TEAM COMPOSITION

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 PUR / Puerto Rico - Team Composition

 
Team manager Angel Rivera
Head coach Carlos Rodriguez
Assistant coach Ariel Diaz
Doctor
Therapist / trainer Juan Rivera Wharton
Journalist
 
    No.   Name Lastname Shirt Name Birthdate Height Weight Spike Block Club
  L 1 Jose Miguel Mulero Mulero 25.10.1991 170 63 298 284 National Team
  5   Pedro Nieves Nieves 29.06.1993 198 92 312 305 National Team
  C 7 Josue Rivera Rivera 14.04.1992 192 82 335 310 National Team
  8   Jose Ribas Ribas 31.12.1991 198 78 334 304 National Team
  9 Emanuel Romero Romero 16.07.1993 192 87 302 293 National Team
  10   Jorge Antonio Lopez Lopez 06.02.1992 188 75 320 314 Mayaguez
  11 Jedissan Agosto Agosto 24.10.1991 191 85 299 293 National Team
  12   Javier Perez Perez 14.03.1991 192 84 296 288 Guaynabo
  13 Ricardo Archilla Archilla 05.11.1991 198 88 342 306 National Team
  14   Brian Negron Negron 15.02.1996 199 88 302 297 National Team
  15 Steven Morales Morales 07.04.1992 195 82 346 317 Corozal
  16   Noah Emmanuel Marrero Marrero 07.11.1991 194 74 342 312 National Team
 C=Captain  L=Libero
 
Team profile
Puerto Rico has qualified for their first FIVB Volleyball Men’s Junior World Championships since 1997. The team qualified after beating Cuba in the third place match during last year's NORCECA Championship.

This year's team has very young athletes that will also be eligible for the 2011 Boys Youth World Championship in Argentina. The senior team of Puerto Rico is currently ranked 16th in the FIVB World Ranking and play in the FIVB Volleyball World League for the first time this year.The Junior Team is an essential part of the Puerto Rico National Program.

Prof. Carlos Rodríguez is the coach with his experience in previous Boy’s Youth World Championships (2003, 2005, 2007).
Coach profile
Rodriguez is the youngest coaches in the history of Puerto Rico National Team. But this not is its first World Championship. He participates with coach in the 2007 FIVB Boys' Youth World Championship, also assistant coach in 2003 & 2009 Boys' Youth WC in Thailand and Italy.

The young coach goal is to equal or surpass the best performance of the National Team in this category.

“This team work hard. Also we have been able to evaluate the players with the Pan American Cup will hel las June in Panama” Rodriguez explains.

Also Rodriguez led the Volleyball School in hometown Caguas and has coaching experience in Puerto Rico National League, men's and women's.

"Our goals is advance to fist 8 qualification round, our pool is hard but not impossible."