ARG / Argentina
- Team Composition |
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Team manager |
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Head coach |
CICHELLO, Juan Manuel |
Assistant
coach |
ALVAREZ, Julián |
Doctor |
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Therapist /
trainer |
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Journalist |
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No. |
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Name |
Lastname |
Shirt Name |
Birthdate |
Height |
Weight |
Spike |
Block |
Club |
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Mauro |
Llanos |
Llanos
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4/05/1993 | 200 |
80 |
328 |
308 |
Ciudad de BolÃvar |
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2
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Luciano |
Verasio |
Verasio
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14/08/1993 |
189 |
78 |
324 |
296 |
Rosario Sonder Club |
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3
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Leonardo |
Plaza Gandini |
Plaza
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9/08/1992 | 188 |
86 |
335 |
315 |
Puerto San MartÃn |
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4
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Federico |
Martina |
Martina
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2/11/1992 |
202 |
97 |
350 |
320 |
Ciudad de Buenos Aires |
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5
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Gonzalo |
Lapera |
Lapera
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13/05/1993 | 185 |
75 |
336 |
304 |
Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires |
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6
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Ramiro |
Nuñez |
Nuñez
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15/03/1993 |
192 |
78 |
336 |
310 |
Rosario Sonder |
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7
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Marcelo |
Vaca Alvarez |
Vaca
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1/12/1992 | 183 |
84 |
326 |
308 |
River Plate - ARG |
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8
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Esteban |
MartÃnez |
Martinez
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9/05/1993 |
197 |
76 |
333 |
315 |
Club Ciudad De Bolivar |
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C |
9
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Gonzalo |
Quiroga |
Quiroga G
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25/02/1993 | 193 |
85 |
342 |
316 |
GKS KATOWICE |
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L |
10
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Tomas |
Ruiz |
Ruiz
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16/04/1992 |
175 |
65 |
306 |
286 |
Velez Sarsfield Club |
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11
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Ivan |
Postemsky |
Postemsky
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6/06/1992 | 202 |
98 |
322 |
310 |
UNTREF |
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12
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Ezequiel |
Palacios |
Palacios
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2/10/1992 |
198 |
95 |
345 |
325 |
Top Volley SRL |
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13
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Ezequiel |
Uriarte |
Uriarte
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10/09/1992 | 190 |
74 |
335 |
318 |
Ciudad de Buenos Aires Club |
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14
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Juan Pablo |
Perez |
Perez
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16/10/1992 |
174 |
68 |
308 |
284 |
Asoc. Manos Solidarias - ARG |
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15
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Marco |
Calderini |
Calderini
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13/06/1992 | 205 |
91 |
342 |
320 |
National Team |
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16
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Damian |
Villalba |
Villalba
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1/05/1992 |
197 |
88 |
340 |
312 |
Club de Amigos |
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17
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Mariano |
Monzón |
Monzon
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28/11/1993 | 199 |
98 |
328 |
308 |
Gimnasia y Esgrima V. P. |
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18
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Nicolas |
Mendez |
Mendez
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2/11/1992 |
191 |
90 |
340 |
326 |
AJACCIO |
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19
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Andres |
Bainotti |
Bainotti
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10/12/1992 | 198 |
85 |
333 |
309 |
Recreativo C. Areco - ARG |
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C=Captain
L=Libero |
Team profile |
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Argentina will arrive to the first Youth Olympic Games with great backing after winning their place at the competition with a gold medal at the 2008 Youth Boys South American Championship, defeating Brazil defending the title at the start of the year 2010 in Venezuela to show that they were the best team of the continent.
The team also won bronze at the 2009 FIVB Youth World Championship.
This team gathers talented players from all those titles. One name was in all three rosters: the young Gonzalo Quiroga, captain of the team. The San Juan province boy, together with the setter, Leonardo Plaza Gandini, head the team with this historical bronze.
Additionally Argentina stands at the top of the FIVB World Rankings for Junior and Youth boys teams.
The team has been working very hard and has played friendly matches against the Chile senior men's side and travelled to Europe to train against the Czech Republic.
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Coach profile |
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At Singapore, Juan Cichello will face a new experience as coach of Argentina, an Olympic one. He returns to the Argentine bench after coaching Villa MarÃa Team at the Argentine A1 Teams League, with a young roster and great results.
However, his greatest achievement in 2009 (and the most important of his career so far) was the bronze medal at FIVB Men's Junior World Championship in India, leading a tremendously skilled team to a first podium place.
That result, combined with the other bronze medal, at the FIVB Youth World Championships in Italy, catapulted Argentina to the top of the FIVB World Youth Rankings, ahead of powerhouses Russia, Brazil and Iran. Argentina also took over first place in South America, defeating Brazil once again at the Youth continental championship in Venezuela, in April 2010. Cichello was there too, but as part of the staff.
After making a living bringing along players at River Plate, Cichello took over as coach of the youth team in 2006, helping them qualify for both the Youth and Junior World Championships that year. The youth team finished fourth at their tournament in Mexico, while the Juniors finished fifth in Morocco in 2007.
In 2008, after coaching the youth boys team in the A2 League, Cichello took over the Junior Team during a tour of Europe prior to two historical tournaments for the Argentine youth teams. The Youth and Junior teams both won their respective South American Championships in Brazil, marking the first continental crown for the youth team.
A hard worker, Cichello is present at as many junior and youth tournaments he can attend, be they friendlies, national championships or Argentine Cups.
Prior to coaching Argentina, Cichello became Spanish Superliga Champion and Spanish King Cup winner as assistant coach to Marcelo Méndez at Son Amar Portol Palma.
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