Marcelo Méndez (volleyball)

Marcelo Rodolfo Méndez (born 20 June 1964) is an Argentine professional volleyball coach and former player, playing as a middle blocker during his career. He currently serves as head coach for the Argentina national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, Jastrzębski Węgiel.

Marcelo Méndez
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Rodolfo Méndez
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1964-06-20) 20 June 1964 (age 58) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Coaching information
Current team	Argentina Jastrzębski Węgiel
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1992–2004 2004–2005 2005–2009 2007–2008 2009–2021 2018– 2021–2022 2022– River Plate CV Pòrtol (AC) CV Pòrtol Spain Sada Cruzeiro Argentina Asseco Resovia Jastrzębski Węgiel
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Honours Men’s volleyball Head Coach  Argentina Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo CSV South American Championship 2019 Chile 2021 Brasília

Méndez as Sada Cruzeiro head coach.

Personal life

Marcelo Méndez was born in Buenos Aires and began playing volleyball at the age of 12. He married his wife, María Livia, in 1988, and has two sons who are playing volleyball professionally, Nicolás and Juan.

Career

As a coach

In 2004, Marcelo Méndez became an assistant coach of the Spanish team, CV Pòrtol, and the head coach of the same club in 2005. During his four-year work at the club, his team won three Spanish Champion titles, one Spanish Cup and three Supercups. On the international stage, the team led by Méndez managed to reach the final of the 2006 CEV Cup, losing there to Copra Berni Piacenza.

From 2007 to 2008, he served as head coach for the Spain national team.^[1]

In 2009, he took charge of Sada Cruzeiro. While being the coach of Sada Cruzeiro for over 10 years, he won three Club World Champion titles, seven South American Club Champion titles and six Brazilian Champion titles what makes him one of the world`s most successful club volleyball coaches.^[2] In March 2021, Mendez announced that he is leaving Sada Cruzeiro at the end of the season.^[3]

In 2018, he was appointed head coach of the Argentina national team.^[4][5] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he led Argentina to its second bronze medal in history, having beaten Brazil in a match for third place (3–2).^[6]

On 28 December 2021, he was appointed new head coach of Asseco Resovia, replacing Alberto Giuliani.^[7] Mendez finished his work with Resovia in 2022, and ended the 2021–22 PlusLiga season in fifth place. For the next PlusLiga season, he moved to Jastrzębski Węgiel.^[8]

Honours

Clubs

• FIVB Club World Championship
  •   Betim 2013 – with Sada Cruzeiro
  •   Betim 2015 – with Sada Cruzeiro
  •   Betim 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro

• CSV South American Club Championship
  •   Linares 2012 – with Sada Cruzeiro
  •   Belo Horizonte 2014 – with Sada Cruzeiro
  •   Taubate 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro
  •   Montes Claros 2017 – with Sada Cruzeiro
  •   Montes Claros 2018 – with Sada Cruzeiro
  •   Belo Horizonte 2019 – with Sada Cruzeiro
  •   Contagem 2020 – with Sada Cruzeiro

• National championships
  • 1998/1999   Argentine Championship, with River Plate
  • 2005/2006   Spanish SuperCup, with CV Pòrtol
  • 2005/2006   Spanish Cup, with CV Pòrtol
  • 2005/2006   Spanish Championship, with CV Pòrtol
  • 2006/2007   Spanish Championship, with CV Pòrtol
  • 2007/2008   Spanish SuperCup, with CV Pòrtol
  • 2007/2008   Spanish Championship, with CV Pòrtol
  • 2008/2009   Spanish SuperCup, with CV Pòrtol
  • 2011/2012   Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2013/2014   Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2013/2014   Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2014/2015   Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2015/2016   Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2015/2016   Brazilian SuperCup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2015/2016   Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2016/2017   Brazilian SuperCup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2016/2017   Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2017/2018   Brazilian SuperCup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2017/2018   Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2017/2018   Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2018/2019   Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2019/2020   Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2020/2021   Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
  • 2022/2023   Polish SuperCup, with Jastrzębski Węgiel

References

1. "El argentino Marcelo Méndez, nuevo seleccionador español". elmundo.es (in Spanish). 16 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
2. "Marcelo Mendez completa uma década de títulos pelo Sada Cruzeiro". otempo.com.br (in Portuguese). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
3. "Marcelo Mendez: "Chegou a hora de dizer adeus"". webvolei.com.br (in Portuguese). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
4. "El voleibol argentino tomó un nuevo camino". pagina12.com.ar (in Spanish). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
5. "Mendez proud of past, excited about future". fivb.com. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
6. "Argentina beat arch rivals Brazil in men's volleyball bronze-medal match". olympics.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
7. "Marcelo Méndez nowym trenerem Asseco Resovii Rzeszów". assecoresovia.pl (in Polish). 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
8. "Marcelo Mendez nowym trenerem Jastrzębskiego Węgla". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

External links

• Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Coach profile at Olympedia
• Coach profile at Volleybox.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by   Julio Velasco	Head coach of Argentina 2018–	Succeeded by –
Preceded by   Andrea Anastasi	Head coach of Spain 2007–2008	Succeeded by   Julio Velasco