Ángel Dennis | |
Fullname: | Ángel Dennis |
Nationality: | Cuban Italian |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1977 |
Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
Weight: | 89kg (196lb) |
Position: | Outside hitter / Opposite |
Currentclub: | VOA/Morro da Fumaça |
Currentnumber: | 7 (club) 7 (national team) |
Years: | 1998–2000 2003 2004 2004–2007 2007–2012 2012–2013 2013 2013–2016 2016 2016 2016–2017 2017–2020 2020–2022 2021–2022 2022–2023 2023–2024 |
Teams: | Palermo Volley Playeros de San Juan ICOM Latina Lube Banca Macerata Cimone Modena Club Ciudad de Bolívar Anwar Club APAV Canoas Anwar Club Revivre Milano Lupi Santa Croce Sporting CP Pallavolo Macerata Al Jazira Sport Club Enosis Neon Paralimni VOA/Morro da Fumaça |
Nationalyears: | 1996–2001 |
Nationalteam: | (212) |
Updated: | 26 October 2023 |
Ángel Dennis Diaz (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. He played with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he finished in seventh place.[1] He helped the Cuban team win the bronze medal at the 1998 FIVB World Championship.
Dennis played for IVECO Palermo from 1998 to 2000. After a period of inactivity, Dennis returned to play in 2003-2004 for Latina Volley, before moving to Lube Banca Marche Macerata the following year, after a short stint in Qatar. With Lube he won a top national division and an Italian Supercup in 2006, and two CEV Cups (2005–2006).[2] In 2017, Dennis signed a contract with Sporting CP.[3]
Dennis married Italian volleyball player Simona Rinieri.