Marcelo Rodolfo Méndez (born 20 June 1964) is an Argentine professional volleyball coach and former player, playing as a middle blocker during his career. He currently serves as head coach for the Argentina national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, Jastrzębski Węgiel.
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.jpg) Méndez as Jastrzębski Węgiel head coach in 2024 | |||||||
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| Full name | Marcelo Rodolfo Méndez | ||||||
| Nationality | Argentine | ||||||
| Born | 20 June 1964 Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||
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| Current team | Argentina Jastrzębski Węgiel | ||||||
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| Volleyball information | |||||||
| Position | Middle blocker | ||||||
Honours | |||||||
Personal life edit
Marcelo Méndez was born in Buenos Aires and began playing volleyball at the age of 12. He married his wife, María Livia in 1988, and has two sons who are playing volleyball professionally, Nicolás and Juan.
Career edit
As a coach edit
In 2004, Marcelo Méndez became an assistant coach of the Spanish team, CV Pòrtol, and the head coach of the same club in 2005. During his four-year work at the club, his team won three Spanish Champion titles, one Spanish Cup and three Supercups. On the international stage, the team led by Méndez managed to reach the final of the 2006 CEV Cup, losing there to Copra Berni Piacenza.
From 2007 to 2008, he served as head coach for the Spain national team.[1]
In 2009, he took charge of Sada Cruzeiro. While being the coach of Sada Cruzeiro for over 10 years, he won three Club World Champion titles, seven South American Club Champion titles and six Brazilian Champion titles what makes him one of the world`s most successful club volleyball coaches.[2] In March 2021, Mendez announced that he is leaving Sada Cruzeiro at the end of the season.[3]
In 2018, he was appointed head coach of the Argentina national team.[4][5] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he led Argentina to its second bronze medal in history, having beaten Brazil in a third place match (3–2).[6]
On 28 December 2021, he was appointed new head coach of Asseco Resovia, replacing Alberto Giuliani.[7] Mendez finished his work with Resovia in 2022, and ended the 2021–22 PlusLiga season in fifth place. For the next PlusLiga season, he moved to Jastrzębski Węgiel.[8]
Honours edit
Club edit
- CEV Champions League
2022–23 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel- 2023–24 – with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- FIVB Club World Championship
Betim 2013 – with Sada Cruzeiro- Betim 2015 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Betim 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- CSV South American Club Championship
Linares 2012 – with Sada Cruzeiro- Belo Horizonte 2014 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Taubate 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Montes Claros 2017 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Montes Claros 2018 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Belo Horizonte 2019 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Contagem 2020 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Domestic
- 1998–99
Argentine Championship, with River Plate - 2005–06
Spanish SuperCup, with CV Pòrtol - 2005–06 Spanish Cup, with CV Pòrtol
- 2005–06 Spanish Championship, with CV Pòrtol
- 2006–07 Spanish Championship, with CV Pòrtol
- 2007–08 Spanish SuperCup, with CV Pòrtol
- 2007–08 Spanish Championship, with CV Pòrtol
- 2008–09 Spanish SuperCup, with CV Pòrtol
- 2011–12 Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2013–14 Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2013–14 Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2014–15 Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2015–16 Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2015–16 Brazilian SuperCup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2015–16 Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2016–17 Brazilian SuperCup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2016–17 Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2017–18 Brazilian SuperCup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2017–18 Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2017–18 Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2018–19 Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2019–20 Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2020–21 Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2022–23 Polish SuperCup, with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- 2022–23 Polish Championship, with Jastrzębski Węgiel[9]
- 2023–24 Polish Championship, with Jastrzębski Węgiel
- 1998–99
References edit
- ^ "El argentino Marcelo Méndez, nuevo seleccionador español". elmundo.es (in Spanish). 16 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Marcelo Mendez completa uma década de títulos pelo Sada Cruzeiro". otempo.com.br (in Portuguese). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Marcelo Mendez: "Chegou a hora de dizer adeus"". webvolei.com.br (in Portuguese). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ "El voleibol argentino tomó un nuevo camino". pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Mendez proud of past, excited about future". fivb.com. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Argentina beat arch rivals Brazil in men's volleyball bronze-medal match". olympics.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Marcelo Méndez nowym trenerem Asseco Resovii Rzeszów". assecoresovia.pl (in Polish). 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Marcelo Mendez nowym trenerem Jastrzębskiego Węgla". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Rywal zmiażdżony, tytuł zdobyty! Jastrzębski Węgiel mistrzem Polski". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). 10 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
External links edit
- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach profile at Olympedia
- Coach profile at Volleybox.net
