Humberto Machacón

Humberto Junior Machacón Cabrera (born October 5, 1989) in Barranquilla is a professional volleyball player from Colombia.

Personal information
Full nameHumberto Junior Machacón Cabrera
NationalityColombia
Born (1989-10-05) 5 October 1989
Barranquilla
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Spike355 cm (140 in)
Block335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside Hitter/Spiker
Career
YearsTeams
2010–11CV Teruel
2012–13Foinikas Syros
2013–14Sivas Belediye Spor
2014–15Effektor Kielce
2015–16Cajasol Juvasa Voley
2016–17 Plessis-Robinson Volley-ball
2018–TSV Herrsching
National team
2008–Colombia
Honours
Men's Volleyball
Representing  Colombia
South American Games
2003 MedellínColombia
Bolivarian Games
2013 TrujilloColombia
Central American and Caribbean Games
2018 BarranquillaColombia
South American Championship
2013 Cabo FrioColombia

He plays as an outside hitter in the Colombian national team and for TSV Herrsching in the German Volleyball Bundesliga.

Career

Machacón started his professional career in the Liga Vallecaucana de Voleibol in Cali, Colombia. At the age of 21 he was signed by CV Teruel[1] in the Spanish Superliga. With Teruel he won both the league and the cup.[2] He subsequently played for other European clubs in Greece's first league,[3] the Polish PlusLiga[4] and in Turkey.[5] In 2018 he was signed by TSV Herrsching.[6]

Machacón has been part of the Colombian national team since his youth. He participated and placed on the podium in several occasions, like the South American Games 2010, in the Bolivarian Games 2013, in the Southamerican Championship 2014 and in the Central American Games 2018.

References
  1. "El Cai Teruel ficha al colombiano Machacon". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  2. "Club Voleibol Teruel | Palmarés" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  3. "Greek Volleyball News. Live score from A1 games, videos, photos, statistics and bet tips for A1, A2". greek-volley.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  4. Media, Wirtualna Polska (2014-12-18). "Humberto Machacon zawodnikiem Effectora Kielce – WP SportoweFakty". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  5. "Sivas a Kolombiyalı smaçör | 1. ve 2. Lig | VoleybolunSesi". www.voleybolunsesi.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  6. Freiburghaus, Katrin (2018). "Backmischung mit veränderter Rezeptur". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
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