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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Championships
September 10 - 13, 1997

(6) Ze Marco de Melo/Emanuel Rego, Brazil

José Marco "Zé Marco" Nóbrega Ferreira de Melo
Brazil

Photo: Paolo Amari

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 19, 1971 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

João Pessoa, PB

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$850,350.00

Emanuel Fernando Scheffer Rego
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 15, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Curitiba

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

256

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$2,562,272.50

Awards

Tour Champion 1996 (with Emanuel Rego), 1997 (with Emanuel Rego), 2000 (with Ricardo Santos)

Awards

Tour Champion 1996 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 1997 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 1999 (with Jose Loiola), 2001 (with Tande Ramos), 2003 (with Ricardo Santos), 2004 (with Ricardo Santos), 2005 (with Ricardo Santos), 2006 (with Ricardo Santos), 2007 (with Ricardo Santos), 2011 (with Alison Cerutti)
Sportsperson 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Team of the Year 2005 (with Ricardo Santos), 2006 (with Ricardo Santos), 2007 (with Ricardo Santos), 2011 (with Alison Cerutti)
Best Hitter 2006
Most Outstanding 2006, 2011
Most Inspirational 2011, 2012, 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	40	15	8	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	US$796,400.00

Previous Los Angeles Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/1997	Spain Open	1	3rd	240	US$13,000.00
FIVB	8/29-31/1997	Turkey Open	1	3rd	240	US$13,000.00
FIVB	8/15-17/1997	Belgium Open	1	1st	300	US$30,000.00
FIVB	8/8-10/1997	Portugal Open	1	13th	180	US$5,400.00
FIVB	8/1-3/1997	Austria Open	1	1st	300	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/25-27/1997	French Open	1	2nd	270	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/18-20/1997	Italian Open	1	2nd	270	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/4-6/1997	German Open	1	1st	300	US$30,000.00
FIVB	2/20-23/1997	Brazil Open	1	1st	300	US$30,000.00
FIVB	12/13-15/1996	South Africa Open	1	3rd	240	US$16,000.00
FIVB	10/24-27/1996	Brazil Open	1	3rd	240	US$16,000.00
FIVB	10/18-20/1996	Puerto Rico Open	1	1st	300	US$31,000.00

Los Angeles World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/1997		Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (27)	Won 12-11, 7-12, 12-7	1:20
Fri, 9/12/1997		John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (11)	Won 12-9, 12-9	1:27
Fri, 9/12/1997		Canyon Ceman / Mike Whitmarsh, United States (3)	Lost 5-12, 4-12	0:52

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Emanuel Rego - 5th	Ze Marco de Melo - 5th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Ricardo Santos - 17th	Jose Loiola - 1st
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 9th	Tande Ramos - 5th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Ricardo Santos - 1st
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Ricardo Santos - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Ricardo Santos - 4th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Ricardo Santos - 5th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Alison Cerutti - 1st
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Alison Cerutti - 4th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Ricardo Santos - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/10-13/1997	Los Angeles World Championships	6	5th	330	US$12,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$184,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	14	5	8	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$600,000.00
Total	40	15	8	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$796,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ze Marco de Melo												Emanuel Rego
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Championships	10	3	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	$147,250.00
10	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$115,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	17	13	9	5	16	17	7	1	0	$921,625.00
79	25	11	13	6	16	3	3	0	0	$631,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	153	55	23	31	9	17	18	0	0	0	$1,381,147.50
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00
94	26	16	14	6	17	7	5	0	0	$758,350.00	Total	256	77	37	41	16	38	38	8	1	0	$2,459,772.50

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
1996	FIVB	14	5	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$332,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
1997	FIVB	10	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$205,400.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	24	9	4	5	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$537,400.00	3	3	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ze Marco de Melo													Emanuel Rego
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	1992	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1993	FIVB
3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$14,750.00	1994	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$22,875.00
15	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$119,500.00	1995	FIVB	15	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$119,500.00
14	5	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	$166,000.00	1996	FIVB	15	5	2	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	$174,000.00
10	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$102,700.00	1997	FIVB	10	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$102,700.00
44	14	8	9	2	6	4	1	0	0	$407,850.00	Total	Total	46	14	8	9	3	6	6	0	0	0	$419,075.00

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	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
1996-1997	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-2	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3

Head to Head Results
Rego/de Melo lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ceman/Whitmarsh, United States 0-1
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Ceman/Whitmarsh	3	Rego/de Melo	6	12-5, 12-4	0:52
Lead the series against # 11 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
9/12/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Rego/de Melo	6	Child/Heese	11	12-9, 12-9	1:27
Lead the series against # 27 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
9/11/97	FIVB	Los Angeles World Championships		Rego/de Melo	6	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	27	12-11, 7-12, 12-7	1:20
Trail the series against # 28 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
7/25/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 3	Brenha/Maia	18	Rego/de Melo	5	15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 29 Jodard/Penigaud, France 1-0
7/24/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Winner 2	Rego/de Melo	5	Jodard/Penigaud	12	15-1	0:27