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Miguel Ángel De Amo

Miguel Ángel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría (born 16 September 1985) is a Spanish player of volleyball and beach volleyball.

Miguel Ángel de Amo
De Amo in a tournament
Personal information
Full nameMiguel Ángel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría
NicknameIo de Amo
NationalitySpanish
Born (1985-09-16) 16 September 1985 (age 38)
Madrid, Spain
HometownMálaga, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Spike325 cm (128 in)
Block310 cm (122 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Ignacio Batallan
Best results
Years Result
2004
2008		 U21 World Champion
University World Champion
Indoor volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubVK Jihostroj České Budějovice
Number3
Career
YearsTeams

2002–2006
2006–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013
2014
2014–2015
2015		PTV Málaga
Numancia CMA Soria
UMA Probisa Pizarra
FC Barcelona
Cajasol Séville
Nea Salamina Famagouste
CV Teruel
CV Andorra
ŠK Chemes Humenné
AZS Częstochowa
CV Almería
National team
2010–Spain
Last updated: 4 August 2016

Career edit

Volleyball edit

Teams edit

Teams
Team From To
  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

Biography edit

De 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.

 
Miguel Ángel de Amo in the CV Teruel

Beach Volleyball edit

Teammates edit

Teammates
Date Teammate
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 :
  • 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 edit

In 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

  1. ^ "Home". worldofvolley.com.
  2. ^ "Sitio de la competición por Data Project". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  3. ^ "Home". vkchemes.sk.
  4. ^ "AZS Częstochowa | Wyjątkowy wieczór Miguela". www.azsczestochowa.pl. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Main Draw Ranking".
  6. ^ "Main Draw Ranking".
  7. ^ Main Draw Ranking 2005
  8. ^ "4th WUC Beach Volleyball - 2008".
  9. ^ "De Amo y Batallán firman un verano de lujo en el Madison Beach Volley Tour | Madison Beach Volley Tour | Madison Beach Volley Tour".
  10. ^ "Circuito BVT 2013 | Madison Beach Volley Tour".
  11. ^ "RFEVB: Real Federación Española de Voleibol". Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  12. ^ "RFEVB: Real Federación Española de Voleibol". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  13. ^ "RFEVB: Real Federación Española de Voleibol". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  14. ^ "RFEVB: Real Federación Española de Voleibol". www.rfevb.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

External links edit

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