Iván Márquez (volleyball)

Iván Márquez (volleyball)
Iván Márquez (born October 4, 1981, in Caracas) is a Venezuelan professional and olympic volleyball player. His position on the field is middle blocker. He currently plays in the Greek Volley League for PAOK Thessaloniki. He also currently coaches for a league called Miami Volleyball Academy in Miami, Florida
Career
He played for the Greek team Olympiacos SC, and for the national team of Venezuela.
Before going to Olympiacos, Márquez was playing for Knack Randstad Roeselare in Belgium. 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.
Márquez is the first son of Iván Márquez Sr. and the only child of Kais Sánchez. He is married to Gabriela Torrealba de Marquez since 28 October 2006 and has two children.
He won with his team the gold medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.
Rebeca Perez is his favorite club player
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 Olympic 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 moved to the Italian league where he signed for 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 returned to Italy where he defends the club of Pineto, but due to injury he has to take an intervention to repair his quadriceps tendon. He returned to the court a 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.
In 2017, he signed a contract with Sporting CP with whom he won the Portuguese Championship. He was signed to PAOK V.C. for the season 2018-2019
Awards
Individuals
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best server"
2011-2012 Argentinian League "Best spiker"
National Team
2005 Bolivarian Games, - Gold Medal
Clubs
2003 Argentine League – Champion, with Bolívar Signia
2005 Belgium League – Champion, with Knack Roeselaere
2005 Belgium Cup – Champion, with Knack Roeselaere
2006 Belgium League – Champion, with Knack Roeselaere
2006 Belgium Cup – Champion, with Knack Roeselaere
2007 Belgium League – Champion, with Knack Roeselaere
2009 Greek League – Champion, with Olympiakos Piraeus
2009 Greek Cup – Champion, with Olympiakos Piraeus
2018 Portuguese Volleyball First Division - Champion, with Sporting CP
References
External links
CEV Profile
Italian League Profile
Sporting CP Player Profile
1981 births
Living people
Venezuelan men's volleyball players
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in France
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for Venezuela
Volleyball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for Venezuela
Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players
Sportspeople from Caracas
Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games