Dominican Republic volleyball player
José Miguel Cáceres
Cáceres in 2012
Full name José Miguel Cáceres Gómez Nickname Clavito Nationality Dominican Born (1981-12-24 ) December 24, 1981 (age 42)
Tamayo Hometown
Santo Domingo Height 2.10 m (6 ft 10+ 1 ⁄2 in) Weight 98 kg (216 lb) Spike 385 cm (152 in) Block 353 cm (139 in) Position Opposite Current club Capitanes de Arecibo Number 7 Last updated: October 2015
José Miguel Cáceres Gómez (born December 24, 1981, in
Tamayo ) is a men's
volleyball player from the
Dominican Republic , who won a bronze medal with the
men's national team at the
2008 Pan American Cup in
Winnipeg, Manitoba .
Career
Cáceres won the "Most Valuable Player" at the 2004 Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament in Dominican Republic, helping Bameso to win the 19th Championship, defeating Los Prados in the 7th game of the final series.
[1]
Playing at the
2005 NORCECA Championship , his team finished in 4th place, and he was selected "Best spiker".
[2]
At the Dominican Republic Sport Gala of 2008 Cáceres was awarded "Volleyball Player of the Year".
[3] He then played with
Distrito Nacional , to help them win the 2010 season
Dominican Republic Volleyball League championship.
[4]
Cáceres signed the Spanish club
CAI Voleibol Teruel for the 2010–2011 season, joining countrymate
Víctor Batista .
[5]
For his performance during 2010, Cáceress was the recipient of the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year".
[6]
For the 2010–11 season, Cáceres joined his friend and countrymate
Víctor Batista
[7] at the Spaniard club
CAI Voleibol Teruel ,
[8] winning the 2011 King's Cup
[9] and the Superliga.
[10]
In June 2011, Cáceres signed with the Italian team
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo to play the 2011–12 season with that club.
[11] He won the Best Scorer and the bronze medal at the
2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup .
[12] In August 2014 he announced that he would retire from the national team after the
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games .
[13] At these games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time
[14] and Caceres were awarded Best Opposite Spiker.
[15] After this medal he joined his father José Cáceres who also won a medal, a silver in volleyball during the
1986 Central American and Caribbean Games .
[16]
Cáceres played the 2014–15 season with the Qatari Police Club, helping them to reach a second place in the Gulf Cup being named best opposite spiker
[17] and the league fourth place with a 15–5 mark.
[18] He then joined the Puerto Rican champions Capitanes de Arecibo for the 2015–16 season.
[19] He won the
2017 Pan-American Cup Best Opposite award, helping his national team to reach the sixth place.
[20]
Clubs
Awards
Individuals
Clubs
2004 Dominican Republic Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament –
Champion, with Bameso
2006-07 Spanish Superliga –
Bronze medal, with Arona Tenerife
2007-08 French Championship –
Runner-Up, with Stade Poitevin
2007-08
CEV Challenge Cup –
Bronze medal, with Stade Poitevin
2010
Dominican Republic Volleyball League –
Champion, with
Distrito Nacional
2011 Spanish King's Cup –
Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel
2010-11 Spanish Superliga –
Champion, with CAI Voleibol Teruel
2013 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Superior Tournament –
Champion, with Los Mina
2015 Gulf Cup –
Runner-Up, with Police Club
References
^ NORCECA.
"Bameso y Mirador, campeones de nuevo" . Archived from
the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-21 .
^ DominicanToday.com.
"Cuban Poey was the MVP at Norceca's Men Continental" . Archived from
the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2010-06-24 .
^ Caceres, Jose.
"Escogen a Gaby y Díaz como los Atletas del Año 2008 de la ACD" . Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-12 .
^
"El Distrito barre Tamayo y retiene título de campeón" . Listin Diario (in Spanish). 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2014-01-04 .
^ EFE.
"José Cáceres será el opuesto del CAI Teruel para la próxima temporada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-11-30 .
^ Caceres, Jose.
"Luguelin Santos, el Atleta del Año 2010" . Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-02-12 .
^ Heraldo de Aragon (2010-04-22).
"El dúo más dinámico" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2010-06-06 .
^ RFEVB (2010-10-14).
"Unicaja Almería y CAI Voleibol Teruel se retan en el estreno de la temporada 2010-11" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-06-06 .
^ Eco de Teruel (2010-03-26).
"El CAI, campeón de la Copa del Rey de Voleibol" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2010-06-06 .
^ RFEVB (2010-05-08).
"El CAI Voleibol Teruel, Campeón de la Superliga masculina" (in Spanish). Archived from
the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-06-06 .
^
"Volleymercato. Arrivano a Cuneo José Caceres e Francesco Pieri / Lega Pallavolo Serie A" [José Caceres and Francesco Pieri arrive in Cuneo] (in Italian).
Piemonte Volley Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2011-06-06 – via LegaVolley.
^
"Press release" . Archived from
the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2012-07-16 .
^
"José Cáceres y Elvis Contreras se van de la selección nacional" . Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2015-10-31 .
^
"Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG" . Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31 .
^
"Elvis Contreras MVP of the Central American Games" . Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2015-10-31 .
^ Clemente, Carmeli (2015-07-29).
"Los Cáceres construyen con "clavos y clavitos" su historia en volibol de RD" . Listin Diario . Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Retrieved 2015-10-31 .
^
"Cáceres y Contreras se lucen en Copa del Golfo" . Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-10-31 .
^ Rodriguez, Pachy (2015-09-17).
"Cáceres: experiencia y esfuerzo" (in Spanish). Capitanes de Arecibo. Retrieved 2015-10-31 .
^
"Con nuevo refuerzo Arecibo desde esta noche" . El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-10-31 .
^
"Martin Ramos elected MVP of Pan Am Cup" .
NORCECA . 30 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017 .
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