Gustavo Endres

As of July 3, 2012

Gustavo Endres ( born August 23, 1975 in Passo Fundo ) is a Brazilian volleyball player. He participated in three Olympic Games and was twice world champion. His younger brother Murilo Endres is also national player in this sport.

Career

Endres began his career in 1996 at EC Banespa. The following year, the middle blocker made ​​his debut in the Brazilian national team. In 2000 he participated with the team for the first time at the Olympic tournament, which ended for Brazil to sixth. In 2001, he joined the Italian league to Pallavolo Ferrara. In the same year he won the National League and the world was doing an individual award as the best blocker. 2002 Endres was a final win against Russia for the first time, the Brazilian world champion. 2003 followed by a second title in the World League and his first triumph in the World Cup. Within the Italian league, he went for a season to Icom Latina. In 2004, he experienced after another win in World League his second Olympic tournament and won with Brazil in the final against Italy the gold medal. In the league Endres was committed by Sisley Treviso. With his new club he managed in 2005 double in league and cup. A year later, winning the Champions League was followed by a win against Iraklis Thessaloniki. With the national team was in 2005 and 2006, additional titles in the World League. At the World Championships in Japan, Brazil continued with Endres in the final against Poland by. 2007 Treviso repeated with the Brazilian middle blocker Double in the league. The team won three titles in the World League, at the Pan American Games and the World Cup. 2008 Endres took part for the third time in the Olympic Games; Brazil lost the final to the United States and was therefore awarded the silver medal. 2009 returned to the middle blocker back in the domestic league and played two years for EC Pinheiros. In 2011 he moved to Cimed Florianópolis.