Ángel Dennis

Ángel Dennis
Personal information
Full name	Ángel Dennis
Nationality	Cuban Italian
Born	(1977-06-13) June 13, 1977 Havana, Cuba
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Spike	0 cm (0 in)
Block	0 cm (0 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter/Opposite
Current club	Lupi Santa Croce
Number	17 (club), 7 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 1998–2000 2003 2004 2004–2007 2007–2012 2012–2013 2013 2013–2016 2016 2016 2016– Palermo Volley Playeros de San Juan ICOM Latina Lube Banca Macerata Cimone Modena Club Ciudad de Bolívar Anwar Club APAV Canoas Anwar Club Revivre Milano Lupi Santa Croce
National team
1996–2001  Cuba (212)
Honours Representing  Cuba Men's volleyball World Championship 1998 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 2001 Japan World League 1998 Milan 1997 Moscow 1999 Mar del Plata NORCECA Championship 1997 Canada 2001 Barbados
Last updated: 9 February 2017

Ángel Dennis Diaz (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player.

Biography

He played for IVECO Palermo from 1998 to 2000. With Cuba national team, he won a World League in 1998 and an America's Cup in 2001, before abandoning his country to move to establish himself in Italy in the latter year.

After a period of inactivity, he returned to play in 2003-2004 for Latina Volley, before moving to Lube Banca Marche Macerata the following year, after a short stint in Qatar. With Lube he won a top national division and an Italian Supercup in 2006, and two CEV Cups (2005–2006). In 2006 he married Italian volleyball player Simona Rinieri, by which he got Italian nationality.

In 2007 he moved to Modena, with which he currently plays. Angel in 2002 Serie A1 League won Most Valuable Player.

External links

• Page at Italy's Volleyball League website (in Italian)