María José Pérez (volleyball)

María José Pérez González (born 18 March 1988 in Aragua) is a female volleyball player from Venezuela who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics[1] in Beijing, China. Her team finished in 11th place.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is González.
María José Pérez
Personal information
Full nameMaría José Pérez González
NationalityVenezuela
Born (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988
Aragua
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Spike300 cm (120 in)
Block296 cm (117 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current clubF2 Logistics Cargo Movers
National team
2006–Venezuela
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Venezuela
South American Championship
2007 Porto AlegreTeam
Last updated: October 2017

Career

With her national team, she participated at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, finishing in 5th place.[3] A year later, she won the bronze medal at the 2007 South American Championship.[4]

She signed with Llaneras de Toa Baja[5][6] for the 2008 season of Puerto Rican league, Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino. Later that year, started playing with the Finnish club Liiga Eura.[7]

She started the 2014 playing the Indonesian Proliga with Manokwari Valeria Papua Barat.[8] Pérez later won the 2014 Venezuelan League championship silver medal with Académicas de Caracas and was awarded best scorer.[9][10]

She played again in the Indonesian League, this time with Jakarta Electric PLN, winning the Indonesian Proliga championship.[11]

She was chosen best scorer and best spiker for the 2015 season of the Venezuelan league were her club, Académicas de Caracas finished second in the league championship.[12]

Pérez signed in February 2017 with the Indonesian league club Jakarta Elektrik PLN,[13] winning with this club the local championship.[14]

In October 2017, Perez signed with F2 Logistics Cargo Movers to play in the Philippine Superliga.[15] The team won the championship in the tournament[16] and Pérez was awarded the Most Valuable Player.[17]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals
  • 2014 Venezuelan League "Best Scorer"
  • 2015 Venezuelan League "Best Scorer"
  • 2015 Venezuelan League "Best Spiker"
  • 2017 Philippine SuperLiga Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"

Clubs

Senior team

References
  1. Terra. "Maria Jose Perez Gonzalez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  2. FIVB. "Final Standing". Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  3. NORCECA. "Cuba and Dominican Republic will play for the gold medal". Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  4. Solo Deportes. "Venezuela debuta frente a Argentina en Suramericano de Voleibol Femenino" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  5. Federación Puertorriqueña de Voleibol. "Llega mañana a Toa Baja la Sustituta de Aury Cruz" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  6. NoticiasOnline.com. "Criollas invictas en el voleibol superior" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  7. Terra. "Treinta y seis jugadores de voleibol de Venezuela jugarán en doce ligas de Europa y Asia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  8. "Proliga, Jakarta Popsivo Ditekuk Manokwari" (in Indonesian). tempo.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  9. "Aragua VC se coronó como campeona de la Liga de Voleibol Femenino" (in Spanish). Caracas: Noticias 24. AVN. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  10. "Liga de Voleibol premió a las nueve jugadoras más destacadas de la temporada 2014" (in Spanish). Caracas: AVN. AVN. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  11. "María José Pérez levantó la copa en la Liga de Indonesia de voleibol" (in Spanish). Telearagua. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  12. "Vikingas de Miranda se alzan con el título de Liga Venezolana de Voleibol Femenino 2015" (in Spanish). El Norte. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  13. "Indonesia: Tutte le straniere (e gli stranieri) del campionato. C'è anche Mambru" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  14. "Indonesia F.: Scudetto al Jakarta Elektrik di Manganang" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  15. "F2 Logistics taps Maria". Volleyverse.com. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  16. Lozada, Bong (December 16, 2017). "F2 completes comeback, wins PSL Grand Prix title at expense of Petron". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  17. Lozada, Bong (December 16, 2017). "Double celebration for F2 import Perez with MVP award and PSL title". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
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