Associação Social e Esportiva Sada

Sada Cruzeiro
Full nameSada Cruzeiro Vôlei
Short nameSada Cruzeiro
Founded2006
GroundGinásio Poliesportivo do Riacho
(Capacity: 8,100)
ChairmanVittorio Medioli
ManagerFilipe Ferraz
LeagueBrazilian Superliga
2021/22Champions
WebsiteClub home page
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Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei is a Brazilian professional volleyball team based in Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil. They compete in the Brazilian Superliga and were the champions eight times.[1][2] Won 10 times the South American Championships.[3]

History

Founded in 2006 in Betim, part of the Belo Horizonte metropolitan area in the state of Minas Gerais, Sada merged with Cruzeiro in 2009 and is now based in neighbouring Contagem.

The volleyball team was founded in 2006 as "Sada Betim" and had the Grupo Sada as the main sponsor. Throughout the years, Sada, the company based in Betim, Minas Gerais, has become responsible for managing the "Club", and in 2008 the "Associação Social e Esportiva Sada" was created.[4]

In 2009 the partnership with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, a traditional Brazilian football club was formalized, and the team gained one of the largest volleyball fan-bases in the country driven by Cruzeiro's about eight million supporters.[5]

Sada Cruzeiro is the only Brazilian volleyball club to ever win the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.

Team

Squad as of October 2019

Team roster – season 2019/2020
No. Name Date of birth Position
1 Brazil Luan Weber (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 33) opposite
2 Canada John Perrin (1989-08-17) 17 August 1989 (age 35) outside hitter
3 Brazil Lucas de Deus (1987-01-26) 26 January 1987 (age 37) libero
4 Brazil Otávio Pinto (1991-02-27) 27 February 1991 (age 33) middle blocker
6 Brazil Rodrigo Leme (1980-04-09) 9 April 1980 (age 44) setter
7 Argentina Facundo Conte (1989-08-25) 25 August 1989 (age 35) outside hitter
8 Brazil Evandro Guerra (1981-12-27) 27 December 1981 (age 42) opposite
10 Brazil Cledenilson Batista (1998-06-09) 9 June 1998 (age 26) middle blocker
11 Brazil Rodrigo Leão (1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 28) outside hitter
12 Brazil Isac Santos (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33) middle blocker
14 Brazil Fernando Kreling (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 (age 28) setter
15 Brazil Lucas Silva (1999-08-28) 28 August 1999 (age 25) libero
17 Brazil Welinton Oppenkoski (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24) opposite
18 Brazil Filipe Ferraz (c) (1980-03-01) 1 March 1980 (age 44) outside hitter
19 Brazil Davi Pozzobon (1996-06-16) 16 June 1996 (age 28) outside hitter
20 Brazil Hugo Hamacher (1991-04-13) 13 April 1991 (age 33) outside hitter

Honours

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for Sada volleyball team.

Period Kit provider
2012–2015 Olympikus
Penalty
2016–2019 Umbro
2020– Adidas

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Sada Transporte, other sponsors: Mitsubishi Motors, Molten Corporation, Amil Participacoes SA and Mater Dei.

References

  1. ^ "Sada Cruzeiro wins Superliga crown". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ^ "BRA M: Sada Cruzero defended crown after epic comeback!". World of Volley. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Direto do Chile: time do Cruzeiro é campeão sul-americano de vôlei" (in Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Sada Cruzeiro Histórico" (in Portuguese). Sada Cruzeiro official website. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  5. ^ "TEAM COMPOSITION SCR / Sada Cruzeiro". FIVB. Retrieved 12 October 2012.