SOUZA Alan

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2021	Italy
4	Men	2019	United States of America

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2019	Japan

Athlete

Wife Julia, son Samuel [2018]

Portuguese

Kuzbass Kemerovo [Russian Federation] since 2021/22

Igor Juricic [club], CRO; Renan Dal Zotto [national], BRA

Opposite spiker (volleyball.world, 01 Mar 2020)

His younger brother Darlan has played volleyball for Brazil at junior level, including at the 2019 U19 World Championships in Tunis, Tunisia. (terra.com.br, 17 Oct 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Jun 2020; fivb.org, 27 Aug 2019)

Super League [RUS] (kuzbass-volley.ru, 17 May 2021)

He began playing volleyball at age 14. (esportes.estadao.com.br, 15 Oct 2018)

He discovered the sport during a physical education class at school. A year later he joined the Botafogo club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "At some moments I almost quit. When I failed my courses my parents did not allow me to play, and told me that my priority was school. My coach called them and said that I had a future in volleyball. I don't know what I would be right now without volleyball." (esportes.estadao.com.br, 15 Oct 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 27 Dec 2019)

Winning gold and being named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2019 World Cup in Japan. (Facebook page, 15 Oct 2019)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2019 World Cup in Japan. (terra.com.br, 17 Oct 2019)

He was named Best Opposite Spiker of the 2018/19 Brazilian Superliga season. (melhordovolei.com.br, 15 Jun 2019)

He was named Best Scorer and Best Opposite Spiker of the 2018 Pan American Cup in Cordoba, Mexico. (esportes.estadao.com.br, 15 Oct 2018)