Wallace de Souza

Wallace de Souza

de Souza at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Wallace Leandro de Souza
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1987-06-26) 26 June 1987
São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Spike 344 cm (135 in)
Block 318 cm (125 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite Spiker
Current team Funvic Taubaté
Number 8
National team
2009–Brazil
Honours
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
2012 London Team
World Championship
2014 Poland
World Cup
2011 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
2013 Japan
World League
2013 Mar del Plata
2014 Florence
2016 Kraków
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara
South American Championship
2013 Cabo Frio
Last updated: 21 August 2016

Wallace de Souza (born 26 June 1987)[2] is a Brazilian volleyball player, who competes for Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei and the national team. In 2007 Wallace won the U20 World Championship with Brazil national team. Playing for Vôlei Futuro he was considered one of the best players of the Superliga 08/09 and was elected the best server. His good performances took him to Sada Cruzeiro (MG). Right after, in 2010, he won the World League title. In 2011, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games and finished the season with the World Cup bronze medal. He won silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2014 FIVB World League, where he was elected the best opposite spiker of the tournament. In 2015, he had a surgery on his back that put him out of the national team for the whole season. In 2016, with Brazil national volleyball team, he finished second in 2016 Volleyball World League and became olympic champion in 2016 Olympic Games.

Honours

Sada Cruzeiro
Brazilian national team

Individual

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wallace de Souza.
  1. ↑ Wallace de Souza. cob.org.br
  2. ↑ "Wallace de Souza". London2012.com. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
Awards
Preceded by
Bulgaria Tsvetan Sokolov		 Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB World League
2014 		Succeeded by
Serbia Aleksandar Atanasijević
Preceded by
Serbia Aleksandar Atanasijević		 Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB World League
2016 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
First Award		 Best Opposite Spiker of
Olympic Games
2016 		Succeeded by
TBD
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