Leandro Vissotto Neves (born 30 April 1983) is a Brazilian

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, a member of

Brazil men's national volleyball team The Brazil men's national volleyball team is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol ''( Brazilian Volleyball Confederation)'' and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Brazil has won three gold medals at the Olympic G ...

and Brazilian club EMS Taubaté Funvic. Vissotto is a winner silver medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, World Champion 2010, silver medalist of the 2014 World Championship, bronze medalist of the 2011 World Cup, multimedalist of the World League, 2015 Japanese Champion, 2018 Brazilian Superliga Champion and MVP of final .

Personal life

Vissotto was born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. He is married to Nathalia. In August 2010 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Catharina. On September 7, 2013 their second daughter, Victoria, was born in

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...

Career

National team

On October 10, 2010

, including Vissotto, won a title of World Champion 2010. On August 12, 2012 Vissotto and his team mates lost in the final of

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

with

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

(2-3) and achieved a silver medal, although Vissotto missed the final due to injury. On September 21, 2014 his national team lost with

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

in final of the World Championship 2014 (1-3) and Vissotto achieved his second medal of

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

, this time it was silver.''Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil''
- fivb.org - 21-09-2014

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tota ...

2008/2009 - with Itas Diatec Trentino * Gold medal with cup

2009/2010 - with Itas Diatec Trentino

FIVB Club World Championship

Qatar 2009 Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the ...

- with Itas Diatec Trentino

AVC Asian Club Championship

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

- with Al Arabi Qatar

National championships

* 2005/2006 Silver medal with cup

Brazilian Championship, with

Minas Tênis Clube Minas Tênis Clube (short, just ''Minas'') is a social, recreational and sports club from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. By 2013, it has more than 73,000 members. Its patrimony comprises two urban units, the Minas I and Minas II, and two country units, ...

* 2008/2009 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino * 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup, with Itas Diatec Trentino * 2009/2010 Silver medal with cup

Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino * 2010/2011 Bronze medal with cup

Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Futuro * 2012/2013 Silver medal with cup

Russian Championship, with

Ural Ufa Ural Ufa (, ) – is a Russian professional men's volleyball club, based in Ufa, playing in Russian Volleyball Super League since 1996. Achievements * CEV Challenge Cup ::Runners-up (1): 2013 * Russian Championship ::Runners-up (1): 2013 Tea ...

* 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

Japanese Championship, with JT Thunders * 2018/2019 Gold medal with cup

Brazilian Superliga, with Funvic Taubaté

National team

* 2000

CSV U19 South American Championship * 2000 Gold medal with cup

FIVB U19 World Championship * 2001 Gold medal with cup

FIVB U21 World Championship * 2009 Gold medal with cup

FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wome ...

* 2009

South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of South American championships * Basketball ...

* 2009

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup was an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 a ...

* 2010

FIVB World Championship * 2011 Silver medal with cup

* 2011

FIVB World Cup * 2012 Silver medal with cup

* 2013

* 2014

FIVB World Championship

Individually

* 2008 Serie A1 - Best Scorer * 2010 Coppa Italia - Final Four Most Valuable Player * 2016

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious cl ...

- Best Middle Blocker

References

External links

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at FIVB.org World Championships 2010 * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vissotto, Leandro 1983 births Living people Brazilian people of Italian descent Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Brazil Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Ural Ufa volleyball players Opposite hitters Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Italy Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Japan Expatriate volleyball players in South Korea 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen