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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVII Olympic Games
September 16 - 26, 2000

(3) Ze Marco de Melo/Ricardo Santos, 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

Ricardo Alex Costa Santos
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 6, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador, Brazil

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

103 kg (227 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

238

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,921,182.50

Awards

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

Awards

Tour Champion 2000 (with Ze Marco de Melo), 2003 (with Emanuel Rego), 2004 (with Emanuel Rego), 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Best Hitter 2005
Best Offensive Player 2005, 2006, 2007
Most Outstanding 2005, 2007
Team of the Year 2005 (with Emanuel Rego), 2006 (with Emanuel Rego), 2007 (with Emanuel Rego)
Most Inspirational 2018
Sportsperson 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	57	Money
FIVB	40	11	8	4	4	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	US$623,500.00

Previous Sydney Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	1	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	1	2nd	306	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2000	Portugal Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2000	France Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2000	Italy Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2000	Norway Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2000	U.S. Grand Slam	2	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2000	Spain Open	1	4th	238	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2000	Canada Open	2	4th	238	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2000	Mexico Open	1	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/24-28/2000	Macau Open	1	1st	340	US$26,000.00
FIVB	1/18-23/2000	Brazil Open	1	5th	204	US$7,000.00
FIVB	1/12-16/2000	Argentina Open	1	2nd	306	US$18,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/5/1999	Brazil Open	3	1st	340	US$30,000.00

Sydney XXVII Olympic Games Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 9/17/2000	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (22)	Won 15-5	0:38
Fri, 9/22/2000	Winner 2	Nikolas Berger / Oliver Stamm, Austria (17)	Won 16-14	0:56
Sun, 9/24/2000	Winner 3	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (6)	Won 15-13	1:21
Sun, 9/24/2000	Semi-Finals	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany (15)	Won 15-5	0:31
Tue, 9/26/2000	Gold Medal	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (9)	Lost 11-12, 9-12	1:41

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Emanuel Rego - 9th	Did not play
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Emanuel Rego - 5th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Ricardo Santos - 17th	Ze Marco de Melo - 17th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney	Ricardo Santos - 2nd	Ze Marco de Melo - 2nd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Rogerio 'Para' Ferreira - 9th	Jose Loiola - 2nd
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 1st
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 17th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 4th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 3rd
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 5th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Marcio Araujo - 2nd
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Pedro Cunha - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Alvaro Filho - 2nd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Emanuel Rego - 9th

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	11	6	4	4	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	$597,000.00
Total	40	11	8	4	4	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	$623,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ze Marco de Melo												Ricardo Santos
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	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Championships	9	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$127,000.00
10	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$115,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	85	14	7	8	2	16	20	8	5	0	$727,750.00
79	25	11	13	6	16	3	3	0	0	$631,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	138	38	20	14	15	18	17	6	5	0	$1,050,432.50
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											Goodwill Games	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
94	26	16	14	6	17	7	5	0	0	$758,350.00	Total	238	56	31	23	18	36	38	16	10	0	$1,921,182.50

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
1999	FIVB	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$248,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2000	FIVB	14	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$224,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	9	7	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	$472,500.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ze Marco de Melo													Ricardo Santos
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
15	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$119,500.00	1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
14	5	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	$166,000.00	1996	FIVB
11	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$112,700.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00	1998	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	3	$72,000.00
13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00	1999	FIVB	13	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	$124,250.00
14	5	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	$112,000.00	2000	FIVB	14	5	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	$112,000.00
84	26	16	13	6	13	4	3	0	3	$726,100.00	Total	Total	41	11	8	4	4	7	0	3	0	4	$309,000.00

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	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	5-3	62.5%
1999-2000	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3

Head to Head Results
Santos/de Melo lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 6 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 3	Santos/de Melo	3	Child/Heese	6	15-13	1:21
Trail the series against # 9 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
9/26/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Blanton/Fonoimoana	9	Santos/de Melo	3	12-11, 12-9	1:41
Lead the series against # 15 Ahmann/Hager, Germany 1-0
9/24/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Santos/de Melo	3	Ahmann/Hager	15	15-5	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
9/22/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 2	Santos/de Melo	3	Berger/Stamm	17	16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 20 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
7/23/99	FIVB	Marseille World Championships		Pimponi/Raffaelli	31	Santos/de Melo	1	15-6	0:20
Lead the series against # 22 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
9/17/00	FIVB	Sydney XXVII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Santos/de Melo	3	Berg/Dahl	22	15-5	0:38