María José Pérez (volleyball)
Venezuelan volleyball player
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María José Pérez González (born 18 March 1988 in Aragua) is a female volleyball player from Venezuela who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics[1] in Beijing, China. Her team finished in 11th place.[2]
Aragua
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| Full name | María José Pérez González | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Venezuelan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1988 Aragua | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 300 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 296 cm (117 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing spiker | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Cignal HD Spikers | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| Last updated: October 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Career
With her national team, she participated at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, finishing in 5th place.[3] A year later, she won the bronze medal at the 2007 South American Championship.[4]
She signed with Llaneras de Toa Baja[5][6] for the 2008 season of Puerto Rican league, Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino. Later that year, started playing with the Finnish club Liiga Eura.[7]
She started the 2014 playing the Indonesian Proliga with Manokwari Valeria Papua Barat.[8] Pérez later won the 2014 Venezuelan League championship silver medal with Académicas de Caracas and was awarded best scorer.[9]
She played again in the Indonesian League, this time with Jakarta Electric PLN, winning the Indonesian Proliga championship.[10]
She was chosen best scorer and best spiker for the 2015 season of the Venezuelan league were her club, Académicas de Caracas finished second in the league championship.[11]
Pérez signed in February 2017 with the Indonesian league club Jakarta Elektrik PLN,[12] winning with this club the local championship.[13]
In October 2017, Perez signed with F2 Logistics Cargo Movers to play in the Philippine Superliga.[14] The team won the championship in the tournament[15] and Pérez was awarded the Most Valuable Player.[16]
Clubs
Llaneras de Toa Baja (2008)
Liiga Eura (2008–2010)
AEL Limassol (2010-2011)- Liiga Eura (2011–2012)
Stella ES Calais (2012-2013)
Manokwari Valeria Papua Barat (2014)
Académicas de Caracas (2014)- Jakarta Electric PLN (2015)
- Académicas de Caracas (2014)
- Jakarta Elektrik PLN (2017)
F2 Logistics Cargo Movers (2017, 2018)
Golden Tulip Volalto Caserta (2018-2019)- F2 Logistics Cargo Movers (2019)
Than Quảng Ninh VC (2022)- Cignal HD Spikers (2024–present)[17]
Awards
Individuals
- 2014 Venezuelan League "Best Scorer"
- 2015 Venezuelan League "Best Scorer"
- 2015 Venezuelan League "Best Spiker"
- 2017 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
- 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference "Best Foreign Guest Player"[18]
Clubs
- 2014 Venezuelan League –
Runner-Up, with Académicas de Caracas - 2015 Indonesian Proliga –
Champion, with Jakarta Elektrik PLN - 2015 Venezuelan League – Runner-Up, with Académicas de Caracas
- 2017 Indonesian Proliga – Champion, with Jakarta Elektrik PLN
- 2017 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix – Champion, with F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
- 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference -
Bronze medal, with Cignal HD Spikers[19]
National team
Senior team
- 2005 Bolivarian Games -
Silver medal - 2007 South American Championship - Bronze medal
- 2013 Bolivarian Games - Silver medal
