TEAM COMPOSITION

BRA / Brazil - Team Composition

Team manager	Leonardo Moraes
Head coach	Jose Roberto Guimaraes
Assistant coach	Paulo Barros
Doctor	Julio Cesar Nardelli
Therapist / trainer	Claudio Pinheiro
Journalist	Vicente Condorelli

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
C	1	Fabiana	Claudino	Fabiana	24.01.1985	193	76	314	293
	2	Juciely Cristina	Barreto	Juciely	18.12.1980	184	71	312	289
	3	Danielle	Lins	Dani Lins	05.01.1985	181	68	290	276
	4	Paula	Pequeno	PAULA	22.01.1982	184	74	302	285
	5	Adenizia	Da Silva	Adenizia	18.12.1986	185	63	312	290
	6	Thaisa	Daher Pallesi	Thaisa	15.05.1987	196	79	316	301
	7	Marianne	Steinbrecher	MARI	23.08.1983	188	70	310	290
	10	Welissa	Gonzaga	Sassá	09.09.1982	179	76	300	287
	11	Tandara	Caixeta	Tandara	30.10.1988	184	87	305	297
	13	Sheilla	Castro De Paula Blassioli	Sheilla	01.07.1983	185	64	302	284
L	14	Fabiana	Oliveira	Fabí	07.03.1980	169	59	276	266
	16	Fernanda	Rodrigues	Fe Garay	10.05.1986	179	74	308	288
	17	Josefa	Almeida de Sousa Alves	Fabiola	03.02.1983	183	79	292	277
	18	Camila	Brait	C. Brait	28.10.1988	170	58	271	256

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Brazil have achieved a lot since José Roberto Guimarães started as coach in 2003. In his first year, the team won South American Championship gold and silver at the FIVB World Cup. The following season, Brazil won the FIVB World Grand Prix and placed fourth at the Athens Olympics. In 2005, they won the Montreux Volley Masters, the FIVB World Grand Prix, the South American Championship and the FIVB Grand Champions Cup.

They had an exceptional year in 2008, clinching their first Olympic gold medal in Beijing and seventh FIVB World Grand Prix title. They maintained this form in 2009 despite a number of changes in the squad, winning the Montreux Volley Masters, the Pan American Cup, the FIVB World Grand Prix, the Final Four tournament and the South American Championship.

In 2010, silver medals at the FIVB World Grand Prix and FIVB World Championship had the world No. 1 hungry to return to the top of the podium. Despite a silver at the FIVB World Grand Prix this year they still managed gold at the Pan American Cup, South American Championship and Pan American Games, where key wing spiker Jaqueline Carvalho suffered a nasty head injury. Despite this unsettling news, Brazil still start as one of the favourites.

Coach profile

José Roberto “Ze Roberto” Guimarães twice won the South American Championship and finished seventh at the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a player. He started coaching Eletropaulo’s women’s team in 1988 and was soon an assistant on the men’s national team which won gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He has coached the Brazil women since 2003. His great tactical mind has led Brazil to success after success, culminating in the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for which he was named Coach of the Year in Brazil.