TEAM COMPOSITION

BRA / Brazil - Team Composition

Team manager	Helcio Nunan Macedo
Head coach	Mauricio Thomas
Assistant coach	Alexandre Dantas Borges Ferrante
Doctor	Rodrigo de Paula Mascarenhas Vaz
Therapist / trainer	João Luis Klein
Journalist

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	1	Isabella De Oliveira	Batista	Isabela	28.07.1994	180	65	292	278	E.C. PINHEIROS
	2	Naiane De Almeida	Rios	Naiane	29.11.1994	179	63	276	281	E.C. PINHEIROS
	3	Natália	Eltz	Eltz	20.02.1994	167	58	270	280	SOGIPA
	4	Natália Fernandes	Silva	Natália	31.03.1995	191	68	292	303	SESI - SP
	5	Sara Aparecida Dias Da	Silva	Sara	29.04.1994	185	75	29	301	ADC BRADESCO
	6	Simone	Scherer	Simone	03.06.1994	185	72	275	287	SÃO CAETANO E.C.
	7	Carla Fell	Reginatto	Carla	20.01.1994	183	72	281	274	COLEGIO MARTIN LUTHER
	8	Gabriela Braga	Guimaraes	Gabi	19.05.1994	176	59	295	274	Rexona-Sesc
	9	Rosamaria	Montibeller	Rosamaria	09.04.1994	185	76	291	285	AMIL
	10	Marina	Scherer	M. Scherer	03.06.1994	185	81	289	277	NOVA TRENTO
	11	Valquiria Carboni	Dullius	Valquiria	19.08.1994	188	72	288	281	ADC BRADESCO
	12	Paula Camila	Mohr	Paula Mohr	23.04.1994	187	69	294	280	SOLLYS/NESTLE
	13	Mariana Carolina De	Oliveira	Mariana	02.02.1995	185	63	288	297	BLU VOLEI
L	14	Juliana Paes	Fillipelli	Juliana	18.05.1994	164	56	252	245	SESI - SP
C	15	Raquel Vasconcelos Fernandes De	Oliveira	Raquel	02.08.1994	187	68	290	284	MINAS T. C.
	16	Stephanie Cristina Apolinário	Corrêa	Stephanie	15.07.1994	188	63	295	279	Rexona-Sesc
	17	Nayara Cassimiro Bonfim	Araújo	Nayara	28.10.1994	179	64	290	280	C. A. LANGUIRU
	18	Gabriela Oliveira	Fabiano	Gabriela	21.04.1994	189	72	288	279	MINAS T.C.
	19	Brunna Shigheno	Almeida	Brunna	03.07.1994	169	65	266	256	APIV

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Brazil has been on the podium of eight FIVB Volleyball Girls’ Youth World Championships editions and occupied the highest place in the podium three times.

The side also has four silver medals and one bronze medal in the history of the tournament.

Under Mauricio Thomas’ leadership the defending champions will fight for a fourth title in Turkey.

In the last edition, when Brazil won its third title, two Brazilian players were considered the highlight of the event. Wing-spiker Samara was elected the MVP of the tournament and middle blocker Ana Beatriz received the award of best blocker.

Coach profile

The coach of the Brazilian girl´s youth team, Maurício Thomas, who was previously assistant coach of the Brazilian junior and youth teams for seven years.

He has helped the country to two FIVB Volleyball Girls Youth Championships (2005 and 2009), and one FIVB Volleyball Women’s Junior Championship (2007).

Maurício also worked as assistant coach for Finasa/Osasco, the club that won the Superliga title during the 2009/2010 season.