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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Italy Challenger
July 7 - 10, 2005

(2) Neilton Santos/Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil

Neilton Moises Santos Merces
Azerbaijan

/ Brazil

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

3rd (Lausanne 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$14,500.00

Paulo Emilio Silva Azevedo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 14, 1969 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador (BA)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB C&S Best:

3rd (Lausanne 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$358,537.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB C&S	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,200.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/1-3/2005	Italy Challenger	1	5th	36	US$1,500.00

Italy Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/8/2005	Winner 2	Florian Huth / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (18)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
Sat, 7/9/2005	Winner 3	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy (7)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:46
Sat, 7/9/2005	Winner 4	Jan Ferreira / Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:48
Sun, 7/10/2005	Contender 5	Alex Acco / Luizao Correa, Brazil (22)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:39

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Neilton Santos												Paulo Emilio Silva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$14,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	2	0	$66,250.00
13	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	$11,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	69	5	2	3	7	12	20	4	0	0	$219,637.50
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	Satellite	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
24	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	2	0	$14,500.00	Total	92	5	2	6	8	19	23	7	2	0	$302,987.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Neilton Santos													Paulo Emilio Silva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1990	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
											1992	FIVB	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$36,600.00
											1993	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											1994	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,750.00
											1995	FIVB	12	1	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	3	$30,000.00
											1996	FIVB	13	1	0	0	2	4	4	0	1	1	$66,000.00
											1997	FIVB	11	1	0	3	1	2	4	0	0	0	$58,950.00
											1998	FIVB	11	0	1	0	2	4	3	1	0	0	$46,250.00
											1999	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,500.00
											2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$3,500.00
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$3,500.00
											2002	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	$3,337.50
											2003	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	$13,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	$19,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00	Total	Total	89	5	2	5	8	18	23	7	2	19	$301,387.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	9-6	60.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	12-8	60.0%
2004-2005	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	9-6	60.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	12-8	60.0%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	14-10	58.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	9-6	60.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	8

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 4	Ferreira/Ferreira	3	Santos/Silva	2	21-18, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 4 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Santos/Silva	1	Galli/Raffaelli	3	21-16, 21-15	1:02
Trail the series against # 6 Bendandi/Cicola, Italy 0-1
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Bendandi/Cicola	8	Santos/Silva	1	21-15, 21-18	0:43
Series tied with # 7 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-1
7/9/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 3	Santos/Silva	2	Amore/Fenili	7	21-17, 21-15	0:46
7/3/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 5	Amore/Fenili	19, Q7	Santos/Silva	1	21-16, 23-25, 15-11	1:12
Lead the series against # 9 Hellum/Huseby, Norway 1-0
7/2/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Santos/Silva	1	Hellum/Huseby	17, Q5	23-21, 21-10	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 Huth/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
7/8/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Santos/Silva	2	Huth/Uhmann	18	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:58
Trail the series against # 22 Acco/Correa, Brazil 0-1
7/10/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 5	Acco/Correa	22	Santos/Silva	2	21-16, 21-17	0:39