Full name Facundo Conte Position Outside hitter Height 1.98 m Nationality Argentine Current club PGE Skra Belchatow Weight 86 kg | Spike 360 cm (140 in) Name Facundo Conte Parents Sonia Escher, Hugo Conte Block 335 cm (132 in) Role Volleyball player | |
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Siblings Camila Conte, Manuela Conte Profiles | ||
Best of Facundo Conte | Volleyball Nations League 2018
Facundo Conte (born 25 August 1989) is an Argentine volleyball player, a member of Argentina men's national volleyball team and Chinese club Shanghai Golden Age. He was a participant of the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold medalist of the 2015 Pan American Games, silver medalist of 2011 South American Championship, Polish Champion (2014), Chinese Champion (2017).
Contents
- Best of Facundo Conte Volleyball Nations League 2018
- Personal life
- Career
- Challenge Cup
- National championships
- National team
- Individually
- References
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 medalists. He finished his secondary studies in Centro Cultural Italiano in Olivos.
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 the senior level during the 2008 America's Cup, held in Brazil (again 4th). 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.
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. 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.
In 2010, Conte participated in the World League, but this time Argentina was unsuccessful losing all 14 games. 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. He won a title of Polish Champion 2014 with PGE Skra Bełchatów. On October 8, 2014 his team won ENEA Polish SuperCup 2014. In February 2015 he signed next two-years contract with PGE Skra till 2017. On February 7, 2016 he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final. In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the 2015–16 PlusLiga championship. On April 29, 2016 he left team before the expiry of the contract.
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.