Carol Gattaz
Brazilian volleyball player (born 1981)
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Caroline de Oliveira Saad "Carol" Gattaz (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈɾɔw gaˈta(j)s]; born 27 July 1981) is a former Brazilian volleyball player.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal.[2] Gattaz won the World Grand Prix three times in a row.[1][3]
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São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Early life
Gattaz was born in São José do Rio Preto.[1] Before playing volleyball, as a teenager, Gattaz played futsal, defending her city's club América-SP, where she played as a striker. Still in high school, she started playing volleyball.[4]
Career
Gattaz, who played as a middle blocker,[5] started her career defending São Caetano, then moved to Rexona-Ades in 2000.[6] After leaving Rexona-Ades in 2001, she played for several clubs, before joining Finasa/Osasco in 2004, when she won the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol, she left the club after the 2006–2007 season.[7] In 2007, she moved to Italy, where she played for Monte Schiavo, returning in the following season to Brazil, to defend Rexona-Ades again.[6] In 2011-2012 she played for Volei Futuro from Brazil.
Following a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury[8] that was not being resolved through physiotherapy and that she already tried to solve through surgery,[9] Gattaz decided to end her career in 2026 when she was forty four years old and was playing for the Praia Clube team.[10][11]
After retiring, Gattaz underwent another knee surgery to resolve her injury.[12]
National team
Defending the national team, she won the South American Women's Volleyball Championship in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009[3] and the World Grand Prix in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.[1][3][13]
She also won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14]
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Later career
Personal life
She is openly lesbian.[18]
Gattaz is a fan and supporter of the Clube Atlético Mineiro soccer team of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.[19][20]
Awards
Individuals
- 2005 South American Championship – "Best Blocker"
- 2009 South American Championship– "Best Blocker"
- 2009 South American Club Championship – "Best Blocker"
- 2009 Montreux Volley Masters – "Best Blocker"
- 2018 South American Club Championship – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2019 South American Club Championship – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2020 South American Club Championship – "Best Blocker"
- 2021 FIVB Nations League - "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics 2020 - "Best Blocker"
- 2021 South American Championship – "Best Blocker"
Clubs
- 2004–05 Brazilian Superliga –
Champion, with Finasa/Osasco - 2005–06 Brazilian Superliga –
Runner-up, with Finasa/Osasco - 2006–07 Brazilian Superliga – Runner-up, with Finasa/Osasco
- 2008–09 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
- 2009–10 Brazilian Superliga – Runner-up, with Unilever Vôlei
- 2010–11 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Unilever Vôlei
- 2011–12 Brazilian Superliga –
Bronze medal, with Vôlei Futuro - 2015–16 Brazilian Superliga – Bronze medal, with Camponesa/Minas
- 2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – Bronze medal, with Camponesa/Minas
- 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
- 2020–21 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
- 2012–13 Azerbaijan Superleague – Runner-up, with Igtisadchi Baku
- 2009 South American Club Championship – Runner-up, with Unilever Vôlei
- 2018 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Camponesa/Minas
- 2019 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
- 2020 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
- 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-up, with Itambé/Minas
