Bruno Rezende

Bruno Mossa de Rezende (born 2 July 1986) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, 2016 Olympic Champion, double silver medalist of the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2010 World Champion, double gold medalist of the World Grand Champions Cup (2009, 2013), South American Champion (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013), multimedalist of the World League, Pan American Games, Brazilian Champion (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013), Italian Champion (2016, 2019).

Celebration after achieving title of 2016 olympic Champion with team mate Sérgio Santos.
Bruno with Ricardo Lucarelli Celebration after point.
Brazil winning title of 2016 Olympic Champion in Rio.
Bruno, his father and head coach Bernardo Rezende with Rio 2016 gold medal and family.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Mossa and the second or paternal family name is de Rezende.
Bruno Rezende
Personal information
Full nameBruno Mossa de Rezende
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1986-07-02) 2 July 1986
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Spike323 cm (127 in)
Block302 cm (119 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current club Funvic Taubaté
Number1
Career
YearsTeams
2003–2005 Unisul Florianópolis
2005–2011 Cimed Florianópolis
2011 Casa Modena
2011–2012 Cimed Florianópolis
2012–2014 RJX
2014–2016 DHL Modena
2016–2017 SESI São Paulo
2017–2018 Azimut Modena
2018–2020 Cucine Lube Civitanova
2020– Funvic Taubaté
National team
2005–2006
2007–		 Brazil U-19
Brazil
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2008 BeijingTeam
2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
2010 ItalyTeam
2014 PolandTeam
2018 Italy-BulgariaTeam
World Cup
2007 JapanTeam
2019 JapanTeam
2011 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2009 JapanTeam
2013 JapanTeam
2017 JapanTeam
World League
2009 BelgradeTeam
2010 CórdobaTeam
2011 GdańskTeam
2013 Mar del PlataTeam
2014 FlorenceTeam
2016 KrakówTeam
2017 CuritibaTeam
South American Championship
2007 Santiago
2009 Bogotá
2011 Cuiabá
2013 Cabo Frio
2015 Maceió
2017 Santiago/Temuco
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro
2011 Guadalajara
Last updated: 19 May 2018

Career

National team

Rezende started his career in the Brazil team in the youth teams, winning the second place in the 2005 U20 World Championship. Playing for the adult team in 2007, he won the FIVB World League, the Pan American Games, the FIVB World Cup and the South America Championship. In 2008, he took part in the Beijing Olympic Games, where Brazil won the silver medal.

In 2009, Bruno won two trophies with the national team: the World League and the Champions Cup. One year later, he won the World League for the third time and obtained his first FIVB World Championship.[1] In 2011, he finished in second place in the World League and became a South American champion and Pan American champion. A few months later, Brazil won the bronze medal at the FIVB World Cup. In 2012, the Brazilian national team once again won the silver medal at the London Olympic Games.[2]

In 2013, Brazil finished in second place at the World League and won two gold medals in the South American Championship and in the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup.[3] The setter started the 2014 season with the silver medal in the FIVB World League and a silver medal in the dramatic final with Poland in FIVB World Championship.[4] In 2015, Brazil won the gold medal in the American Championship. In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Brazil won a gold medal after the final match against Italy, and Bruno was named best setter of the tournament.[5]

Personal life

Bruno is the only child of former volleyball players Bernardinho and Vera Mossa.[6] His mother took part in Olympics three times (1980, 1984, 1988). His father is a silver medalist with the 1984 Olympic Games and former coacher of Brazil men's national volleyball team. His parents divorced when he was a child. From his mother's first marriage to basketball player Éder Mundt Leme, Bruno has an older half-brother, Edson (born 1981). From her third marriage, he has a younger half-sister, Luisa. From his father's second marriage to former volleyball player Fernanda Venturini, Bruno has two younger half-sisters, Júlia (born 2002) and Victória (born 2009).[7]

Bruno often faced accusations of nepotism when he first started playing for Brazil national volleyball team, since his father Bernardinho was the team's coach from 2001 to 2017. However, both he and his father have vehemently defended themselves against the accusations, and were always backed up by the other players, who said Bernardinho was tougher and more demanding of Bruno because of their family ties.[8]

Bruno is close friends with footballer Neymar.[9]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

FIVB Club World Championship

CEV Champions League

South American Club Championship

National championships

National team

Individual

References
  1. Bruno Rezende in Melhordovolei
  2. Bruno Rezende It's good for Brazilians to play in Europe
  3. Rezende in season 2013
  4. World Championship 2014 profile
  5. "NBC Olympic Games - Bruno Rezende". Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  6. Lembra Dela? Vera Mossa, musa do vôlei e do cinema, vira 'mãe do Bruno - robertobessert.blogspot.com - 24-12-2011
  7. Bernardo Rezende został ponownie ojcem - wp.pl - 27-10-2009
  8. Olimpiadas Bruninho explica relação com Bernardinho
  9. EGO Globo - Neymar with Bruno in Party
Awards
Preceded by
Ricardo Garcia		 Best Setter of
World Grand Champions Cup
2009
2013		 Succeeded by
Simone Giannelli
Preceded by
Georgi Bratoev		 Best Setter of
FIVB World League
2013		 Succeeded by
Saeid Marouf
Preceded by
Luciano De Cecco		 Best Setter of
South American Championship
2013
2015
2017		 Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
Georgi Bratoev		 Best Setter of
Olympic Games
2016		 Succeeded by
TBD
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