Murilo Endres (born 3 May 1981) is a Brazilian

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, member of

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and Brazilian club SESI São Paulo. He is a double silver medalist of the

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from

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and

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(

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), silver medalist of the World Championship 2014, multimedalist of the World League,

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and the Grand Champions Cup.

Career

Club

From 2006 up to the 2009 season Endres played in Italian League at the club

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. He played as wing spiker for Sesi São Paulo for the 2010/2011 season, in Brazil.

National team

With the Brazil national team he won seven World Leagues (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010), one

(2007) and two

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(2006, 2010). He was named the

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of 2010 World Championship and 2010 World League. He competed at the

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and at the

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, winning the silver medal both times. Murilo won the silver medal and the "Best receiver" award at the

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. Murilo Endres star player national team in season 2012. He was also named the

of the

tournament. Murilo went through a shoulder surgery in 2013 and was out of the national team for the whole season. In 2014, the wing spiker got back to the national team and helped the team to achieve the silver medal in the

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. Murilo Endres in 2010 year he was given

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as the best Brazilian athlete of the year. Murilo went through a shoulder surgery in 2013 and was out of the national team for the whole season. In 2014, the wing spiker got back to the national team and helped the team to achieve the silver medal in the

and in the FIVB World Championship. After recovery from surgery, Murilo was part of the team that played the World League in 2015. Endres served an eight-month competition ban during 2017 for an anti-doping rule violation for unintentional use of

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that he had ingested from a contaminated product.

Personal life

He was born in

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. He has an older brother

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, who is also

. On October 22, 2009 he married

Jaqueline Carvalho Jaqueline Maria Pereira de Carvalho Endres (born December 31, 1983) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of the Brazilian team that won the Olympic Games at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Career Club Carvalho started her career with Grem ...

, who is also a

ian

with whom he has a son.''Murilo, Jaqueline & Baby Arthur''
- volleywood.net - 20-12-2013

Sporting achievements

Clubs

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2007/2008 - with Trenkwalder Modena

National championships

* 2010/2011 Gold medal with cup

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, with SESI São Paulo

National team

* 2001

FIVB U21 World Championship * 2004 Gold medal with cup

* 2005

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* 2006

FIVB World Championship * 2007 Gold medal with cup

* 2007

FIVB World Cup * 2008 Silver medal with cup