Wélissa Gonzaga
Appearance
Welissa Gonzaga | |||
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![]() Sassá in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Welissa de Souza Gonzaga | ||
Nickname | Sassá | ||
Nationality | Brazilian | ||
Born | Barbacena, Minas Gerais | 9 September 1982||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Spike | 300 cm (118 in) | ||
Block | 287 cm (113 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Outside spiker / Libero | ||
National team | |||
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Honours |
Wélissa de Souza Gonzaga, (born 9 September 1982 in Barbacena), best known as Sassá, is a volleyball player from Brazil. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Clubs[edit]
Vasco da Gama (2000–2001)
Rexona-Ades (2001–2008)
Finasa/Osasco (2008–2009)
Sollys/Osasco (2009–2011)
SESI-SP (2011–2013)
MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza (2013–2014)
Praia Clube Uberlândia (2014–2015)
Brasília Vôlei (2015–2016)
Fluminense FC (2016–2019)
Itajaí Vôlei (2020)
Curitiba Vôlei (2020–2021)
Moda Brusque (2021–2023)
Athletes Unlimited Volleyball (2023)
Mackenzie Esporte Clube (2023–)
Awards[edit]
Individuals[edit]
- 2004–05 Salonpas Cup – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2004–05 Salonpas Cup – "Best Server"
- 2004–05 Salonpas Cup – "Best Receiver"
- 2005 South American Championship – "Best Receiver"
- 2005 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – "Best Server"
- 2005–06 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Receiver"
- 2006–07 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Server"
- 2009 South American Club Championship – "Best Receiver"
- 2010 South American Club Championship – "Best Server"
- 2011–12 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Digger"
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Wélissa Gonzaga at the International Volleyball Federation
- Wélissa Gonzaga at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Wélissa Gonzaga at Olympics.com
- Wélissa Gonzaga at Olympic.org (archived)
- Sassá at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (in Portuguese)
- Sassá at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Barbacena
- Brazilian women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
- Olympic gold medalists for Brazil
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Wing spikers
- Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Minas Gerais
- 21st-century Brazilian women
- Outside hitters
- Liberos
- Brazilian expatriate volleyball players
- Brazilian Olympic medalist stubs
- Brazilian volleyball biography stubs