André Heller (volleyball player)

André Heller
portrait
Date of birth	17th December 1975
place of birth	Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
size	1.99 m
position	Middle block
societies
1993–1996 1996–1999 1999–2000 2000–2004 2004–2007 2007–2008 2008–2010 since 2010	Frangosul Novo Hamburgo Ulbra São Luís Minas Tênis Clube Unisul Florianópolis Trentino Volley Pallavolo Modena Minas Tênis Clube Brasil Vôlei Clube
National team
since 1998	A national team
successes
1995 1998 1999 2000 2000 2001 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008	Brazilian Master Brazilian Master Brazilian Master Brazilian Master Olympic Participant World League Winner World League Winner World Cup Brazilian Master World League Winner Olympic Winner World League Winner World League Winner World Champion World League Winner Winner Panamerican Games Winner World Cup Winner Challenge Cup Olympic Silver
As of April 18, 2013

André Heller (born December 17, 1975 in Novo Hamburgo , Rio Grande do Sul ) is a Brazilian volleyball player . He took part in three Olympic Games and became world champion twice .

Career

Heller began his career in 1993 in his home country at Frangosul Novo Hamburgo and became Brazilian champion here in 1995. In 1996 he moved to league competitor Ulbra São Luís , with whom he again won the championship in 1998 and 1999. In his other positions at Minas Tênis Clube and Unisul Florianópolis , he was Brazilian champion in 2000 and 2004. In 1998, the middle blocker made his debut in the Brazilian national team . In 2000 he took part with the team for the first time in the Olympic tournament , which ended in sixth place for Brazil. In 2001 he won the world league with the national team . In 2003 another title followed in the world league and his first triumph in the World Cup . In 2004, after winning the world league again, he experienced his second Olympic tournament and won the gold medal with Brazil in the final against Italy . Then Heller moved to the Italian league for Trentino Volley . With the national team there were further titles in the world league in 2005 and 2006 . At the World Cup in Japan , Brazil and Heller prevailed against Poland in the final . The national team won three titles in 2007 in the World League , the Pan American Games and the World Cup . Within the Italian league, Heller moved to Pallavolo Modena , with whom he won the European Challenge Cup in 2008. In the same year he took part in the Olympic Games for the third time ; Brazil lost to the United States in the final and thus received the silver medal. After that, the middle blocker returned to the domestic league and played again for Minas Tênis Clube for two years. In 2010 Heller moved to Brasil Vôlei Clube in Campinas .

Web links

• André Heller in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at Legavolley (Italian)