TEAM COMPOSITION

BRA / Brazil - Team Composition

Team manager	Mariana d'Aragona
Head coach	Bernardo Rezende
Assistant coach	Roberley Leonaldo
Doctor	Alvaro Chamecki
Therapist / trainer	José Salles Neto
Journalist	Clarissa Laurence

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Bruno	Rezende	Bruno	02.07.1986	190	76	323	302
	4	Wallace	De Souza	Wallace	26.06.1987	198	87	344	318
	5	Sidnei	Dos Santos Jr.	Sidão	09.07.1982	203	98	344	318
	6	Leandro	Vissotto Neves	Vissotto	30.04.1983	212	97	370	345
C	7	Gilberto	Godoy Filho	Giba	23.12.1976	192	85	325	312
	8	Murilo	Endres	Murilo	03.05.1981	190	76	343	319
	9	Theo	Lopes	Lopes	31.08.1983	199	80	345	324
L	10	Sérgio Dutra	Santos	Sérgio	15.10.1975	184	78	325	310
	13	Gustavo	Endres	Gustavo	23.08.1975	203	98	337	325
	14	Rodrigo	Santana	Rodrigão	17.04.1979	205	85	350	328
	15	João Paulo	Bravo Pereira	Bravo	07.01.1979	190	87	340	320
	16	Lucas	Saatkamp	Lucas	06.03.1986	209	101	340	321
	17	Marlon	Muraguti Yared	Marlon	27.07.1977	188	82	310	289
	18	Dante	Amaral	Dante	30.09.1980	201	86	345	327

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Brazil have been one of the strongest teams in volleyball history and the world No. 1 will be favourites to defend their crown in Japan this year. Their recent success has coincided with Bernardinho's sparkling 10-year run as coach. He has led the team to a string of victories, including first place in the 2001 and 2003 editions of the FIVB World League and the gold medal at the 2002 FIVB World Championship.

In 2003, he guided the team to further titles in the FIVB World League and the FIVB World Cup and, in 2004, Brazil claimed their fourth FIVB World League title and second Olympic gold medal. They won the FIVB World League again in 2005 and took gold at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup later in the year. After winning the FIVB World League in 2006, as well as the FIVB World Championship title, they followed up by winning the FIVB World League and FIVB World Cup in 2007.

Their run of success was halted in 2008, but they took the FIVB World League again in 2009 and 2010, in addition to the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup. They capped off 2010 by winning the FIVB World Championship in Italy before adding a silver medal in the 2011 FIVB World League earlier this year, going down in the final to Russia. Now one waits to see if this majestic team can return to the summit.

Coach profile

Bernardinho is a former setter who finished fifth at the 1980 Olympics and won silver at the 1982 World Champs and 1984 Olympics. As a coach, he worked in Italy before taking the helm of the Brazil women’s team from 1994 to 2000. He led them to two Olympic bronze medals and two World Grand Prix titles. His success continued after switching to the men’s team in 2001 with Olympic gold in 2004 and silver in 2008, three World Champs titles, eight World League crowns, two World Cup titles and two World Grand Champions Cup gold medals.