Elvis Contreras
Personal information
Full nameElvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos
NationalityDominican
Born (1979-07-20) 20 July 1979
Tamayo
HometownSanto Domingo
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Spike365 cm (144 in)
Block355 cm (140 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current clubAl Arabi Kuwait
National team
1998-2014 Dominican Republic
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Cup
Silver medal – second place 2006 Mexicali Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Winnipeg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Chiapas Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Santo Domingo Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Veracruz Team
Last updated: 26 October 2023

Elvis Dalsires Contreras de los Santos (born 20 July 1979, in Tamayo),[1] also known as Elvis Contreras, is a male volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the silver medal with the Dominican Republic men's national volleyball team at the 2006 Pan-American Cup in Mexicali, Mexico.

Career

Contreras won the Best Spiker award at the 2001 NORCECA Championship,[2] and Best Scorer at the 2005 version.[3]

At the 2007 NORCECA Championship, Contreras was awarded Best Receiver, and his national team finished in 5th place.[4]

Contreras won the Dominican Republic "2007 Volleyball Player of the Year".[5]

In mid-June 2012, the Poland club Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle announced his joining for the 2012–13 season.[6]

Contreras won the bronze medal in the 2012 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup playing with his national team, and also won the Best Receiver and Best Server awards.[7]

Contreras led the Technocrats to the title of the 2013 Caribbean Volleyball League,[8] also winning the Most Valuable Player, Best Scorer, Best Spiker, and Best Server awards in the Trinidad and Tobago-based tournament.[9] He then joined the Brazilian club Funvic Taubaté.[10]

In August 2014, Contreras announced that he would retire from the national team after the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.[11] At these games, the Dominican Republic won the gold medal for the first time,[12] and Contreras was awarded the Most Valuable Player, Best Outside Spiker, and Best Scorer.[13]

Clubs

  • Dominican Republic Bameso (1997–2000)
  • Dominican Republic Los Prados (2000–2003)
  • Spain 7 Islas Compaktuna (2002–2003)
  • Italy Armet Bassano del Grappa (2003–2004)
  • Germany VfB Friedrichshafen (2004–2006)
  • Puerto Rico Leones de Ponce (2006)
  • Brazil Sada Betim (2006–2007)
  • Italy Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia (2007–2010)
  • Dominican Republic Bahoruco (2010)
  • Dominican Republic San José de Las Matas (2010)
  • Russia Dinamo Krasnodar (2011-2012)
  • Poland Zaksa Kędzierzyn-Koźle (2012)
  • Russia Iskra Odintsovo (2013)
  • Trinidad and Tobago Technocrats (2013)
  • Dominican Republic La Romana (2013)
  • Brazil Funvic/Taubaté (2013-2014)
  • Bahrain Alhi Club (2014-2015)
  • Kuwait Kazma sporting club (2019-2023)

Individuals

Clubs

  • 2005 German Cup - Champion, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2005 German Championship - Champion, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2006 German Championship - Champion, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2006 German Cup - Champion, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2008 Italian A2 Championship - Champion, with Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
  • 2010 Dominican Republic Volleyball League - Runner-Up, with Bahoruco
  • 2013 Caribbean League - Champion, with Technocrats
  • 2014 Arabian Champion Cup - Champion, with Alhi Club Bahrain
  • 2015 Bahrain Championship - Champion, with Alhi Club Bahrain

References

  1. ↑ FIVB (2012). "Dominican Republic". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.,
  2. ↑ Volley Barbados. "Cuba wins 13th NORCECA Title". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  3. ↑ DominicanToday.com. "Cuban Poey was the MVP at Norceca's Men Continental". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. ↑ FIVB. "USA Men Captured NORCECA Gold Against Puerto Rico". Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Athletes of the Year". DR1.com. 12 February 2007. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Niespodzianka z Dominikany. Nowy przyjmujący w Zaksie" (in Polish). nto.pl. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "USA clinch fifth Pan American Cup title". FIVB. 14 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
  8. ↑ Sunich, Kevin (5 June 2013). "Technocrats capture men volleyball title". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Sunich, Kevin (5 June 2013). "Thompson, Contreras adjudged MVP's". Trinidad & Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Vôlei Taubaté contrata estrangeiros e corre para agilizar documentação". Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 22 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "José Cáceres y Elvis Contreras se van de la selección nacional". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Dominican Republic win first crown at CACG". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Elvis Contreras MVP of the Central American Games". Cordoba, Mexico: NORCECA. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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