Miguel Ángel López | |
Full Name: | Miguel Ángel López Castro |
Nickname: | Miki, Africa, ML18, Black Panther, The Flying Cuban, El Corcho López |
Nationality: | ![]() |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1997 |
Birth Place: | Cienfuegos, Cuba |
Height: | 1.89 m |
Weight: | 90 kg |
Spike: | 363 cm |
Block: | 345 cm |
Position: | Outside hitter |
Currentclub: | Sada Cruzeiro |
Currentnumber: | 18 |
Years: | 2015–2017 2017–2019 2019–2020 2020– |
Teams: | Cienfuegos Gigantes del Sur UPCN Vóley Club Sada Cruzeiro |
Nationalyears: | 2016– |
Miguel Ángel López Castro (born 25 March 1997) is a Cuban volleyball player. He is part of the Cuban national team, a participant at the Olympic Games Rio 2016. At the professional club level, he plays for osaka bluteon.[1] [2]
Lopez Castro was born in Cienfuegos Province, Cuba, as the youngest of three children of Elcida Juana Castro and Miguel Angel Lopez Martinez.His interest in volleyball began at the age of seven, when he saw footage of former Cuban star Joel Despaigne and his jumping ability.
By the age of 18, he was selected among other young players to the national volleyball centre "Escuela National de Voleibol" in Havana, as one of the top prospects in the country.