TEAM COMPOSITION

SCR / Sada Cruzeiro

Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais, Brazil

Team manager	Luis Carlos de Sales
Coach	Marcelo Rodolfo Mendez
Assistant coach	Humberto Pereira Martelete
Assistant coach 2	Fabio Correia
Doctor	Sergio Augusto Campolina de Azeredo
Physiotherapist	Alysson Lima Zuin
Journalist	Andreia Rodrigues dos Santos

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Country
	2	Daniel	Gramignoli	Daniel	05.03.1984	193	85	0	0	BRA
	4	Douglas	Cordeiro	Douglas	15.01.1979	197	85	0	0	BRA
	5	Mauricio	Borges Almeida Silva	Mauricio	04.02.1989	199	99	335	315	BRA
	6	Tulio	Nogueira	Tulio	24.05.1986	198	89	335	320	BRA
C	7	William	Arjona	William	31.07.1979	185	78	300	295	BRA
	8	Wallace	de Souza	Wallace	26.06.1987	198	87	344	318	BRA
	9	Yoandy	Leal Hidalgo	Leal	31.08.1988	201	84	361	348	CUB
	10	Yadier	Sanchez Sierra	Sanchez	08.01.1987	200	83	335	335	CUB
	11	MARCOS VINICIUS DE SOUZA	LEAL ACACIO	Acacio	03.04.1978	208	100	0	0	BRA
	14	Rogerio	SILVA	Rogerio	01.08.1984	207	100	0	0	BRA
L	17	Sergio Luiz Seixas Francia	Nogueira	Serginho	25.08.1978	184	80	322	319	BRA
	18	Filipe	FERRAZ	Filipe	01.03.1980	194	90	0	0	BRA

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei is living a historic moment in its career. In Qatar, the team will represent Brazil and South America at the 2012 Men's Club World Championships. They earned that spot in September, when the Brazilians were the undefeated victors of the South American Club Championships played in Chile.

Created in the city of Betim by Sada Group in 2006, the team established a successful union with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, a traditional Brazilian football club with eight million supporters, in 2009. This helped Sada Cruzeiro gain one of the largest volleyball audiences in the country, with a passionate fan-base.

This support has translated into success on the court. Besides being South American champions, Sada Cruzeiro are three-time state (regional) champions, two-time Irvine International Volleyball Tournament (USA) champions, and the latest Superliga (Brazilian Championship) champions.

For Argentinian coach Marcelo Mendez, who has led the club since 2009, the Club World Championships are an honor and a challenge, which the Brazilians face with great determination.

"For us it is a new experience. We are happy and proud to play at the competition. We have never been to a World Championships, the highest tournament a club can play, before. We are not the favorites, but we know we have a chance and we'll try to enjoy it to the fullest, playing our best," he said.

Coach profile

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marcelo Rodolpho Mendez is an experienced international coach who has led Spain’s national team (while also guiding Palma de Mallorca to the national championships), Italian club teams, and Argentine clubs River Plate and Daom. He is a two-time champion of the Irvine International Volleyball Tournament, USA (2010 and 2011) and three-time state champion (2010, 2011 and 2012).

Mendez is at the helm of Sada Cruzeiro for the fourth consecutive season, having already led the team to victory in the 2011/2012 Superliga and South American Championships. In the 2010/11 edition the team were runners-up in the Superliga.