Salvador Hidalgo Oliva | |
Fullname: | Salvador Hidalgo Oliva |
Nationality: | Cuban German |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1985 |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, USSR |
Weight: | 98kg (216lb) |
Spike: | 355cm (140inches) |
Block: | 332cm (131inches) |
Position: | Οutside spiker |
Currentclub: | Olympiacos Piraeus |
Currentnumber: | 23 |
Years: | 2007–2009 2009 2009–2010 2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2016 2016–2018 2018–2022 2022– |
Teams: | Netzhoppers KW![]() Berlin RV ![]() Berlin RV ![]() ![]() ![]() Yugra Nizhnevartovsk ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Olympiacos Piraeus |
Updated: | 24 January 2017 |
Salvador Hidalgo Oliva (born 27 December 1985) is a Cuban professional volleyball player, a member of Greek club Olympiacos and plays as outside hitter.He has won the Asian Championship in 2012 and the European trophy CEV Challenge Cup in 2023 and has been crowned Lebanon Champion, Chinese Champion, Qatar Champion, Turkish Champion and Greek Champion.
He is noted for his excellent service, having been named the top server of the year in the Asian Champions League in 2010 and 2012, as well as in the German, Polish and Turkish Championships where he won this award again. He is an excellent scorer and has won the best scorer of the year award in the CEV Challenge Cup in 2010 and the Polish Championship in 2017.
In 2016 he went to Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel.[1] [2] He became main player of the team and in half of season he achieved 6 individual awards in regular round for Most Valuable Player of the match. Since 2018, he plays for Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball.