Leandro Vissotto

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vissotto and the second or paternal family name is Neves.

Leandro Vissotto
Personal information
Full name	Leandro Vissotto Neves
Born	(1983-04-30) April 30, 1983 (age 41) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Spike	378 cm (149 in)
Block	348 cm (137 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite spiker
Current team	Funvic Taubaté
Number	8
Career
Years Teams 1999–2000 Flamengo 2000–2002 EC Unisul 2002–2004 EC União Suzano 2004–2005 EC Unisul 2005–2006 Minas Tênis Clube 2006–2007 Top Volley Latina 2007–2008 Taranto Volley 2008–2010 Itas Diatec Trentino 2010–2011 Vôlei Futuro 2011–2012 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 2012–2013 Ural Ufa 2013–2014 Rio de Janeiro Vôlei 2014–2014 Suwon KEPCO Vixtorm 2014–2016 JT Thunders 2016 Al Arabi 2016–2017 Gi Group Monza 2017–2018 Vôlei Renata 2018–2020 Funvic Taubaté
National team
2001–2016  Brazil
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Brazil Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 0 World Championship 1 1 0 World Cup 0 0 1 World Grand Champions Cup 1 0 0 World League 4 3 0 South American Championship 2 0 0 Total 8 5 1 Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championship 2010 Italy Team 2014 Poland Team World Cup 2011 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 2009 Japan Team World League 2003 Madrid Team 2006 Moscow Team 2009 Belgrade Team 2010 Córdoba Team 2011 Gdańsk Team 2013 Mar del Plata Team 2014 Florence Team South American Championship 2009 Bogotá Team 2013 Cabo Frio Team
Last updated: 8 September 2018

Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic.^[1] Vissotto is a winner silver medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, World Champion 2010, silver medalist of the 2014 World Championship, bronze medalist of the 2011 World Cup, multimedalist of the World League, 2015 Japanese Champion, 2018 Brazilian Superliga Champion and MVP of final .

Personal life

Vissotto was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is married to Nathalia. In August 2010 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Catharina. On September 7, 2013 their second daughter, Victoria, was born in Belo Horizonte.^[2]

Career

National team

On October 10, 2010 Brazil, including Vissotto, won a title of World Champion 2010.^[3][4] On August 12, 2012 Vissotto and his team mates lost in the final of Olympic Games with Russia (2-3) and achieved a silver medal, although Vissotto missed the final due to injury.^[5] On September 21, 2014 his national team lost with Poland in final of the World Championship 2014 (1-3) and Vissotto achieved his second medal of World Championship, this time it was silver.^[6]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

• 2008/2009 - with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2009/2010 - with Itas Diatec Trentino

FIVB Club World Championship

• Qatar 2009 - with Itas Diatec Trentino

AVC Asian Club Championship

• 2016 - with Al Arabi Qatar

National championships

• 2005/2006 Brazilian Championship, with Minas Tênis Clube
• 2008/2009 Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2009/2010 Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2009/2010 Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
• 2010/2011 Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Futuro
• 2012/2013 Russian Championship, with Ural Ufa
• 2014/2015 Japanese Championship, with JT Thunders
• 2018/2019 Brazilian Superliga, with Funvic Taubaté

National team

• 2000 CSV U19 South American Championship
• 2000 FIVB U19 World Championship
• 2001 FIVB U21 World Championship
• 2009 FIVB World League
• 2009 South American Championship
• 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
• 2010 FIVB World League
• 2010 FIVB World Championship
• 2011 FIVB World League
• 2011 FIVB World Cup
• 2012 Olympic Games
• 2013 FIVB World League
• 2013 South American Championship
• 2014 FIVB World League
• 2014 FIVB World Championship

Individually

• 2008 Serie A1 - Best Scorer
• 2010 Coppa Italia - Final Four Most Valuable Player
• 2016 Asian Club Championship - Best Middle Blocker

References

1. Keith, Braden (26 January 2017). "Al Arabi Sends Olympic Silver Medalist Leandro Visotto Back to Italy". VolleyMob. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
2. Leandro Vissotto po raz drugi został ojcem Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine - s-w-o.pl - 11-09-2013
3. Brazil continue golden reign with third world crown - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
4. Brazil Men's World Champions for third time running - fivb.org - 10-10-2010
5. "Russia beats Brazil for men's gold". ESPN. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
6. Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil - fivb.org - 21-09-2014

External links

• Leandro Vissotto at FIVB.com
• Leandro Vissotto at FIVB.org World Championships 2010
• Leandro Vissotto Neves at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Leandro Vissotto Neves at Olympics.com
• Leandro Vissotto Neves at Olympic.org (archived)
• Leandro Vissotto at Olympedia (archive)
• Leandro Vissotto at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)