Robertlandy Simón


Robertlandy Simón Aties[You Energy Volley|] is a Cuban volleyball player who is a member of the Cuban national volleyball team. He played with the Cuban national team from 2005 to 2010, and rejoined the team in 2019. He currently plays for the Italian club Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza. He has won the 2009 NORCECA Championship, was a silver medalist of the 2010 World Championship, and twice was a South Korean V-League Champion.

Career

Simón debuted in the national team aged 17. He was the Cuban national team captain for five years.
In 2009, he won individual awards at 2009 World Grand Champions Cup. In 2010, Cuba, including Simón, made it to the finale of 2010 World Championship and lost to Brazil. He was selected as the Best Blocker of the tournament.
Simón was champion of the Italian Cup 2013/14 and of the Challenge Cup 2012/13 with Piacenza.
He was among the best middle blockers in the world when he left Cuba in 2010 right after the 2010 World Championship, to pursue his dreams and make a decent living overseas. Simon helped Al Rayyan to win the 2014 Club World Championship. He was the most expensive player in the South Korean League from 2014 to 2016. Simon joined Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro in 2016.

Spike height

Simón touched 384 cm and, according to his coach, has reached a record of 389 cm.
This happened during the athletic test for the Piacenza team at Serie A1.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

[CEV Champions League]

CEV Challenge Cup">Challenge Cup (volleyball)">CEV Challenge Cup

[FIVB Volleyball [Men's Club World Championship|FIVB Club World Championship]]

[Men's [South American Volleyball Club Championship|South American Club Championship]]

National championships

2005/2006 Cuban Championship2008/2009 Cuban Championship2009/2010 Cuban Championship2013/2014 Italian Cup, with Copra Elior Piacenza2014/2015 South Korean Championship, with Ansan OK Savings Bank2015/2016 South Korean Championship, with Ansan OK Savings Bank2016/2017 Brazilian Superliga, with Sada Cruzeiro2017/2018 Brazilian Superliga, with Sada Cruzeiro2018/2019 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova2019/2020 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova2020/2021 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova2022/2023 Italian Cup, with
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza

National team

2005 U21 World Championship2005 FIVB World League2005 America's Cup2006 Central American and Caribbean Games2007 NORCECA Championship2007 Pan American Games2007 America's Cup2008 America's Cup2009 NORCECA Championship2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup2010 FIVB World Championship2019 NORCECA Champions Cup2019 NORCECA Championship

Individually

2007 Pan American Games – Best Blocker2007 America's Cup – Best Spiker2007 America's Cup – Best Blocker2008 America's Cup – Best Spiker2008 America's Cup – Best Scorer2009 FIVB World League – Best Spiker2009 FIVB World League – Best Blocker2009 NORCECA Championship – Best Blocker2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Blocker2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Server2009 FIVB World Grand Champions CupMost Valuable Player2010 FIVB World Championship – Best Blocker2014 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker2015 South Korean Championship – Best 72015 Korea-Japan Top Match – Most Valuable Player2016 South Korean Championship – Finals Most Valuable Player2017 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker2019 NORCECA Champions Cup – Best Middle Blocker2019 NORCECA Champions Cup – Most Valuable Player2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker2021 Italian Volleyball Cup – Most Valuable Player