Nationality Venezuela Block 367 cm (144 in) Home town Caracas Spike 372 cm (146 in) Height 2.05 m | Weight 88 kg (194 lb) Role Volleyball Hometown Caracas Name Ivan Marquez | |
Full name Ivan Ilitch Marquez Sanchez Born October 4, 1981 (age 42)
Caracas ( 1981-10-04 ) People also search for Luis Diaz, Carlos Tejeda, Fredy Cedeno | ||
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Iván Márquez (born October 4, 1981 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan professional and olympic volleyball player. His position on the field is middle blocker.
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Career
He played for the Greek team Olympiacos SC, and for the national team of Venezuela.
Before going to Olympiacos, Márquez was playing for Knack Randstad Roeselare in Belgium. Márquez is known for his very hard serve and spike through the middle, hence his nickname Bomba.
Márquez only started playing volleyball at a late age, as he was denied permission by his country to play basketball in the United States of America.
Iván is the first son of Iván Márquez Sr. and the only child of Kais Sánchez. He is married with Ma. Gabriela Torrealba de Marquez since 28 October 2006 and has 2 beautiful children, his daughter Ivaney Márquez who was born in 31 May 2006 and his new son Ángel Ilitch Márquez born in 4 September 2008.
He won with his team the gold medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.
Played the 2006 Fivb World Championship in Japan where his national team occupied the 17th position. After that his biggest desire of going to the Olympics Games in Beijing 2008 came true when Venezuela beat in his final qualification game Argentina by 3-1 and accomplish the most expected dream of his career.
A year later Marquez arrive to the Italian league where also was dreamed about to play when he sing in Vibo Valentia Tonno Callipo he has an amazing start so much that the league call him to participate in the All Start Game where his team beat the Italian National Team 3-1.