Sérgio Santos (volleyball)

Sérgio Dutra dos Santos, known as Serginho or Escadinha (born 15 October 1975) is a former Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and a former player of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista restructured volleyball team, his beloved club,[3] 2004 and 2016 Olympic Champion, double silver medalist of the Olympic Games (2008, 2012), World Champion (2006, 2010), multimedalist of the World League, South American Championship, World Cup and the Grand Champions Cup, 2011 Brazil Champion. In 2009 he became the first libero to be named Most Valuable Player in the history of the FIVB World League.[4]

Serginho during match of 2012 FIVB World League.
Sérgio Santos with teammates Wallace de Souza, Maurício Souza during match with France at 2016 Olympics in Rio.
The finale with Italy at 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Medal ceremony at 2016 Olympics.
This article is about the volleyball player. For other people with similar names, see Sergio Santos (disambiguation).
Sérgio Santos
Serginho at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameSérgio Dutra dos Santos
NicknameSerginho
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1975-10-15) 15 October 1975
Nova Londrina, Brazil[1]
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight78 kg (172 lb)[2]
Spike325 cm (128 in)
Block310 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubretired
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
1992–1997SE Palmeiras
1997–1999CRET São Caetano
1999–2000EC União Suzano
2000–2004EC Banespa
2004–2008Copra Berni Piacenza
2008–2010BVC São Bernardo
2010–2017SESI São Paulo
2017–2019Corinthians/Guarulhos
2019–2020Ribeirão Preto Vôlei
National team
2001–2016Brazil
Honours
Men's Volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 2 0
World Championship 2 0 0
World Grand Champions Cup 2 0 0
World Cup 2 0 1
World League 7 3 0
South American Championship 7 0 0
Pan American Games 1 0 1
America's Cup 1 2 0
Total 24 7 2
Olympic Games
2004 AthensTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2008 BeijingTeam
2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
2002 Argentina
2006 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
2005 Japan
2009 Japan
World League
2001 Katowice
2003 Madrid
2004 Rome
2005 Belgrade
2006 Moscow
2007 Katowice
2009 Belgrade
2002 Belo Horizonte
2011 Gdańsk
2016 Kraków
World Cup
2003 Japan
2007 Japan
2011 Japan
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2003 Santo DomingoTeam
South American Championship
2001 Colombia
2003 Brazil
2005 Brazil
2007 Chile
2009 Colombia
2011 Brazil
2015 Brazil
Last updated: 24 August 2016

Career

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.[5] Serginho semi-retired from the national team after the 2012 Olympics, and returned only for the 2015 World League.[6] 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.[7] After the match against Italy, Serginho was named the tournament's most valued player.[8] He announced after the Rio finals against Italy he will play professionally for two more years.

Sporting achievements

CEV Champions League

CEV Top Teams Cup

National championships

National team

Individual

References
  1. Serginho. Brazilian Olympic Committee
  2. Sergio Dutra Santos. rio2016.com
  3. Globo Esporte, Globo (22 June 2017). "Destaques do Corinthians no vôlei, Sidão e Serginho fazem primeiras avaliações". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). GE. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  4. Brazil is 2009 World League champion – fivb.org – 26-07-2009
  5. Escadinha. sports-reference.com
  6. Sergio Dutra Santos. nbcolympics.com
  7. BRAZIL MAKE TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE TOP OF THE PODIUM – fivb.org – 21-08-2016
  8. RIO 2016 M: MVP award goes to Serginho! – worldofvolley.com – 21-08-2016
Awards
Preceded by
?		 Best Digger of
FIVB World League
2002
2003		 Succeeded by
Teodor Salparov
Preceded by
Pavel Abramov		 Best Digger of
FIVB World League
2003		 Succeeded by
Dante Amaral
Preceded by
–		 Best Libero of
FIVB World Cup
2003
2007		 Succeeded by
Ren Qi
Preceded by
Vasa Mijić		 Best Digger
Olympic Games
Athens 2004		 Succeeded by
Aleksey Verbov
Preceded by
Pablo Meana		 Best Receiver
Olympic Games
Athens 2004		 Succeeded by
Michał Winiarski
Preceded by
–		 Best Libero
Olympic Games
Athens 2004		 Succeeded by
Mirko Corsano
Preceded by
Lloy Ball		 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World League
2009		 Succeeded by
Murilo Endres
Preceded by
–		 Best Receiver of
FIVB World Cup
2011		 Succeeded by
–
Preceded by
Markus Steuerwald		 Best Libero
Olympic Games
Rio 2016		 Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
Murilo Endres		 Most Valuable Player
Olympic Games
Rio 2016		 Succeeded by
TBD
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