Ángel Dennis

Ángel Dennis
Ángel Dennis
	Ángel Dennis during a volleyball match in Piacenza.
Personal information
Full name	Ángel Dennis
Nationality	Cuban; Italian
Born	June 13, 1977 (age 44); Havana, Cuba
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Spike	0 cm (0 in)
Block	0 cm (0 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter/Opposite
Current club	Sporting CP
Number	7 (club), 7 (national team)
Career
1998–2000; 2003; 2004; 2004–2007; 2007–2012; 2012–2013; 2013; 2013–2016; 2016; 2016; 2016-2017; 2017	; ; ICOM Latina; Lube Banca Macerata; Cimone Modena; Club Ciudad de Bolívar; ; ; ; Revivre Milano; ; Sporting CP
National team
1996–2001	Cuba (212)
Honours
Representing Cuba
Men's volleyball
World Championship
World Grand Champions Cup
World League
NORCECA Championship
	Last updated: 9 February 2017

Ángel Dennis Diaz (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player.

Biography[]

He played for IVECO Palermo from 1998 to 2000. With Cuba national team, he won a World League in 1998 and an America's Cup in 2001, before abandoning his country to move to establish himself in Italy in the latter year.

After a period of inactivity, he 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). In 2006 he married Italian volleyball player Simona Rinieri, by which he got Italian nationality.

In 2017, he signed a contract with Sporting CP.

External links[]

Page at Italy's Volleyball League website (in Italian)

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