Facundo Conte

Facundo Conte (born 25 August 1989) is an Argentine volleyball player, member of the Argentina men's national volleyball team and Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro. Conte was a participant of the Olympic Games (London 2012), gold medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games, silver medalist at 2011 South American Championship. He was part of the Skra Bełchatów team that won the Polish Championship in 2014 and the Shanghai Golden Age team that won the Chinese Championship in 2017 and 2018.

Facundo Conte
Personal information
Nationality Argentine
Born (1989-08-25) 25 August 1989
Vicente López, Argentina
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Spike355 cm (140 in)
Block324 cm (128 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club Sada Cruzeiro
Number7
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2016
2016–2018
2017
2018–2019
2019–		 Rosario Sonder
GEBA
Pallavolo Catania
Zinella Volley
Volley Lube
Umbria Volley
Gabeca Pallavolo
Dynamo Krasnodar
Skra Bełchatów
Shanghai Golden Age
El Jaish
Vôlei Taubaté
Sada Cruzeiro
National team
2008– Argentina
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto
CSV South American Championship
2011 Brazil

Personal life

Facundo was born in Vicente López, Argentina. His father, Hugo Conte, is a former volleyball player, part of the team which was 1988 Olympic bronze medalist.[1] He finished his secondary studies in Centro Cultural Italiano in Olivos.

Conte playing for Lube Banca Macerata in Piacenza.
Conte during the 2014–15 PlusLiga season as PGE Skra Bełchatów player.

Career

Facundo's first participation with the Argentine national team was at the under-19 level during the 2007 World Championship (4th place). He then debuted at senior level during the 2008 America's Cup, held in Brazil (again 4th).[2] Conte was also part of the youth national team that won the 2008 South American Championship, defeating Brazil in the final and breaking a 26-year period without winning the tournament.[3]

In 2009, Conte played his first World League, finishing 5th with Argentina. After this participation, the player joined the Italian League's team Zinella Bologna, where he was coached by his father Hugo.[4] During that year, Conte also helped Argentina finish third in the U-21 World Championship, the country's best position in the history of the tournament.[5]

In 2010, Conte participated in the World League, but this time Argentina was unsuccessful, losing all 14 games.[6] In September of that year, Conte was selected by coach Javier Weber to participate in the FIVB World Championship, and vice-captained the team despite being only 21 years old.

In 2015, Conte won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.

In 2013 he signed a contract with Polish club PGE Skra Bełchatów.[7] He won a title of Polish Champion 2014 with PGE Skra Bełchatów.[8] On October 8, 2014 his team won ENEA Polish SuperCup 2014.[9] In February 2015 he signed next two-years contract with PGE Skra till 2017.[10] On February 7, 2016 he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final.[11] In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the 2015–16 PlusLiga championship.[12] On April 29, 2016 he left team before the expiry of the contract.[13]

After competing in PlusLiga for three seasons, Conte signed a contract with Shanghai Golden Age and played in the 2016-17 season of Chinese Volleyball League. He was then transferred to El Jaish in Qatar for the Qatar Cup and Emir Cup competitions.[14]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Youth national team

Individual awards
Awards
Preceded by
Not awarded		 Best Outside Spiker of
CEV Champions League
2014/2015
ex aequo Wilfredo León		 Succeeded by
Wilfredo León
Tine Urnaut
Preceded by
Wilfredo León		 Most Valuable Player of
Pan American Games
2015		 Succeeded by
Nicolás Bruno

References
  1. Los hijos del vóleibol – lanacion.com.ar – 22-04-2010
  2. "Polideportivo". La Nación (in Spanish). 2008-09-21. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  3. "Polideportivo". La Nación (in Spanish). 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  4. "Europa también seduce al voleibol argentino". La Nación (in Spanish). 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  5. "Histórico tercer puesto del seleccionado juvenil de voleibol". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  6. Fernando Czyz (2010-07-24). "Una dulce condena para el voleibol argentino". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  7. Facundo Conte w PGE Skrze! – skra.pl – 13-05-2013
  8. PGE Skra mistrzem Polski – plusliga.pl – 27-04-2014
  9. ENEA Super Puchar w piłce siatkowej 2014 dla PGE Skry Bełchatów – plusliga.pl – 08-10-2014
  10. Conte i Uriarte na dłużej w PGE Skrze! – skra.pl – 19-02-2015
  11. POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time - Skra win trophy after annulling 3-8 in tie-break! – worldofvolley.com – 07-02-2016
  12. BRĄZOWA PGE SKRA! – skra.pl – 26-04-2016
  13. Facundo Conte odchodzi z PGE Skry. Nie za darmo! – dzienniklodzki.pl – 29-04-2016
  14. Braden Keith (2017-04-17). "2014 Pan American Games MVP Facundo Conte Joins El Jaish in Qatar". VolleyMob. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
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