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| Full name | Manuel Armoa Morel | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 December 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | AZS Olsztyn | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||
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Manuel Armoa Morel (born 1 December 2002) is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Indykpol AZS Olsztyn and the Argentina national team.[1]
He made his debut in the senior national team during the 2022 Nations League against Poland.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Both his parents are connected to volleyball: his adoptive father, Fabián Armoa, is a volleyball coach and his mother Carla Morel is a former Argentina national team member.[3] His biological father is Cuban.[4]
At CSV Qualifying Tournament to 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile, during a match between the Argentine and Chilean U23 sides, Armoa was subject to racist abuse from the audience, and a bottle was thrown at him from the stands. The game had to be briefly stopped and the Chilean team later apologized to Armoa on behalf of their country.[5]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- CSV South American Club Championship
Belo Horizonte 2019 – with UPCN Vóley Club- Contagem 2020 – with UPCN Vóley Club
- Domestic
Youth national team[edit]
- 2018 CSV U19 South American Championship
Individual awards[edit]
- 2021: FIVB U21 World Championship – Best outside spiker[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Argentyńska nadzieja w Indykpolu AZS!". Indykpol AZS Olsztyn (in Polish). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Manuel Armoa Morel: "Quiero ganarme un lugar para jugar el Mundial"". The Cecco 15 (in Spanish). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Familia Armoa: en la casa y en la cancha". Olé (in Spanish). 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ ""How it started" / "How it's going": la gran historia de UPCN, el campeón de la Liga de Vóley con su propia versión del meme". Clarín (in Spanish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Insultos racistas contra Manuel Armoa, un jugador argentino en Chile". Olé (in Spanish). 24 September 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Pereyra and Armoa lead UPCN to ninth Argentinean title". Volleyball World. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "UPCN es nuevo campeón de la Supercopa ACLAV". UPCN Vóley (in Spanish). 23 October 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Manu Armoa al equipo ideal del Mundial U21". UPCN Vóley (in Spanish). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
External links[edit]
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net