Ernardo Gómez

Ernardo "Harry" Andrés Gómez Cañas (born July 30, 1982, in Bolívar) is a Venezuelan former professional volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Venezuela national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Ernardo Gómez
Ernardo Gomez at the 2015 Greek Volleyleague Finals
Personal information
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	(1982-07-30) 30 July 1982 (age 41) Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Spike	350 cm (138 in)
Block	335 cm (132 in)
Career
Years Teams 1998–1999 Huracanes de Bolivar 1999–2000 Ulbra 2000–2004 Olympiacos 2004–2006 Panathinaikos 2006–2007 JTEKT Stings 2007–2008 Fenerbahçe 2008–2012 JT Thunders 2012–2013 Ziraat Bankasi Ankara 2013–2014 Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza 2014–2015 PAOK Thessaloniki 2015–2016 Inegöl Belediyesi 2016–2017 PAOK Thessaloniki 2017–2018 Iraklis Chalkidas 2018–2019 Hapoel Kfar Saba 2019–2020 Al Ain 2020 Al Wehda
National team
2001–2014 Venezuela
Honours Men’s Volleyball Representing  Venezuela Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team

He is 195 cm and 100 kg weight. He played over 300 times for his national team. He also played for Fenerbahçe Istanbul in Turkey, Ulbra in Brazil, Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos VC and PAOK Thessaloniki, in Greece and Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza in Japan.

At only 20 years of age Harry, as he is affectionately known‚ was Venezuela's main attacking weapon. A powerful attack near the net as well as from the back zone and an excellent service were his strongest weapons and since making his international debut at the age of 13 he proved to be Venezuela's ace card.

Standing at only 195 cm tall‚ Gomez has never come up short on court. He was the best scorer of the Intercontinental Rounds of the 2001 World League and has picked up a silver medal at the FIVB Youth World Championship in Saudi Arabia in 1999‚ a bronze medal at the Junior FIVB WCH in Poland in 2001‚ and two fourth places in Bahrain 1997 and Thailand 1999.

He won with his team the gold medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.^[1]

He was part of the Venezuela men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland.^[2] He played for Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza.

Sporting achievements

Club

National Championships

• 2000/2001   Greek Championship with Olympiacos
• 2002/2003   Greek Championship with Olympiacos
• 2005/2006   Greek Championship with Panathinaikos
• 2007/2008   Turkish Championship with Fenerbahçe
• 2014/2015   Greek Championship with PAOK
• 2016/2017   Greek Championship with PAOK

National Cups

• 2000/2001   Greek Cup, with Olympiacos
• 2007/2008   Turkish Cup, with Fenerbahce
• 2014/2015   Greek Cup, with PAOK

National Super Cups

• 2000   Greek Super Cup, with Olympiacos
• 2006   Greek Super Cup, with Panathinaikos

Individually

• 2001–02 CEV Champions League Top Scorer'
• 2003–04 Greek Championship MVP
• 2005–06 Greek Championship MVP
• 2007–08 Turkish Championship MVP
• 2007–08 Turkish Championship Top scorer
• 2009–10 Japanese Championship Top scorer
• 2014–15 Greek Championship MVP

Awards

• YOUNG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SAUDI ARABIA MVP 1999
• JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POLAND MVP 2001
• World League 2001 Best Scorer of International Round
• Pan Americans Games Santo Domingo 2003 Gold Medal and MVP
• Olympics Games Beijing 2008 China 9 Places and Best Scorer of Qualifications Round
• Fenerbahce 2007-08 Doble title Cup and League champions (Best Scorer and MVP)
• 3 TIME MVP OF GREEK LEAGUE 2001, 2006, 2015
• Toyoda Gosei 2004-05 7 Places and Best Scorer with the Record in the League with 711 points in 28 Games,
• JT Thunders 2008 6 Places and Best Scorer
• JT Thunders 2009 5 Places and silver medal in the Emperator Cup and MVP
• JT Thunders 2010 5 Places and Best Scorer and Best Server
• JT Thunders 2011 6 Places

National Team

• Young World Championship Silver Medal and MVP
• Junior World Championship Bronze Medal and MVP

Senior Team

• American Cup Argentina 1998 6 Places
• American Cup USA 1999 6 Places
• American Cup Brazil 2000 5 Places

Pan American Games Winnipeg 1999 Canada 4 Place

World League 2001 Best scorer of International Round 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008 World Championship Argentina 2002 Pan Americans Games Santo Domingo 2003 Gold Medal and MVP

• 2005 Bolivarian Games, -   Gold Medal

World Championship Japan 2006 Pan American Games Rio Brazil 2007 4 Places Sud American Championship Rio Brasil 2007 World Cup Japan 2007 Olympics Games Beijing 2008 China 9 Places and Best Scorer of Qualifications Round Center American and Caribbeans Games Mayagues Puerto Rico 2010 Silver Medal World Championship Poland 2014

Brazilian League Ulbra 2000 4 places

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Turkish League Fenerbahce 2007-08 Doble Title Cup and League Champions, Best Scorer and MVP Ziraat Bank 2012 9 Places Inegol Belediye Sport Club 2015-16

Japanese V-League Toyoda Gosei 2004-05 7 Places and Best scorer with the record in the league with 711 Points in 28 Games. JT Thunders 2008 6 Places and Best Scorer, 2009 5 Places and silver medal in the Emperator cup, 2010 5 Places and Best Scorer and Best Server, 2011 6 Places

References

1. juegosbolivarianos2005.gov.co. . Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-06-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. "Team Roster 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Venezuela". poland2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

External links

• FIVB Profile