Douglas Correia de Souza (born 20 August 1995) is a Brazilian volleyball player, former member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team, 2016 Olympic Champion,[1] silver medallist of the 2014 World Championship, gold medallist of the 2019 World Cup, two–time South American Champion (2017, 2019). On the club level, he plays for Farma Condé Vôlei.
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 Souza in 2016 | |||||
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| Full name | Douglas Correia de Souza | ||||
| Nationality |  Brazilian | ||||
| Born | 20 August 1995 Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, SP, Brazil | ||||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 338 cm (133 in) | ||||
| Block | 317 cm (125 in) | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Honours | |||||
Personal life
editHe is openly gay.[2][3] He is currently the most followed volleyball player in the world on Instagram.[4][5]
Sporting achievements
editClubs
edit- National championships
- 2018/2019
Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Taubaté - 2019/2020
Brazilian SuperCup, with Vôlei Taubaté - 2020/2021 Brazilian SuperCup, with Vôlei Taubaté
- 2024/2025 Brazilian SuperCup, with Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei
- 2018/2019
Youth national team
edit- 2011
CSV U17 South American Championship - 2012 CSV U19 South American Championship
- 2013
FIVB U21 World Championship - 2014 CSV U21 South American Championship
- 2014 CSV U23 South American Championship
Individual awards
edit- 2012: CSV U19 South American Championship – Best server
- 2014: CSV U21 South American Championship – Most valuable player
- 2014: CSV U23 South American Championship – Most valuable player
- 2015: Pan American Games – Best outside hitter
- 2018: FIVB World Championship – Best outside spiker
References
edit- ^ "Douglas Correia DE SOUZA". Olympics.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Redação (16 April 2020). "Douglas: "Quero ser lembrado como o 1º homossexual a jogar vôlei em alto nível no Brasil"". Web Vôlei.
- ^ Pasini, Gian Luca (18 April 2020). ""Voglio essere ricordato come il primo omosessuale di alto livello"" (in Italian). Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Douglas Souza se torna o jogador de vôlei mais seguido do mundo nas redes".
- ^ "Muito antes dos 2 milhões de seguidores: como foi o 1º post do 'fenômeno' Douglas Souza nas redes sociais". ESPN.com (in Portuguese). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
External links
edit- Player profile at Olympic.org
- Player profile at WorldofVolley.com
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- 2013 FIVB U21 World Championship – Team Brazil
- 2018 FIVB World Championship – Team Brazil
- 2019 FIVB World Cup – Team Brazil