Miguel Ángel De Amo

Miguel Ángel de Amo
Miguel Ángel de Amo
	De Amo in a tournament
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría
Nickname	Io de Amo
Nationality	Spanish
Born	16 September 1985 (age 36); Madrid, Spain
Hometown	Málaga, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Spike	325 cm (128 in)
Block	310 cm (122 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
	Ignacio Batallan
Best results
2004; 2008	U21 World Champion; University World Champion
Indoor volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	VK Jihostroj České Budějovice
Number	3
Career
; 2002–2006; 2006–2009; 2009–2010; 2010–2011; 2011–2012; 2012–2013; 2013; 2014; 2014–2015; 2015	; ; ; ; ; Nea Salamina Famagouste; CV Teruel; ; ŠK Chemes Humenné; AZS Częstochowa; CV Almería
National team
2010–	Spain
	Last updated: 4 August 2016

Miguel Ángel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría (born 16 September 1985) is a Spanish player of volleyball and beach volleyball.

Career[]

Volleyball[]

Teams[]

**Teams**
Team	From	To

	2002	2006
	2006	2009
	2009	2010
	2010	2011
Nea Salamina Famagouste	2011	2012
CV Teruel	2012	2013
	09/2013	12/2013
ŠK Chemes Humenné	01/2014	05/2014
AZS Częstochowa	2014	2015
CV Almería	2015

Honours and awards[]

2013
2014
- : Catalonia Volleyball Cup
- : Slovak Cup
- : Slovakia Men's Volleyball League
2015

Biography[]

De Amo started his career in Madrid, in the historical team of Salesianos de Atocha, where his father played. At the age of 15, he moved to Málaga, where he played in the and became Spanish Junior Champion in 2004. De Amo was also captain of the Spain men's national junior volleyball team (15 selections). With the CD Numancia, he took a silver medal in the Spanish Supercup volleyball competition and a third position in the Spain Volleyball Championships (2008-2009).

From the season 2009-2010, he moved in 2010 to the Cajasol Sevilla. During that year he played with the Spain men's national volleyball team (19 selections) in the Men's European Volleyball Championship, and came second.

During the season 2011-2012, he played in Cyprus with the Nea Salamis Famagusta Volleyball Club. One year later (2012-2013), Miguel Ángel joined the CV Teruel^[1] and won the Spain King's Cup, the Spanish Supercup volleyball tournament and the Spain Volleyball Championships(SVM).

In September 2013, he started the season with ^[2] where he won the Cataluña Volleyball Cup, but from January 2014 played with the VK Chemes Humenné in Slovakia, where he won the Slovak Cup and the Slovakia Men's Volleyball League.^[3]

In September 2014, he played in the Polish team of AZS Częstochowa.,^[4] then next season he started with the Spanish CV Almería team, 10 times winner of the Spain Volleyball Championships(SVM). For the first match of the season, they become Andalusia's champions, and this season, they got the Historical "Triplet" winning the Spanish Supercup volleyball tournament, the Spain King's Cup and the Spain Volleyball Championships.

Miguel Ángel de Amo in the CV Teruel

Beach Volleyball[]

Teammates[]

**Teammates**
Date	Teammate
2002	Javier Alcaraz
2003	German Lopez
2004	Inocencio Lario	Javier Alcaraz
2005	Inocencio Lario	Adrián Gavira
2006	Inocencio Lario	Valentin Sollet
2007	Jose Manuel Ariza
2008	Jose Manuel Ariza
2009	Jose Manuel Ariza
2013	Inocencio Lario	Ignacio Batallan
2014	Ignacio Batallan
2015	Ignacio Batallan

Honours and awards[]

2002 :
- U18 European Championship
2003 :
- U20 European championship
2004 :
- U21 World Championship
2007 :
- European Universities Beach Volleyball Championships
2008 :
- University World Championship
2009 :
- Mediterranean Games
- Spanish Championship
- European Universities Beach Volleyball Championships
2012 :
- European Universities Beach Volleyball Championships
2013 :
- I Internacionales Ciudad de Valladolid Madison Beach Volley Tour
- I Internacionales Ciudad de Cambrils Madison Beach Volley Tour
- I Internacionales Villa de Laredo Madison Beach Volley Tour
- I Internacionales Santanyí Cala d’Or Madison Beach Volley Tour
- Spanish Championship
- Madison Beach Volley Tour
2014 :
- I Internacionales de Ibiza Madison Beach Volley Tour
- II Internacionales Villa de Laredo Madison Beach Volley Tour
- Spanish Championship
- Madison Beach Volley Tour
2015 :
- I Internacionales Ciudad de Valencia Madison Beach Volley Tour
- III Internacionales Villa de Laredo Madison Beach Volley Tour
- Trust Kapital OPEN, Kuopio, Finland.
- Spanish Championship

Biography[]

In 2002, De Amo was U18 European Championship runner-up in (Ukraine) and fifth at the youth World Cup in Xylokastro (Greece), with . At the Junior FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Saint-Quay-Portrieux (France), in 2003, with Germán López, he finished ninth and was U20 European championship runner-up in Salzburg (Austria).^[5]

Next year, in 2004, he became U21 World Champion with in Porto Santo(Portugal),^[6] and fifth at the U21 European championship in Koper (Slovenia). In 2005 he played with Lario in Zagreb (Croatia) at the first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. The same year, he finished in the 19th position with Adrián Gavira at the Junior FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),^[7] and came fourth at the U21 European championship, with Lario, at Mysłowice(Poland). In 2008, he played for the first time with at the Mallorca Open (Spain) and became University World Champion in Hamburg (Germany).^[8] In 2009 de Amo / Ariza won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Pescara (Italy). In 2013 de Amo and Lario together again, played their first Grand Slam in Shanghai (China). Lario and de Amo classified for the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Stare Jabłonki (Poland).

Since summer 2013, in partnership with Ignacio Batallán, in the Batallán-De Amo voleyplaya team, he has competed in the Madison Beachvolley Tour,^[9] where they won the Cambrils tournament, and achieved the silver medal in all the other tournaments to become Spanish Championship runner up at the Reserva de Higuerón (Fuengirola).^[10]

In summer 2014, he achieved first place with in the I Internacionales Ciudad de Ibiza,^[11] the II Internacionales Villa de Laredo^[12] and the I Internacionales de Tarragona.^[13] They were also Champions and bronze medallists in the Spanish Championship at Fuengirola.^[14]

In July 2015, he won the III Internacionales Villa de Laredo with his partner . He also won the Trust Kapital OPEN in Kuopio (Finland) and then in August he became Spanish Championship runner up at the Reserva de Higuerón (Fuengirola).

References[]

^ http://www.worldofvolley.com
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.vkchemes.sk
^ http://www.azsczestochowa.pl/aktualnosci/klubowe/954-wyjatkowy-wieczor-miguela.html^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Main Draw Ranking".
^ "Main Draw Ranking".
^ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U21/2005/beach_page.asp?pg=MDRA&TRN=MU212005&sm=19
^ "4th WUC Beach Volleyball - 2008".
^ "De Amo y Batallán firman un verano de lujo en el Madison Beach Volley Tour | Madison Beach Volley Tour | Madison Beach Volley Tour".
^ "Circuito BVT 2013 | Madison Beach Volley Tour".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2016-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.rfevb.com/home/vp/cnac/cevp/2014/senior/vp_cnvp14_final_rankingmasc.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Miguel Angel De Amo at the FIVB beach volleyball database
Miguel Angel de Amo Fernández-Echevarría at the Beach Volleyball Database
Batallàn-De Amo team page at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-11-02)
Miguel Angel DE AMO FERNANDEZ-ECHEVARRIA at the European Volleyball Confederation

[1] ttp://www.worldofvolley.com

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.vkchemes.sk

[4] ttp://www.azsczestochowa.pl/aktualnosci/klubowe/954-wyjatkowy-wieczor-miguela.html^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "Main Draw Ranking".

[6] "Main Draw Ranking".

[7] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U21/2005/beach_page.asp?pg=MDRA&TRN=MU212005&sm=19

[8] "4th WUC Beach Volleyball - 2008".

[9] "De Amo y Batallán firman un verano de lujo en el Madison Beach Volley Tour | Madison Beach Volley Tour | Madison Beach Volley Tour".

[10] "Circuito BVT 2013 | Madison Beach Volley Tour".

[11] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2016-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[12] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[13] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[14] ttp://www.rfevb.com/home/vp/cnac/cevp/2014/senior/vp_cnvp14_final_rankingmasc.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

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