Not Libero from Japan, players in this position are most appreciated in the history of volleyball from Brazil. It was Libero Sergio Santos.
He is the best Libero in the history of volleyball and the only athlete playing in this position was honored as MVP at Olympic and FIVB Volleyball World League, the predecessor of Volleyball Nations League.
He is also the only male athletes who played 4 Olympic volleyball finals.
Sergio Santos retired in 2020 and has recently been appointed to the World Football Federation's August Committee.
Sergio Santos was born on October 15, 1975 in Diamante by Norte, Brazil where England started a volleyball career in 1992 in the Palmeiras club shirt. He started playing the national team in 2001.
Right in the first time on the national team, Sergio Santos and his teammates won three championships in the World Championship, South American Championship and the American Cup. The British first Olympic gold medal in 2004 in Athens.
Sergio Santos has 16 years of wearing a national team with countless titles and awards. In 4 consecutive times won the right to play the Olympic final, Sergio Santos gave himself 2 gold medals in 2004 and 2016.
In addition, he also won 2 World Championships 2002 and 2006, 2 World Cup championships and countless other awards.
Throughout his career, Sergio Santos spends a lot of time playing for home teams. His rare abroad is to play for Copra Piacenza of Italy.
Sergio Santos's career farewell match is a friendly match between Brazil and Portugal. More than 30,000 fans came to grateful to one of the legends of Brazilian volleyball at the age of 44.