Rosir Calderón Díaz (born 28 December 1984) is a Cuban-born Russian

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player, who was a member of the Cuban women's national team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In November 2014, she received Russian Sport citizenship. She plays for the Greek club

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of the

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women's volleyball league.

Personal life

Calderón was born in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

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, on December 28, 1984 and is the daughter of former national coach

Luis Felipe Calderón Luis Felipe Calderón Blet (2 May 1952 – 17 June 2009) was a Cuban volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and ...

and former Morenas del Caribe World Champion Erenia Díaz. She is tall and weighs . She moved to Russia, getting married there. In November 2014, she received her Russian sport nationality from the FIVB, in addition to her already own civil Russian passport. She later expressed her concern about joining the Russian National team because of the hard competition to earn a spot and because she wanted to dedicate time to her family.

Career

Calderon played the

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helping her team to reach the 4th place and earning the Best Spiker award. She later played the 2006 FIVB qualification championship won by her national team and she was awarded Most Valuable Player and Best Spiker. In November 2006, Calderon played the 2006 FIVB World Championship, helping Cuba to the 7th place. She posted a 59.68 average of success during the tournament to win the Best Spiker award and the US$50,000 reward. Calderón was one of six players included by the Cuban National Federation in an agreement with their Russian counterpart led by the head coach Nikolai Karpol, who previously visited the Island, in order to raise the Cuban technical level. She played with the Russian Club Uraločka NTMK for the 2005/2006 season and finished that season as league's Best Scorer. She decided to take a break from volleyball in 2009 and gave birth in February 2010, returning to the court in August 2010. Calderon was signed by the Swiss club Voléro Zürich in a 5 years

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in February 2011 and transferred on loan to

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in August 2011.

played the 2011/2012 in the

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, making it to the finals where they faced the Italian club Yamamay Busto Arsizio, winning the first final series match 3-1, but they lost 1-3 and lost the Golden Set to end in second place. Calderon played the 2012–13 CEV Women's Champions League with Galatasaray Daikin, finishing in fourth place after falling to Vakıfbank in the semifinals and Unendo Busto in the third place match. Eventough, she won the tournament's Best Spiker award. After being transfer on loan to the Russian Club Dinamo Krasnodar with a 3-year contract, Calderón won the gold medal and the Most Valuable Player at the Basel's Top Volley International tournament. In December 2014, Calderon won with her club the Russian Cup, after defeating Omichka Omsk. Taking the Golden Set, Calderón's Dinamo Krasnodar won the

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defeating the Polish club PGE Atom Trefl Sopot in Poland. Shortly afterwards, the Krasnodar club received a wild card to compete at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship. After winning Rexona Ades Rio in the semifinals, they lost to Eczacıbaşı VitrA in the final match. In August 2022, Calderon joined the Greek club

Clubs

Ciudad Habana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

(2003–2005) * Uraločka NTMK (2005–2006) *

Ciudad Habana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

(2006–2009) * Voléro Zürich (2010–2011) *

Galatasaray Daikin Galatasaray HDI Sigorta is the women's volleyball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play their matches in the 7000-seat arena TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club ...

(2011–2013) * Dinamo Krasnodar (2013–2015) * Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2015–2016) *

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(2016–2017) *

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(2016–2017) * Volero Zurich (2017–2018) * Volero Le Cannet (2018–2019) *

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(2019–2020) * Bolu Belediyespor (2021–2022) *

(2022–present)