Iván Márquez (volleyball)

Iván Márquez
Personal information
Full name Iván Ilitch Márquez Sánchez
Nationality  Venezuela
Born (1981-10-04) October 4, 1981
Caracas, Venezuela
Hometown Caracas
Height 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Spike 372 cm (146 in)
Block 367 cm (144 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Hitter
Current club Argentina Deportivo Moron
Number 13
National team
2001 - 2015Venezuela Venezuela
Last updated: December 2010

Iván Márquez (born October 4, 1981 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan professional and olympic volleyball player. His position on the field is middle blocker.

Career

He played for the Greek team Olympiacos SC, and for the national team of Venezuela.[1]

Before going to Olympiacos, Márquez was playing for Knack Randstad Roeselare in Belgium.[2] Márquez is known for his very hard serve and spike through the middle, hence his nickname Bomba.

Márquez only started playing volleyball at a late age, as he was denied permission by his country to play basketball in the United States of America.

Iván is the first son of Iván Márquez Sr. and the only child of Kais Sánchez. He is married with Ma. Gabriela Torrealba de Marquez since 28 October 2006 and has 2 beautiful children, his daughter Ivaney Márquez who was born in 31 May 2006 and his new son Ángel Ilitch Márquez born in 4 September 2008.

He won with his team the gold medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.[3]

Played the 2006 Fivb World Championship in Japan where his national team occupied the 17th position. After that his biggest desire of going to the Olympics Games in Beijing 2008 came true when Venezuela beat in his final qualification game Argentina by 3-1 and accomplish the most expected dream of his career.

A year later Marquez arrive to the Italian league where also was dreamed about to play when he sing in Vibo Valentia Tonno Callipo he has an amazing start so much that the league call him to participate in the All Start Game where his team beat the Italian National Team 3-1.

After passing quickly for the french league he return to Italy where he defends the club of Pineto, sadly and injure get on his way and he has to take an intervention to repair his quadriceps tendon. He will return to the court few months later to assist one more time to the Panamerican Games in Guadalajara Mexico (2011) and yet come back to play another season in the Argentinian League with the Club Sarmiento Santana Textiles in Resistencia.

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

National Team

Senior Team

Clubs

References

  1. FIVB. "Ivan Marquez". Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  2. Legavolley.it. "Ivan Marquez" (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  3. juegosbolivarianos2005.gov.co. "Estado Final". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
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