Thiago Soares Alves

Thiago Soares Alves
2009 with the national team
portrait
Date of birth	July 26, 1986
place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
size	1.94 m
position	Acceptance / outside
societies
1996–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2010 2010–2011 since 2011	Grêmio Naútico União Bento Vôlei Gonçalves AOLE São Leopoldo Bento Vôlei Gonçalves EC Unisul Cimed Florianópolis SESI São Paulo Panasonic Panthers
National team
2002–2005 since 2007	Junior national team A national team
successes
2003 2004 2007 2007 2008 2009 2009 2009 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012	Junior World Champion Brazilian Master World League Winner Brazilian Master Brazilian Master World League Winner South American Champion Brazilian Master World League Winner Brazilian Master South American Champion Winner Pan American Games Winner Emperor's Cup Japanese Master Olympic Silver
As of August 13, 2012

Thiago Soares Alves (born July 26, 1986 in Porto Alegre ) is a Brazilian volleyball player .

Career

Alves was initially active in judo , football and basketball . In 1996 he started his volleyball career with Grêmio Naútico União . He won several titles in youth competitions. In 2002 the outside attacker was appointed to the Brazilian junior national team for the first time, with which he became world champion the following year. In 2003 he also moved to Bento Vôlei Gonçalves . With his new club he won the Brazilian championship in 2004. After a season with AOLE São Leopoldo , Alves returned to Bento Vôlei in 2005. In 2006/07 he played at EC Unisul . In 2007 he made his debut in the senior national team , with which he won the world league in the same year . He was then committed by Cimed Florianópolis . With Cimed he was Brazilian champion in 2008 and 2009. With the national team he was again successful in the world league in 2009 and also won the South American Championship . In 2010, his third title in the world league followed . The outside attacker moved to SESI São Paulo for one season . In 2011, Brazil defended the title in the continental championship with Alves and won the Pan American Games . Alves moved abroad for the first time to the Japanese first division club Panasonic Panthers . With the club he won the Emperor's Cup and the national championship in 2012. At the Olympic Games in London he won the silver medal with Brazil.

Web links

• Official website ( Memento of July 1, 2012 on the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese)
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile of the Panasonic Panthers ( Memento from November 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Japanese)