Humberto Machacón

Humberto Junior Machacón Cabrera (born October 5, 1989) in Barranquilla is a professional volleyball player from Colombia.

Personal information
Full name	Humberto Junior Machacón Cabrera
Nationality	Colombia
Born	5 October 1989 Barranquilla
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Spike	355 cm (140 in)
Block	335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside Hitter/Spiker
Career
Years Teams 2010–11 CV Teruel 2012–13 Foinikas Syros 2013–14 Sivas Belediye Spor 2014–15 Effektor Kielce 2015–16 Cajasol Juvasa Voley 2016–17 Plessis-Robinson Volley-ball 2018– TSV Herrsching
National team
2008– Colombia
Honours Men's Volleyball Representing  Colombia South American Games 2003 Medellín Colombia Bolivarian Games 2013 Trujillo Colombia Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla Colombia South American Championship 2013 Cabo Frio Colombia

He plays as an outside hitter in the Colombian national team and for TSV Herrsching in the German Volleyball Bundesliga.

Career

Machacón started his professional career in the Liga Vallecaucana de Voleibol in Cali, Colombia. At the age of 21 he was signed by CV Teruel[1] in the Spanish Superliga. With Teruel he won both the league and the cup.[2] He subsequently played for other European clubs in Greece's first league,[3] the Polish PlusLiga[4] and in Turkey.[5] In 2018 he was signed by TSV Herrsching.[6]

Machacón has been part of the Colombian national team since his youth. He participated and placed on the podium in several occasions, like the South American Games 2010, in the Bolivarian Games 2013, in the Southamerican Championship 2014 and in the Central American Games 2018.

References

1. "El Cai Teruel ficha al colombiano Machacon". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
2. "Club Voleibol Teruel | Palmarés" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-17.
3. "Greek Volleyball News. Live score from A1 games, videos, photos, statistics and bet tips for A1, A2". greek-volley.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
4. Media, Wirtualna Polska (2014-12-18). "Humberto Machacon zawodnikiem Effectora Kielce – WP SportoweFakty". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-02-21.
5. "Sivas a Kolombiyalı smaçör | 1. ve 2. Lig | VoleybolunSesi". www.voleybolunsesi.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-02-21.
6. Freiburghaus, Katrin (2018). "Backmischung mit veränderter Rezeptur". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2019-02-21.

External links

• Player profile at TSV Herrsching (de)
• Player profile at Volleyball Bundesliga (de)
• Player profile in the Central American Games 2018.