Rodrigo Santana

Rodrigo Santana
portrait
Date of birth	April 17th 1979
place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
size	2.05 m
position	Middle block
societies
1996–2000 2000–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2009 2009–2010 2011–2012 2013–2014 2014–	Suzano EC Banespa Estense Torri Ferrara Unisul Florianópolis Lube Macerata EC Pinheiros SESI São Paulo RJX Rio de Janeiro Barij Essence Kaschan
National team
	A national team
successes
1996 2001 2001 2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2012	Brazilian champion World League champion South American champions champion World League champion South American champions winning World Cup Olympic champion World League champion South American champions Italian champion winner CEV Cup Winner World Cup Winner Pan American Games Olympic silver Olympic silver
As of February 20, 2014

Rodrigo Santana , called Rodrigão (born April 17, 1979 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian volleyball player .

Career

Rodrigão started his career in Suzano in 1996 and became Brazilian champion in the same year. In 2000 he switched to EC Banespa . The following year, the middle blocker won the World League and the South American Championship with the Brazilian national team . In 2002 the Brazilians and Rodrigão won the final of the World Cup against Russia . In 2003 they repeated their successes in the world league and in the continental championship and also won the World Cup . Then the middle blocker played a season with the Italian first division club Estense Torri Ferrara . In 2004 he took part in the Olympic tournament in which Brazil won the gold medal by beating Italy . After the third double triumph in the World League and South American Championship, he returned to Italy in 2005. At Lube Macerata , he replaced a fatally injured player. With the Italian team, Rodrigão won the national championship and the CEV Cup in 2006 . In 2007 Brazil was successful again in the World Cup . The following year Rodrigão played his second Olympic tournament in Beijing ; this time his national team lost to the USA in the final . In 2009 he moved to the Brazilian club EC Pinheiros and in 2011 to the league competitor SESI São Paulo . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , he again won the silver medal with Brazil. After half 2013 season at RJX Rio de Janeiro Rodrigão early 2014 went to Iran to Barij Essence Kashan .

Web links

• Rodrigo Santana in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at legavolley.it (Italian)