Felipe Perrone

Felipe Perrone Rocha^[a][1] (born 27 February 1986) is a Brazilian-born Spanish former water polo player. Born in Brazil, he competed for Spain from 2003 until 2013, including in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Afterwards he competed for his birth country in the 2016 Summer Olympics, as Brazil earned its first qualifying spot in 32 years as hosts.^[2] He helped Spanish water polo club CN Atlètic-Barceloneta win the LEN Champions League in 2013–14 season. His brother Ricardo Perrone also competed for Spain in water polo.^[2]

Felipe Perrone
Personal information
Full name	Felipe Perrone Rocha
Born	(1986-02-27) 27 February 1986 (age 39) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Spanish
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Position	Left driv/ Left wing
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
Number	10
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2002–2005	CN Barcelona
2005–2007	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2007–2008	Savona
2008–2010	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2010–2012	Pro Recco
2012–2015	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2015–2017	VK Jug
2017–	CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
National team
Years	Team
2001–2004	Brazil
2005–2013	Spain
2014–2016	Brazil
2018–2025	Spain
Medal record Men's water polo Representing  Spain World Championships 2022 Budapest Team 2025 Singapore Team 2009 Rome Team 2019 Gwangju Team 2007 Melbourne Team 2023 Fukuoka Team 2024 Doha Team World Cup 2023 Los Angeles 2006 Budapest 2010 Oradea World League 2006 Athens 2018 Budapest European Championship 2024 Zagreb Team 2018 Barcelona Team 2020 Budapest Team 2006 Belgrade Team 2022 Split Team Mediterranean Games 2005 Almeria Team 2009 Pescara Team Representing  Brazil World League 2015 Bergamo Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2015 Toronto Team

He retired from water-polo as a player after the gold-medal final game at the 2025 World Water Polo Championships held in Singapore, winning the gold medal with the Spain national team.^[3]

Personal life

While playing for Jug Dubrovnik, Perrone married the Croatian Marija Pecotić from Brna on the island of Korčula.^[4]

Honours

Club

CN Barcelona

• LEN Euro Cup: 2003–04
• Spanish Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05
• Copa del Rey: 2002–03

CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

• LEN Champions League: 2013–14
• LEN Super Cup: 2014
• Spanish Championship: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Copa del Rey: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Supercopa de España: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019
• Copa de Cataluña: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

Pro Recco

• LEN Champions League: 2011–12 ; runners-up: 2010–11
• LEN Super Cup: 2012
• Serie A1: 2010–11, 2011–12
• Coppa Italia: 2010–11
• Adriatic League: 2011–12

Jug Dubrovnik

• LEN Champions League: 2015–16 ; runners-up: 2016–17
• LEN Super Cup: 2016
• Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17
• Croatian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17
• Adriatic League: 2015–16, 2016–17

Awards

• FINA "World Player of the Year" award: 2022
• Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2018^[5]
• Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2010–20 by total-waterpolo^[6]
• Member of World Team 2018,^[7] 2023 by total-waterpolo
• Olympic Games 2008 Team of the Tournament
• Olympic Games 2012 Team of the Tournament
• World League MVP: 2012 Almaty
• Adriatic League MVP: 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik
• Adriatic League Top Scorer: 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik
• LEN Champions League Top Scorer (2): 2012–13 with Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2016–17^[8] with Jug Dubrovnik
• LEN Champions Final Six MVP (2): 2015 with Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2016 with Jug Dubrovnik
• LEN Champions League MVP: 2016–17
• LEN Champions League Left Driver of the Year (3): 2015–16 , 2016–17 with Jug Dubrovnik, 2022–23 with Atlètic-Barceloneta
• Spanish Championship MVP (4): 2005–06^[9] 2009–10,^[10] 2012–13,^[11] 2020–21^[12] with Atlètic-Barceloneta
• World Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023

See also

• Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Perrone and the second or maternal family name is Rocha.