Wélissa Gonzaga

Wélissa Gonzaga ("Sassá")
Sassá 2014
portrait
Date of birth	September 9, 1982
place of birth	Barbacena, Brazil
size	1.79 m
position	External attack / Libera
societies
1997–2000 2000–2001 2001–2008 2008–2011 2011–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–	Olympic Club Barbacena CR Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro VC Osasco Voleibol Clube SESI São Paulo MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza Praia Clube Uberlândia Brasília Vôlei Fluminense Rio de Janeiro
National team
2002–2011, 2015	A national team
successes
2001 2004 2004 2005 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2010 2010	Brazilian Champion Winner Grand Prix Olympic Fourth Winner Grand Prix Brazilian Champion Winner Grand Prix Vice World Champion Brazilian Cup Winner Brazilian Champion Finalist Pan American Games Brazilian Cup Winner Brazilian Champion Grand Prix Winner Olympic Champion Winner Grand Prix Brazilian Champion Vice World Champion
Status: January 14, 2019

Wélissa de Souza Gonzaga ( "Sassá" , born September 9, 1982 in Barbacena ) is a Brazilian volleyball player .

Sassá took with the Brazilian national team twice in Olympic Games in part, being in Beijing in 2008 won the gold medal and the 2004 Athens finished fourth. She also became vice world champion in 2006 and 2010 . There are also numerous victories at the Volleyball World Grand Prix .

With various clubs Sassá was five times Brazilian champion and won the Brazilian Cup twice. In 2013/14 she played for the Polish first division club MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza and won the national Supercup here.

Web links

• Wélissa Gonzaga in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)