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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(Q32) Cesar Castro/Farid Mussa, Venezuela

Cesar Castro
Venezuela

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Maturin

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

19th (FIVB U21 World Championships Porto Santo 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Farid Mussa
Venezuela

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valencia

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB Sanya 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$27,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	US$0.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	US$0.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Igor Hernandez - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q44	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q43	41st	18	US$0.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 1	Sergio Martin / Francesc Plaza, Spain (Q33)	Lost 19-21, 28-30	0:50

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Cesar Castro												Farid Mussa
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,550.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	8	0	$21,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	49	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	8	0	$27,225.00

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
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Cesar Castro													Farid Mussa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,000.00
											2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	$3,000.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	4-4	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
2006-2007	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	4-4	50.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8

Head to Head Results
Castro/Mussa trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	Castro/Mussa	Q44	20-22, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 21 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
9/17/04	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool D	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	Castro/Mussa	21, Q12	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # Q14 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	Q11	Castro/Mussa	Q43	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q17 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 1	Castro/Mussa	Q44	Babich/Nikolaev	Q21	19-21, 24-22, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # Q26 Ivkovic/Krizanovic, Croatia 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Castro/Mussa	Q43	Ivkovic/Krizanovic	Q22	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # Q33 Martin/Plaza, Spain 0-1
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 1	Martin/Plaza	Q33	Castro/Mussa	Q32	21-19, 30-28	0:50