Sérgio Santos

Sérgio Santos
Serginho at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Dutra dos Santos
Nickname	Serginho
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 (age 41) Nova Londrina, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Spike	325 cm (128 in)
Block	310 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	SESI São Paulo
Number	10
Career
Years Teams 1992–1997 1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2004 2004–2008 2008–2010 2010– SE Palmeiras CRET São Caetano EC União Suzano EC Banespa Copra Berni Piacenza BVC São Bernardo SESI São Paulo
National team
2001–2016 Brazil
Honours Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 2 0 World Championship 2 0 0 World Grand Champions Cup 2 0 0 World Cup 2 0 1 World League 7 3 0 South American Championship 7 0 0 Pan American Games 1 0 1 America's Cup 1 2 0 Total 24 7 2 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team World Championship 2002 Argentina 2006 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 2005 Japan 2009 Japan World League 2001 Katowice 2003 Madrid 2004 Rome 2005 Belgrade 2006 Moscow 2007 Katowice 2009 Belgrade 2002 Belo Horizonte 2011 Gdańsk 2016 Kraków World Cup 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team South American Championship 2001 Colombia 2003 Brazil 2005 Brazil 2007 Chile 2009 Colombia 2011 Brazil 2015 Brazil
Last updated: 24 August 2016

Sérgio Dutra dos Santos, known as Serginho or Escadinha (born 15 October 1975) is a Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club SESI São Paulo, 2004 and 2016 Olympic Champion, double silver medalist of the Olympic Games (2008, 2012), World Champion (2006, 2010), multimedalist of the World League, South American Championship, World Cup and the Grand Champions Cup, 2011 Brazil Champion. In 2009 he became the first libero to be named Most Valuable Player in the history of the FIVB World League.

He is widely regarded as one of the best liberos of all time and is unquestionably the best libero of the 2000s, with more awards than any other libero. Known for his outstanding service reception and digging capabilities, teams often attempt to avoid Sergio when serving. Beyond his defensive abilities, he is also capable of running the offense as a 'second setter' if the setter is forced to make the first contact. This is in large part due to Sergio playing the setting position while growing up and subbing in as a setter for his professional club teams over the years.