Sidnei dos Santos Júnior

Sidnei dos Santos Júnior
2014 with the national team
portrait
Date of birth	July 9, 1982
place of birth	Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil
size	2.03 m
position	Middle block
societies
2001–2002 2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2009 since 2009	EC Banespa AD Santo André Sport Club Ulbra Cimed Florianópolis Pallavolo Modena SESI São Paulo
National team
	A national team
successes
2006 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2012	World League Winner World League Winner Challenge Cup World League Winner South American Champion World League Winner World Champion Olympic Silver
As of August 13, 2012

Sidnei dos Santos Júnior , called Sidão (born July 9, 1982 in São Caetano do Sul ) is a Brazilian volleyball player .

Career

Dos Santos started his career at EC Banespa in 2001 . In the following years he played for AD Santo André and Sport Club Ulbra before moving to Cimed Florianópolis in 2005 . In 2006, the middle blocker won the World League with the Brazilian national team . He was then committed by the Italian first division club Pallavolo Modena . In 2007 he defended his title in the world league. Dos Santos won the Challenge Cup 2008 with Modena . In 2009 he returned home and switched to his current club, SESI São Paulo . In the same year he won the world league again with Brazil and was also South American champion . As a world league winner, the national team also competed at the 2010 World Cup , where they defeated Cuba in the final . In 2011 he became Brazilian champion with São Paulo. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , he won the silver medal with Brazil.

Web links

• Sidnei dos Santos Júnior in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at legavolley.it (Italian)