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 (1985-09-16) September 16, 1985
Madrid, Spain
Hometown Málaga, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
Spike 345 cm (136 in)
Block 321 cm (126 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Ignacio Batallan
Best results
Years Result
2004
2008		 U21 World Champion
University World Champion
Indoor volleyball information
Current team CV Almería Spain
Number 3
National team

2010
2011
2011
2012		Spain SPAIN
Europa League
Europa League CEV
European Championships CEV
Olympic Games - European Qualifications
Last updated: 2015-09-21

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

Career

Volleyball

Teams

Teams
Team From To
Spain PTV Málaga
Spain Numancia CMA Soria20022003
Spain Numancia CMA Soria20032004
Spain Numancia CMA Soria20042005
Spain Numancia CMA Soria20052006
Spain UMA Probisa Pizarra20062007
Spain UMA Probisa Pizarra20072008
Spain UMA Probisa Pizarra20082009
Spain FC Barcelone20092010
Spain Cajasol Séville20102011
Cyprus Nea Salamina Famagouste20112012
Spain CV Teruel20122013
Andorra CV Andorra09/201312/2013
Slovakia ŠK Chemes Humenné01/201405/2014
Poland AZS Częstochowa20142015
Spain CV Almería2015

Honours and awards

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 PTV Málaga 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 FC Barcelone 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 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 CV Andorra[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 winer of the Spain Volleyball Championships(SVM). For the first match of the season, they become Andalusia's champions, and for the second match they won the Spanish Supercup volleyball tournament.

Miguel Ángel de Amo in the CV Teruel

Beach Volleyball

Teammates

Teammates
Date Teammate
2002Javier Alcaraz
2003German Lopez
2004Inocencio LarioJavier Alcaraz
2005Inocencio LarioAdrián Gavira
2006Inocencio LarioValentin Sollet
2007Jose Manuel Ariza
2008Jose Manuel Ariza
2009Jose Manuel Ariza
2013Inocencio LarioIgnacio Batallan
CurrentIgnacio Batallan

Honours and awards

Biography

In 2002, De Amo was U18 European Championship runner-up in Illitchivsk (Ukraine) and fifth at the youth World Cup in Xylokastro (Greece), with Javier Alcaraz. 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 Inocencio Lario 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 José Manuel (Chema) Ariza 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 Ignacio Batallán 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 Madison Beach Volley Tour 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 Ignacio Batallán, he also win the Trust Kapital OPEN in Kuopio (Finland) and then in august he becomes Spanish Championship runner up at the Reserva de Higuerón (Fuengirola).

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldofvolley.com
  2. ↑ http://rfevb-web.azurewebsites.net/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?TeamID=148&ID=17
  3. ↑ http://www.vkchemes.sk
  4. ↑ http://www.azsczestochowa.pl/aktualnosci/klubowe/954-wyjatkowy-wieczor-miguela.html
  5. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U21/2003/MenU21/maindrawrank.asp
  6. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U21/2004/menU21/maindrawrank.asp
  7. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/U21/2005/beach_page.asp?pg=MDRA&TRN=MU212005&sm=19
  8. ↑ http://www.fisu.net/en/4th-WUC-Beach-Volleyball-2008-3703.html
  9. ↑ http://www.beachvolleytour.es/de-amo-y-batallan-firman-un-verano-de-ensueno-en-el-madison-beach-volley-tour
  10. ↑ http://beachvolleytour.es/circuito-bvt-2013/
  11. ↑ http://www.rfevb.com/home/vp/cnac/cevp/2014/CNVP/Ibiza/cnvp14_ibiza_clasmasc.asp
  12. ↑ http://www.rfevb.com/home/vp/cnac/cevp/2014/CNVP/laredo/vp_cnvp14_laredo_rankingmasc.asp
  13. ↑ http://www.rfevb.com/home/vp/cnac/cevp/2014/CNVP/salou/vp_cnvp14_tarragona_rankingmasc.asp
  14. ↑ http://www.rfevb.com/home/vp/cnac/cevp/2014/senior/vp_cnvp14_final_rankingmasc.htm

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