TEAM COMPOSITION

 ESP / Spain - Team Composition

 
Team manager MUCHAGA FLORES, Luis Fernando
Head coach MALDONADO BROOMAN, Ricardo
Assistant coach RIVERA RODRÍGUEZ, Miguel
Doctor VALLEJO CASAS, Juan Antonio
Therapist / trainer ETEMAD ARROYO, Omid
Journalist MARTIN ASTILLEROS, Eduardo
 
    No.   Name Lastname Shirt Name Birthdate Height Weight Spike Block Club
  1 Jesús MONTERO MONTERO 25.02.1993 183 72 336 325 Probisa UMA Pizarra
  2   Ángel TRINIDAD TRINIDAD 27.03.1993 191 71 336 325 UNICAJA ALMERIA
  3 Guillermo LOECHES Loeches 20.08.1996 181 62 306 297 C.V. Alcalá
  4   Sergio RAMÍREZ Ramírez 02.06.1994 188 69 316 305 UPV Conqueridor
  L 5 Víctor Manuel CABRERA Cabrera 23.09.1993 179 69 316 309 C.V. San Roque
  6   Enrique DE DIEGO De Diego 18.05.1994 196 81 332 324 C. Voley Guada
  7 Daniel MUÑOZ Muñoz 08.04.1994 195 88 336 326 C.V. Utrera
  8   Víctor DIEZ Diez 01.04.1994 187 81 328 320 Universidad de Burgos
  9 Alejandro VIGIL Vigil 11.02.1993 204 89 334 325 CyL Palencia 2012
  C 10   Andrés J. VILLENA VILLENA 27.02.1993 195 78 352 341 UNICAJA ALMERIA
  11 Jose Maria CASTELLANO Castellano 25.01.1995 191 68 338 325 C.V. Caravaca
  12   Gerard OSORIO Osorio 29.03.1993 200 89 342 331 C.N. Sabadell
  13 Alejandro DEL AGUILA Del Aguila 10.06.1994 195 73 332 321 C.V. Almería
  14   Miguel Angel FORNES FORNES 06.09.1993 200 84 350 339 C.V. SAN ROQUE
  15 Alejandro SAN MARTÍN San Martín 29.09.1994 180 73 310 301 C.V. Alcalá
  16   Manuel BARRIOS Barrios 13.02.1994 196 92 320 311 A.D. Cáceres
  17 Carlos JIMÉNEZ Jiménez 12.08.1995 192 65 320 309 S.D.Voleibol Petrer
  18   Juan Manuel GONZÁLEZ González 11.01.1994 191 80 330 318 C.V. Utrera
  19 Jose María GIMÉNEZ Giménez 01.04.1995 187 70 320 312 C. Voleadores Cieza
 C=Captain  L=Libero
 
Team profile
The Youth National Team is giving continuity to the good project started by the Junior National Team, with the good performance in the 2011 CEV Youth European Championship, which was held in Ankara (Turkey) last april, where they reached the fifth place after an incredible overcome, winning five games in a row after the two starting defeats, including a straight-sets-win against the French runners-up. The expectations are prudent, after a really tough draw, where the young Spanish players will face current World Champions (Serbia) and runners-up (Iran).
Coach profile

Ricardo Maldonado Brooman. I was born in 1956 in Córdoba (Argentina)

I Started my sporting career as a qualified P.E. Teacher in 1979.

In 1980/1981 I qualified to be a professional Volleyball coach.

In my career so far I have trained the Argentinian clubs at all levels (including the Boca Juniors) and the National Youth and Junior teams, club teams in the first and second divisions in Italy, a first división club team for six years in Spain (Numancia in Soria) and currently the Youth and Junior Spanish National teams.

My coaching achievements include  two League titles in Argentina (1989/ 1991) ; a League Cup in Italy (1984/1985) , four runner positions and a win in the Spanish Cup (2007/2008). In my current position I have trained both the Junior and Youth teams to fifth place in the European Championships  and the Youth team (to the best ever position of any Spanish National Volleyball team) to fifth place in the World Championships (Italy 2009).

This year (2011) both the Youth and Junior teams qualified for their respective World Championships finals, and I am presently preparing them for these tournaments.