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]
- 2018/2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
CEV Challenge Cup">Challenge Cup (volleyball)">CEV Challenge Cup
- 2012/2013 – with Copra Elior Piacenza
[FIVB Volleyball [Men's Club World Championship|FIVB Club World Championship]]
- Belo Horizonte 2014 – with Al Rayyan
- Betim 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Poland 2017 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Poland 2018 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- Betim 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
[Men's [South American Volleyball Club Championship|South American Club Championship]]
- Montes Claros 2017 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- Montes Claros 2018 – with Sada Cruzeiro
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, withGas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza