Rolando Cepeda Abreu (born 13 March 1989) is a Cuban
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
player. He was part of the
Cuban men's national volleyball team. He was one of the key players that contributed to 2015–16 Greek Volleyleague Championship for
PAOK VC
P.A.O.K. Volleyball Club or PAOK Volley, is a Greek volleyball club based in Thessaloniki and part of the major multi-sport club P.A.O.K., PAOK. The department was founded in 1933 and refounded in 1948 after the Axis occupation. Their home groun ...
, making it the first team ever to win a championship in Greece starting from the fourth place in the playoffs. He was named the 2015–16 Greek Volleyleague MVP.
Abreu did not play in the Rio Olympics in 2016 for being
one of the six players of the Cuban national volleyball team that were remanded into custody suspected of committing aggravated rape in July 2016 in Tampere, Finland.
Following a conviction, Abreu was sentenced to two and a half years of prison.
Sporting achievements
National Championships/Cups
* 2015/2016
Greek Championship
The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...
, with
PAOK
Individual
*2013 Cuban Championship – Most valuable player
*2013 Cuban Championship – Best scorer
*2013 Cuban Championship – Best server
*2013
NORCECA Championship – Best scorer
*2014
Pan-American Cup – Most valuable player
*2015
NORCECA Championship – Best outside spiker
* 2016
Greek Championship
The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...
– Most valuable player
* 2019
Turkish Championship
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– Best outside spiker
* 2019
Turkish Cup
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– Best outside spiker
References
External links
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Profileat ''FIVB.org''
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1989 births
Living people
Cuban men's volleyball players
Cuban people imprisoned abroad
P.A.O.K. V.C. players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Cuban people convicted of rape
Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba
Prisoners and detainees of Finland
Volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Expatriates in Finland
21st-century Cuban people