José Miguel Cáceres Explained

José Miguel Cáceres
Fullname:José Miguel Cáceres Gómez
Nickname:Clavito
Nationality:Dominican
Birth Date:December 24, 1981
Birth Place:Tamayo
Hometown:Santo Domingo
Weight:98kg (216lb)
Spike:385cm (152inches)
Block:353cm (139inches)
Position:Opposite
Currentnumber:7
Currentclub:Capitanes de Arecibo
Nationalyears:2005–2014
Updated:October 2015

José Miguel Cáceres Gómez (born December 24, 1981, in Tamayo) is a men's volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won a bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2008 Pan American Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Career

Cáceres won the "Most Valuable Player" at the 2004 Distrito Nacional Superior Tournament in Dominican Republic, helping Bameso to win the 19th Championship, defeating Los Prados in the 7th game of the final series.[1]

Playing at the 2005 NORCECA Championship, his team finished in 4th place, and he was selected "Best spiker".[2]

At the Dominican Republic Sport Gala of 2008 Cáceres was awarded "Volleyball Player of the Year".[3] He then played with Distrito Nacional, to help them win the 2010 season Dominican Republic Volleyball League championship.[4]

Cáceres signed the Spanish club CAI Voleibol Teruel for the 2010–2011 season, joining countrymate Víctor Batista.[5]

For his performance during 2010, Cáceress was the recipient of the Dominican Republic "Volleyball Player of the Year".[6]

For the 2010–11 season, Cáceres joined his friend and countrymate Víctor Batista[7] at the Spaniard club CAI Voleibol Teruel,[8] winning the 2011 King's Cup[9] and the Superliga.[10]

In June 2011, Cáceres signed with the Italian team Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo to play the 2011–12 season with that club.[11] He won the Best Scorer and the bronze medal at the 2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup.[12] In August 2014 he announced that he would retire from the national team after the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[13] At these games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time[14] and Caceres were awarded Best Opposite Spiker.[15] After this medal he joined his father José Cáceres who also won a medal, a silver in volleyball during the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games.[16]

Cáceres played the 2014–15 season with the Qatari Police Club, helping them to reach a second place in the Gulf Cup being named best opposite spiker[17] and the league fourth place with a 15–5 mark.[18] He then joined the Puerto Rican champions Capitanes de Arecibo for the 2015–16 season.[19] He won the 2017 Pan-American Cup Best Opposite award, helping his national team to reach the sixth place.[20]

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Awards

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bameso y Mirador, campeones de nuevo . NORCECA . 2010-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911152320/http://www.norceca.org/press%20Releas%2005.10.2004-%20Esp-Bameso%20y%20Mirador%2C%20campeones%20de%20nuevo.htm . 2012-09-11 .
  2. Web site: Cuban Poey was the MVP at Norceca's Men Continental . DominicanToday.com . 2010-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307231559/http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sports/2005/9/17/4780/Cuban-Poey-was-the-MVP-at-Norcecas-Men-Continental . 2012-03-07 .
  3. News: Caceres. Jose. Escogen a Gaby y Díaz como los Atletas del Año 2008 de la ACD. Hoy. es. 2011-02-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133236/http://hoy.com.do/deportes/2009/2/15/266730/Escogen-a-Gaby-y-Diaz-como-los-Atletas-del-Ano-2008-de-la-ACD. 2011-07-19.
  4. News: El Distrito barre Tamayo y retiene título de campeón. Listin Diario. Spanish. 2010-06-15. 2014-01-04.
  5. Web site: José Cáceres será el opuesto del CAI Teruel para la próxima temporada. EFE. Spanish. 2010-11-30.
  6. News: Caceres. Jose. Luguelin Santos, el Atleta del Año 2010. Diario Libre. es. 2011-02-12.
  7. Web site: El dúo más dinámico. Heraldo de Aragon. Spanish. 2010-04-22. 2010-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929005111/http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/detalle/el_duo_mas_dinamico.html. 2011-09-29. dead.
  8. Web site: Unicaja Almería y CAI Voleibol Teruel se retan en el estreno de la temporada 2010-11. RFEVB. Spanish. 2010-10-14. 2010-06-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928102838/http://www.rfevb.com/prensa/notas/10-14-10supercopamasc.asp. 2011-09-28.
  9. Web site: El CAI, campeón de la Copa del Rey de Voleibol. Eco de Teruel. Spanish. 2010-03-26. 2010-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110815111729/http://ecodeteruel.es/?p=17544. 2011-08-15. dead.
  10. Web site: El CAI Voleibol Teruel, Campeón de la Superliga masculina. RFEVB. Spanish. 2010-05-08. 2010-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928102819/http://www.rfevb.com/home/prensa/rfevb_noticia.asp?id=10344. 2011-09-28. dead.
  11. Web site: Piemonte Volley Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo. LegaVolley . Volleymercato. Arrivano a Cuneo José Caceres e Francesco Pieri / Lega Pallavolo Serie A. it. José Caceres and Francesco Pieri arrive in Cuneo. 2011-06-03. 2011-06-06 .
  12. Web site: Press release . 2012-07-16 . 2012-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120724180851/http://www.fivb.org/viewPressRelease.asp?No=36026&Language=en . dead .
  13. News: José Cáceres y Elvis Contreras se van de la selección nacional. Diario Libre. Spanish. 2014-08-06. 2015-10-31.
  14. News: Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG. NORCECA. Cordoba, Mexico. 2014-11-30. 2015-10-31.
  15. News: Elvis Contreras MVP of the Central American Games. NORCECA. Cordoba, Mexico. 2014-11-30. 2015-10-31.
  16. News: Los Cáceres construyen con "clavos y clavitos" su historia en volibol de RD. Listin Diario. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Clemente. Carmeli. 2015-07-29. 2015-10-31.
  17. News: Cáceres y Contreras se lucen en Copa del Golfo. Diario Libre. Spanish. 2015-04-07. 2015-10-31.
  18. Web site: Cáceres: experiencia y esfuerzo. Rodriguez. Pachy. Capitanes de Arecibo. es. 2015-09-17. 2015-10-31.
  19. News: Con nuevo refuerzo Arecibo desde esta noche. El Nuevo Dia. Spanish. 2015-09-11. 2015-10-31.
  20. News: Martin Ramos elected MVP of Pan Am Cup. NORCECA. 30 July 2017. 1 August 2017.

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