TEAM COMPOSITION

POR / Portugal

Team manager	Nuno NUNES
Coach	Flavio GULINELLI
Assistant coach	Hugo SILVA
Doctor	Daniel SOARES
Physiotherapist	Nelson LEITAO

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	1	Marcel	KELLER GIL	Marcel	08.05.1990	206	94	332	310	RWE Volleys Bottrop
	2	Carlos	Teixeira	Teixeira	11.03.1976	184	84	311	293	Stade Poitevin Poitiers
	3	Manuel	Silva	M. Silva	28.12.1973	192	96	345	325	AJF Bastardo
	4	Joao	Malveiro	Malveiro	08.12.1979	198	90	341	337	SC Espinho
	5	Marco	Ferreira	Marco	04.10.1987	202	94	332	327	BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte
	6	Alexandre	Ferreira	Alex	13.11.1991	203	87	319	299	BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte
L	7	Ivo	Casas	Ivo	21.09.1992	182	71	290	278	Castelo Maia GC
	8	Tiago	DA SILVA VIOLAS	Violas	27.03.1989	193	82	326	303	Jastrzebski Wegiel AS
	9	Nuno	ARAUJO PINHEIRO	Pinheiro	31.12.1984	193	89	327	315	Tours VB
	10	Filipe	Pinto	F. Pinto	26.02.1991	194	85	335	314	SC Espinho
	11	Carlos	Fidalgo	Fidalgo	16.05.1987	198	95	343	337	Vitoria SC
C	12	Joao	Jose	J. Jose	07.06.1978	195	87	352	345	VFB Friedrichshafen
	13	Valdir	Sequeira	Valdir	22.11.1981	196	86	351	344	SK Posojilnica Aich/Dob
	14	Flavio	Cruz	Flavio	28.08.1982	195	86	348	341	SL Benfica
	15	Rui	BOTAS DOS SANTOS	Ruca	24.03.1984	203	98	343	331	Chenois Volleyball Club
	16	Hugo	Gaspar	H. Gaspar	02.09.1982	200	83	354	343	SL Benfica
	17	Miguel	Rodrigues	Miguel	02.03.1993	191	68	305	293	SL Benfica
	18	Andre	REIS LOPES	Andre	12.09.1982	193	86	342	332	Chaumont VB 52
	19	Rui	Moreira	Moreira	07.12.1985	182	81	300	290	GC Vilacondense
	20	Nuno	Silva	N. Silva	03.02.1993	203	99	330	318	SC Espinho
	21	Jose	Gomes	Gomes	21.10.1994	198	90	327	307	GC Vilacondense
	22	Pedro	Figueiredo	Pedro	09.08.1986	197	75	335	328	AA Espinho
	23	Carlos	Liborio	Liborio	07.07.1990	197	87	319	313	SC Caldas
	24	Joao	Coelho	Joao	24.06.1981	185	90	305	300	SL Benfica
	25	Nuno	Pereira	Nuno	20.01.1989	203	95	325	308	SC Caldas

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Portugal has seen moderate success on the continental stage in recent years. They hosted the Final Four of the European League in 2009 and took the bronze medal.

In 2010, Portugal achieved their best ever record, winning 18 and losing two matches out of 20, triumphing in the European League with a 3-1 win over Spain.

Portugal participated in the World League for the first time in 1999 and shocked everyone as they beat Cuba and pushed Argentina and France. In the 2005 World League, Portugal achieved their best ever result, finishing fifth and beating Brazil in straight sets. In 2006, under the direction of Brazilian Francisco dos Santos, Portugal participated in their seventh World League, and a year later they hosted the Final Four of the European League when they came close to claiming their first international trophy, but ended up losing 3-2 to Spain in the final.

Last year the team returned to the World League, but after a strong start with wins over Serbia and Finland, they failed to progress, finishing 14th.

Under coach Flavio Gulinelli, the team aims to qualify for the European Championship and the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World League.

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