Facundo Conte | 360cm Monster of the Vertical Jump | Volleyball 2022

Facundo Conte | 360cm Monster of the Vertical Jump | Volleyball 2022. Facundo Conte (born 25 August 1989) is an Argentine volleyball player, member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020), gold medallist at the 2015 Pan American Games, silver medallist at the 2011 South American Championship, Polish Champion (2014), two–time Chinese Champion (2017, 2018), Brazilian Champion (2019). At the professional club level, he plays for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie.

Career
Facundo's first participation with the Argentine national volleyball team took place during the U19 World Championship (4th place) in 2007. He debuted at the senior level during the 2008 America's Cup, held in Brazil (4th place).[2] Conte was also a part of the junior national team that won the 2008 South American Championship, defeating Brazil in the final and breaking a 26–year period without winning the tournament.[3]

In 2009, Conte played his first World League, finishing 5th with Argentina. After that participation, the player joined Italian team Zinella Bologna, where he was coached by his father Hugo.[4] During that year, Conte also helped Argentina finish third at the U21 World Championship, the country's best position in the history of the tournament.[5]

In 2010, Conte participated at the World League, but this time Argentina was unsuccessful, losing all 14 games. In September of that year, Conte was selected by coach Javier Weber to participate at the World Championship, and to become a vice–captaine of the team despite being only 21 years old.

In 2015, Conte won a gold medal of the 2015 Pan American Games.

In 2013, he signed a contract with Polish club PGE Skra Bełchatów.[6] He won a title of the Polish Champion in 2014.[7] On 8 October 2014, his team won the Polish SuperCup.[8] In February 2015, he signed a new two–year contract with Skra until 2017.[9] On 7 February 2016, alongside Skra, he won the Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final.[10] On 29 April 2016, he left team from Bełchatów.[11]

After competing in PlusLiga for three seasons, Conte signed a contract with Shanghai Golden Age, playing there for 2 seasons. In 2017, he was transferred to El Jaish in Qatar for the Qatar Cup and Emir Cup competitions.

2017/2018 Gold medal with cup.svg Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Golden Age
2018/2019 Gold medal with cup.svg Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Taubaté
2019/2020 Simple gold cup.svg Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
2020/2021 Simple gold cup.svg Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
Youth national team
2006 Silver medal southamerica.svg CSV U19 South American Championship
2008 Gold medal southamerica.svg CSV U21 South American Championship
Individual awards
2014: Polish SuperCup – Most Valuable Player
2015: CEV Champions League – Best Outside Spiker
2015: Pan American Games – Most Valuable Player
2016: Polish Cup – Best Receiver
2016: Polish Championship – Best Server
2019: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Outside Spiker
2020: CSV South American Club Championship – Best Outside Hitter

Personal information
Nationality Argentina Argentine
Born 25 August 1989 (age 32)
Vicente López, Argentina
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Spike 355 cm (140 in)
Block 324 cm (128 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Poland Warta Zawiercie
Number 7
Career
Teams
Argentina Rosario Sonder
Argentina GEBA
Italy Pallavolo Catania
Italy Zinella Bologna
Italy Volley Lube
Italy Umbria Volley
Italy Gabeca Pallavolo
Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
Poland Skra Bełchatów
China Shanghai Golden Age
Qatar El Jaish
Brazil Funvic Taubaté
Brazil Sada Cruzeiro
Poland Warta Zawiercie
National team
2008– Argentina

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