Leandro Vissotto Neves

Leandro Vissotto Neves
2009 with the national team
portrait
Date of birth	April 30, 1983
place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
size	2.12 m
position	Diagonal
societies
1995–2000 2000–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2010 2010–2011 since 2011	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Cimed Florianópolis Wizard Suzano Esporte Pinheiros São Paulo Telemig Minas Unisul Maggiora Latina Prisma Taranto Trentino Volley Volei Futuro Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
National team
until 2001 since 2001	Junior national team A national team
successes
2001 2003 2006 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2012	Junior World Champion World League Winner World League Winner Champions League Winner World League Winner South American Champion Italian Cup Winner Champions League Winner World League Winner World Champion Olympic Silver
As of August 13, 2012

Leandro Vissotto Neves (born April 30, 1983 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian volleyball player .

2009 near Trentino

Career

Vissotto Neves began his career in 1995 in the offspring of Flamengo Rio de Janeiro . In his last year at Flamengo, he moved up to the first team. In 2000 he moved to Cimed Florianópolis . The following year, the diagonal attacker won the Junior World Championship with the Brazilian offspring. In the same year he made his debut in the senior national team . From 2002 to 2006 he played for four other clubs in Brazil on an annual basis. With the national team, Vissotto Neves won the World League in 2003 and 2006 . After the second triumph, he moved to the Italian first division club Maggiora Latina . The following season he played for league rivals Prisma Taranto . In 2008 the diagonal attacker was signed by Trentino Volley . With Trentino he won the 2009 Champions League final against Iraklis Thessaloniki . The Brazilians were successful in the world league again in the same year and also became South American champions . In 2010, Trentino won the Italian Cup with Vissotto Neves and defended the Champions League title by beating VK Dynamo Moscow in the final . The national team repeated the victory in the world league . At the World Cup in Italy , the Brazilians prevailed against Cuba in the final . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , Vissotto Neves won the silver medal with Brazil.

Web links

• Leandro Vissotto Neves in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at legavolley.it (Italian)