Ana Carolina da Silva

Ana Carolina da Silva (born 8 April 1991 in Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Brazil women's national volleyball team.[1]

Ana Carolina da Silva
Personal information
Full nameAna Carolina da Silva
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1991-04-08) April 8, 1991
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Spike290 cm (110 in)
Block290 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubPraia Clube
Number15
National team
2014 –Brazil
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing  Brazil
World Championship
2014 ItalyTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2017 Japan Team
Nations League
2019 NanjingTeam
World Grand Prix
2014 TokyoTeam
2017 NanjingTeam
2015 OmahaTeam
Montreux Volley Masters
2017 SwitzerlandTeam
South American Championship
2015 Cartagena
2017 Cali
2019 Cajamarca
Last updated: 1 September 2019

Career

Da Silva won the silver medal and the Best Middle Blocker award at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Unilever Vôlei.[2] Da Silva played with her national team,[3] winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship[4] when her team defeated Italy 3-2 in the bronze medal match.[5]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, da Silva played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich,[6] Nonetheless, she won the tournament's Best Blocker award along with the Croatian Maja Poljak.[7] She averaged 1.07 stuff blocks per set, just behind Poljak who blocked 1.19.[8]

She won the 2017 South American Championship Best Middle Blocker award.[9] and later the 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup Best Middle Blocker award.[10]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References
  1. "Carol" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  2. "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. "Team Roster – Brazil". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. "USA win first World Championship title, China and Brazil complete the podium". Milan, Italy: FIVB. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  5. Carneiro, Leandro (12 October 2014). "Brasil passa sufoco e quase toma virada, mas conquista bronze ante Itália". UOL (in Portuguese). Milan, Italy. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  6. "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  7. "Eczacibasi from the top of Europe to the top of the world". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  8. "Repeat awards for Carol and Fabiola at Zurich 2015". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  9. "Brasil suma su 20º título y clasifica al Mundial de Japón en el sudamericano de Cali" (in Spanish). CSV. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  10. "China clinch second FIVB World Grand Champions Cup title". Nagoya, Japan: FIVB. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
Awards
Preceded by
Not awarded
-
Thaísa Menezes
Regina Moroz		 Best Middle Blocker of
FIVB Club World Championship
2013
ex aequo Christiane Fürst
2015
ex aequo Maja Poljak		 Succeeded by
Thaísa Menezes
Regina Moroz
-
Foluke Akinradewo
Milena Rašić
Preceded by
Hui Ruoqi		 Most Valuable Player of
Montreux Volley Masters
2017		 Succeeded by
Paola Egonu
Preceded by
Zhang Xiaoya and
Hattaya Bamrungsuk		 Best Middle Blocker of
Montreux Volley Masters
2017
ex aequo Marie Schölzel		 Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
Iuliia Morozova and
Pleumjit Thinkaow		 Best Middle Blocker of
World Grand Champions Cup
2017
ex aequo Yuan Xinyue		 Succeeded by
TBD
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