TEAM COMPOSITION

BRA / Brazil - Team Composition

Team manager	Jose Salles Neto
Head coach	Bernardo Rezende
Assistant coach	Roberley Leonaldo
Doctor	Ney Amaral
Therapist / trainer	Guilherme Tenius
Journalist	Clarissa Laurence

	No.		Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	F	Bruno	Rezende	Bruno	02.07.1986	190	76	323	302
	2		William	Arjona	William	31.07.1979	185	78	300	295
	3		Eder	Carbonera	Eder	19.10.1983	204	101	350	330
	4	F	Wallace	de Souza	Wallace	26.06.1987	198	87	344	318
	5	F	Sidnei	dos Santos Jr.	Sidão	09.07.1982	203	98	344	318
	6	F	Leandro	Vissotto Neves	Vissotto	30.04.1983	212	97	370	345
C	7	F	Gilberto	Godoy Filho	Giba	23.12.1976	192	85	325	312
	8	F	Murilo	Endres	Murilo	03.05.1981	190	76	343	319
	9		Theo	Lopes	Theo	31.08.1983	199	80	345	324
L	10	F	Sérgio Dutra	Santos	Sérgio	15.10.1975	184	78	325	310
	11	F	Thiago Soares	Alves	Thiago	26.07.1986	194	88	330	308
	12		Marlon	Muraguti Yared	Marlon	27.07.1977	188	82	310	289
	13		Gustavo	Endres	Gustavo	23.08.1975	203	98	337	325
	14	F	Rodrigo	Santana	Rodrigão	17.04.1979	205	85	350	328
	15		João Paulo	Bravo Pereira	Bravo	07.01.1979	190	87	340	320
	16	F	Lucas	Saatkamp	Lucas	06.03.1986	209	101	340	321
	17	F	Ricardo	Garcia	Ricardo	19.11.1975	191	89	337	320
	18	F	Dante	Amaral	Dante	30.09.1980	201	86	345	327
	19	F	Mario	da Silva Pedreira Junior	Mario	03.05.1982	192	91	330	321
	20		Raphael	Vieira de Oliveira	Raphael	14.06.1979	190	82	330	306
	21		Fabricio Stevens Finoti	Dias	Lorena	12.01.1979	199	95	345	325
	22	F	Ricardo	Lucarelli Santos de Souza	Lucarelli	14.02.1992	195	79	338	308
	23		Henrique Zech Coelho Van	Randow	Henrique	05.04.1978	201	88	337	320
	24		Renan	Buiatti	Renan	10.01.1990	212	85	330	314
	25		Mauricio	Borges Almeida Silva	Mauricio	04.02.1989	199	99	335	315

C=Captain L=Libero F=Players selected for the Finals in Sofia, Bulgaria

Team profile

Brazil have been one of the strongest teams in volleyball history and the world No. 1 will be eager to win back their World League crown after losing out to Russia in the 2011 final. Their recent success has coincided with Bernardinho's sparkling 11-year run as coach.

In 2003, he guided the team to 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. The 2011 World Cup was a disappointing outing by Brazil’s standards as they struggled, eventually edging bronze and a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games. They will hope to use this year’s World League to build momentum as they aim for a third Olympic gold after being denied by USA in 2008.

Coach profile

Bernardo “Bernardinho” Rezende is a former setter who finished fifth at the 1980 Olympics and won silver at the 1982 World Championships 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.