Miguel Ángel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría (born 16 September 1985) is a Spanish player of volleyball and beach volleyball.
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Full name | Miguel Ángel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría | ||||
Nickname | Io de Amo | ||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||
Born | Madrid, Spain | 16 September 1985||||
Hometown | Málaga, Spain | ||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||
Spike | 325 cm (128 in) | ||||
Block | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||
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Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | VK Jihostroj České Budějovice | ||||
Number | 3 | ||||
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Last updated: 4 August 2016 |
Career
editVolleyball
editTeams
editTeam | From | To |
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PTV Málaga | ||
Numancia CMA Soria | 2002 | 2006 |
UMA Probisa Pizarra | 2006 | 2009 |
FC Barcelone | 2009 | 2010 |
Cajasol Séville | 2010 | 2011 |
Nea Salamina Famagouste | 2011 | 2012 |
CV Teruel | 2012 | 2013 |
CV Andorra | 09/2013 | 12/2013 |
ŠK Chemes Humenné | 01/2014 | 05/2014 |
AZS Częstochowa | 2014 | 2015 |
CV Almería | 2015 |
Honours and awards
edit- 2013
- 2014
- : Catalonia Volleyball Cup
- : Slovak Cup
- : Slovakia Men's Volleyball League
- 2015
Biography
editDe Amo started his career in Madrid, in the historical team of Salesianos de Atocha, where his father played. At the age of 15, he moved to Málaga, where he played in the PTV Málaga and became Spanish Junior Champion in 2004. De Amo was also captain of the Spain men's national junior volleyball team (15 selections). With the CD Numancia, he took a silver medal in the Spanish Supercup volleyball competition and a third position in the Spain Volleyball Championships (2008-2009).
From FC Barcelone the season 2009-2010, he moved in 2010 to the Cajasol Sevilla. During that year he played with the Spain men's national volleyball team (19 selections) in the Men's European Volleyball Championship, and came second.
During the season 2011-2012, he played in Cyprus with the Nea Salamis Famagusta Volleyball Club. One year later (2012-2013), Miguel Ángel joined the CV Teruel[1] and won the Spain King's Cup, the Spanish Supercup volleyball tournament and the Spain Volleyball Championships(SVM).
In September 2013, he started the season with CV Andorra[2] where he won the Cataluña Volleyball Cup, but from January 2014 played with the VK Chemes Humenné in Slovakia, where he won the Slovak Cup and the Slovakia Men's Volleyball League.[3]
In September 2014, he played in the Polish team of AZS Częstochowa.,[4] then next season he started with the Spanish CV Almería team, 10 times winner of the Spain Volleyball Championships(SVM). For the first match of the season, they become Andalusia's champions, and this season, they got the Historical "Triplet" winning the Spanish Supercup volleyball tournament, the Spain King's Cup and the Spain Volleyball Championships.
Beach Volleyball
editTeammates
editDate | Teammate | |
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2002 | Javier Alcaraz | |
2003 | German Lopez | |
2004 | Inocencio Lario | Javier Alcaraz |
2005 | Inocencio Lario | Adrián Gavira |
2006 | Inocencio Lario | Valentin Sollet |
2007 | Jose Manuel Ariza | |
2008 | Jose Manuel Ariza | |
2009 | Jose Manuel Ariza | |
2013 | Inocencio Lario | Ignacio Batallan |
2014 | Ignacio Batallan | |
2015 | Ignacio Batallan |
Honours and awards
edit- 2002 :
- U18 European Championship
- 2003 :
- U20 European championship
- 2004 :
- U21 World Championship
- 2007 :
- 2008 :
- University World Championship
- 2009 :
- Mediterranean Games
- Spanish Championship
- European Universities Beach Volleyball Championships
- 2012 :
- 2013 :
- I Internacionales Ciudad de Valladolid Madison Beach Volley Tour
- I Internacionales Ciudad de Cambrils Madison Beach Volley Tour
- I Internacionales Villa de Laredo Madison Beach Volley Tour
- I Internacionales Santanyí Cala d’Or Madison Beach Volley Tour
- Spanish Championship
- Madison Beach Volley Tour
- 2014 :
- I Internacionales de Ibiza Madison Beach Volley Tour
- II Internacionales Villa de Laredo Madison Beach Volley Tour
- Spanish Championship
- Madison Beach Volley Tour
- 2015 :
- I Internacionales Ciudad de Valencia Madison Beach Volley Tour
- III Internacionales Villa de Laredo Madison Beach Volley Tour
- Trust Kapital OPEN, Kuopio, Finland.
- Spanish Championship
Biography
editIn 2002, De Amo was U18 European Championship runner-up in Illitchivsk (Ukraine) and fifth at the youth World Cup in Xylokastro (Greece), with Javier Alcaraz. At the Junior FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Saint-Quay-Portrieux (France), in 2003, with Germán López, he finished ninth and was U20 European championship runner-up in Salzburg (Austria).[5]
Next year, in 2004, he became U21 World Champion with Inocencio Lario in Porto Santo(Portugal),[6] and fifth at the U21 European championship in Koper (Slovenia). In 2005 he played with Lario in Zagreb (Croatia) at the first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. The same year, he finished in the 19th position with Adrián Gavira at the Junior FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),[7] and came fourth at the U21 European championship, with Lario, at Mysłowice(Poland). In 2008, he played for the first time with José Manuel (Chema) Ariza at the Mallorca Open (Spain) and became University World Champion in Hamburg (Germany).[8] In 2009 de Amo / Ariza won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara (Italy). In 2013 de Amo and Lario together again, played their first Grand Slam in Shanghai (China). Lario and de Amo classified for the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jabłonki (Poland).
Since summer 2013, in partnership with Ignacio Batallán, in the Batallán-De Amo voleyplaya team, he has competed in the Madison Beachvolley Tour,[9] where they won the Cambrils tournament, and achieved the silver medal in all the other tournaments to become Spanish Championship runner up at the Reserva de Higuerón (Fuengirola).[10]
In summer 2014, he achieved first place with Ignacio Batallán in the I Internacionales Ciudad de Ibiza,[11] the II Internacionales Villa de Laredo[12] and the I Internacionales de Tarragona.[13] They were also Madison Beach Volley Tour Champions and bronze medallists in the Spanish Championship at Fuengirola.[14]
In July 2015, he won the III Internacionales Villa de Laredo with his partner Ignacio Batallán. He also won the Trust Kapital OPEN in Kuopio (Finland) and then in August he became Spanish Championship runner up at the Reserva de Higuerón (Fuengirola).
References
edit- ^ "Home". worldofvolley.com.
- ^ "Sitio de la competición por Data Project". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
- ^ "Home". vkchemes.sk.
- ^ "AZS Częstochowa | Wyjątkowy wieczór Miguela". www.azsczestochowa.pl. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Main Draw Ranking".
- ^ "Main Draw Ranking".
- ^ Main Draw Ranking 2005
- ^ "4th WUC Beach Volleyball - 2008".
- ^ "De Amo y Batallán firman un verano de lujo en el Madison Beach Volley Tour | Madison Beach Volley Tour | Madison Beach Volley Tour".
- ^ "Circuito BVT 2013 | Madison Beach Volley Tour".
- ^ "RFEVB: Real Federación Española de Voleibol". Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "RFEVB: Real Federación Española de Voleibol". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "RFEVB: Real Federación Española de Voleibol". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ^ "RFEVB: Real Federación Española de Voleibol". www.rfevb.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
External links
edit- Miguel Angel De Amo at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Miguel Angel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Batallàn-De Amo team page at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-11-02)
- Miguel Angel DE AMO FERNANDEZ-ECHEVARRIA at the European Volleyball Confederation