2001 (Barbados)
  • Best Service – Championship Norceca 2001 (Barbados)
  • Best Setter – America Cup 2001 (Argentina)
  • Best setter – World Grand Championship Cup 2001 (Japan)
  • "All Star Volley" Marcelo Gabana in Memorial 2011 (Monza, Italy)

References

• FIVB Profile
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alain Roca". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Alain Roca official website

External link

Alain Roca website