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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Milan Challenger
August 31 - September 2, 2007

(12, Q4) Thiago Barbosa/Ricardo Brandao, Brazil

Thiago Dealtry Barbosa
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Itaboraí (RJ)

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB C&S Best:

2nd (Milan 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$120,650.00

Ricardo Alessandro Brandão de Sousa
Brazil

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 15, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belem-PA

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Milan 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$6,800.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	US$1,600.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,000.00
Overall	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	US$5,600.00

Previous Milan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	Q20	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	32, Q30	25th	50	US$1,600.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Milan Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/31/2007	Qualifier 2	Elie Abo Shedid / Nader Fares, Lebanon (Q13)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:39
Fri, 8/31/2007	Qualifier 3	Daniel Hupfer / Paul Schroffenegger, Austria (Q5)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:39
Sat, 9/1/2007	Winner 1	Gianluca Casadei / Paolo Ficosecco, Italy (5)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:40
Sat, 9/1/2007	Winner 2	Janis Smedins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (4)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 9/1/2007	Winner 3	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (1)	Won 20-22, 21-13, 15-11	1:05
Sun, 9/2/2007	Semi-Finals	Giorgio Domenghini / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (3)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:42
Sun, 9/2/2007	Gold Medal	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (1)	Lost 21-13, 18-21, 13-15	1:09

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,600.00
Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thiago Barbosa												Ricardo Brandao
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships
28	0	0	0	0	6	1	4	4	0	$60,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
42	0	0	0	1	4	7	7	6	0	$48,175.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,800.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$6,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite
77	0	2	0	1	11	11	12	10	0	$120,650.00	Total	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,800.00

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
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,600.00	4	3	57.1 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,600.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thiago Barbosa													Ricardo Brandao
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$800.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$800.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$2,800.00	Total	Total	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$2,800.00

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	5-0	100.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
2006-2007	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	5-0	100.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	10-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Challenger	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Total	2	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	5

Head to Head Results
Barbosa/Brandao lead the series against the field 7-1 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
9/2/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Gold Medal	Hoyer/Soderberg	1	Barbosa/Brandao	12, Q4	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:09
9/1/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Winner 3	Barbosa/Brandao	12, Q4	Hoyer/Soderberg	1	20-22, 21-13, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 3 Domenghini/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
9/2/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Semi-Finals	Barbosa/Brandao	12, Q4	Domenghini/Tomatis	3	21-16, 21-13	0:42
Lead the series against # 4 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 2-0
9/1/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Winner 2	Barbosa/Brandao	12, Q4	Smedins/Smedins	4	21-16, 21-17	0:39
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Barbosa/Brandao	32, Q30	Smedins/Smedins	Q14	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 5 Casadei/Ficosecco, Italy 1-0
9/1/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Winner 1	Barbosa/Brandao	12, Q4	Casadei/Ficosecco	5	21-18, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # Q5 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Qualifier 3	Barbosa/Brandao	12, Q4	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q5	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Abo Shedid/Fares, Lebanon 1-0
8/31/07	FIVB C&S	Milan Challenger	Qualifier 2	Barbosa/Brandao	12, Q4	Abo Shedid/Fares	Q13	21-14, 21-16	0:39