Humberto Machacón

Personal information
Full nameHumberto Junior Machacón Cabrera
NationalityColombian
Born (1989-10-05) 5 October 1989 (age 35)
Barranquilla
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Spike355 cm (140 in)
Block335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter/spiker
Career
YearsTeams
2010–11SpainCV Teruel
2012–13GreeceFoinikas Syros
2013–14TurkeySivas Belediye Spor
2014–15PolandEffektor Kielce
2015–16SpainCajasol Juvasa Voley
2016–17France Plessis-Robinson Volley-ball
2018–GermanyTSV Herrsching
National team
2008–Colombia
Honours
Men's Volleyball
Representing  Colombia
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Medellín Colombia
Bolivarian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Trujillo Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barranquilla Colombia
South American Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Cabo Frio Colombia

Humberto Junior Machacón Cabrera (born October 5, 1989)[citation needed] in Barranquilla[citation needed] is a professional volleyball player from 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 European 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). Archived from the original on 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  6. ^ Freiburghaus, Katrin (2018). "Backmischung mit veränderter Rezeptur". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2019-02-21.