RODRIGO SANTANA (RODRIGÃO) – MIDDLE-BLOCKER

Height: 2,05m

Weight: 85 Kg

Date of birth: 17/04/79

Born in: São Paulo (SP)

In the World League, Rodrigão has six titles (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007), one silver medal (2002), and other bronze medal (2000). He played in the team that won the World Cup (2003). In 2004, he won the gold medal in the Olympic Games, in Athens, and in the following Olympic Games, in Beijing, got the silver. He was Youth and Junior South American champion, in 96. In the last season, he played at Macerata, Italy. He has two world titles, in 2002 and 2006. In 2007, he was the champion of the World Cup, the Pan-American Games, and of the South American Championship, in Chile, where he was elected as the best attacker. In 2008, Rodrigao recovered from a knee injury and got the second place in America’s Cup.