José Miguel Cáceres

José Miguel Cáceres
Personal information
Full name José Miguel Cáceres Gómez
Nickname Clavito
Nationality Dominican
Born (1981-12-24) December 24, 1981
Tamayo
Hometown Santo Domingo
Height 2.10 m (6 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Spike 385 cm (152 in)
Block 353 cm (139 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current club Capitanes de Arecibo
Number 7
National team
2005–2014Dominican Republic
Honours
Men's volleyball
Competitor for the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Cup
2008 Winnipeg Team
2009 Chiapas Team
2012 Santo Domingo Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
2014 Veracruz Team
Last updated: October 2015

José Miguel Cáceres (born December 24, 1981, in Tamayo) is a men's volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won a bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He plays as an opposite.

Career

Cáceres won the "Most Valuable Player" at the 2004 Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament in Dominican Republic, helping Bameso to win the 19th Championship, defeating Los Prados in the 7th game of the final series.[1]

Playing at the 2005 NORCECA Championship, his team finished in 4th place, and he was selected "Best Spiker".[2]

At the Dominican Republic Sport Gala of 2008 Cáceres was awarded "Volleyball Player of the Year".[3] The then played with Distrito Nacional, to help them win the 2010 season Dominican Republic Volleyball League championship.[4]

Cáceres signed the Spanish club CAI Voleibol Teruel for the 2010-2011 season, joining countrymate Víctor Batista.[5]

For his performance during 2010, Cáceress was the recipient of the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year".[6]

For the 2010-11 season, Cáceres joined his friend and countrymate Víctor Batista[7] at the Spaniard club CAI Voleibol Teruel,[8] winning the 2011 King's Cup[9] and the Superliga.[10]

In June 2011, Cáceres signed with the Italian team Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo to play the 2011-12 with that club.[11] Caceres won the Best Scorer and the bronze medal at the 2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup.[12] In August 2014 he announced that he would retired from the national team after the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[13] At this games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time[14] and Caceres were awarded Best Opposite Spiker.[15] After this medal he joined his father José Cáceres who also won a medal, a silver in volleball during the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games.[16]

Cáceres played the 2014-15 season with the Qatari Police Club, helping them to reach a second place in the Gulf Cup being named best opposite spiker[17] and the league fourth place with a 15-5 mark.[18] He then joined the Puerto Rican champions Capitanes de Arecibo for the 2015-16 season.[19]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ NORCECA. "Bameso y Mirador, campeones de nuevo". Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  2. ↑ DominicanToday.com. "Cuban Poey was the MVP at Norceca’s Men Continental". Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  3. ↑ Caceres, Jose. "Escogen a Gaby y Díaz como los Atletas del Año 2008 de la ACD". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  4. ↑ "El Distrito barre Tamayo y retiene título de campeón". Listin Diario (in Spanish). 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  5. ↑ EFE. "José Cáceres será el opuesto del CAI Teruel para la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  6. ↑ Caceres, Jose. "Luguelin Santos, el Atleta del Año 2010". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  7. ↑ Heraldo de Aragon (2010-04-22). "El dúo más dinámico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  8. ↑ RFEVB (2010-10-14). "Unicaja Almería y CAI Voleibol Teruel se retan en el estreno de la temporada 2010-11" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  9. ↑ Eco de Teruel (2010-03-26). "El CAI, campeón de la Copa del Rey de Voleibol" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  10. ↑ RFEVB (2010-05-08). "El CAI Voleibol Teruel, Campeón de la Superliga masculina" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  11. ↑ Lega Pallavolo Serie A (2010-06-03). miguel caceres&tipo=&ID=35110 "Volleymercato. Arrivano a Cuneo José CACERES e Francesco Pieri" Check |url= value (help) (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  12. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=36026&Language=en
  13. ↑ "José Cáceres y Elvis Contreras se van de la selección nacional". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  14. ↑ "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  15. ↑ "Elvis Contreras MVP of the Central American Games". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  16. ↑ Clemente, Carmeli (2015-07-29). "Los Cáceres construyen con “clavos y clavitos” su historia en volibol de RD". Listin Diario (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic). Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  17. ↑ "Cáceres y Contreras se lucen en Copa del Golfo". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  18. ↑ Rodriguez, Pachy (2015-09-17). "Cáceres: experiencia y esfuerzo" (in Spanish). Capitanes de Arecibo. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  19. ↑ "Con nuevo refuerzo Arecibo desde esta noche". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-10-31.

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