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Manuel Armoa
Argentine volleyball player (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manuel Armoa Morel (born 1 December 2002) is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Argentina national team.[1]
He made his debut in the senior national team during the 2022 Nations League against Poland.[2]
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Personal life
Both his parents are connected to volleyball: his adoptive father, Fabián Armoa, is a volleyball coach and his mother Carla Morel is a former Argentina national team member.[3] His biological father is Cuban.[4]
At CSV Qualifying Tournament to 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile, during a match between the Argentine and Chilean U23 sides, Armoa was subject to racist abuse from the audience, and a bottle was thrown at him from the stands. The game had to be briefly stopped and the Chilean team later apologized to Armoa on behalf of their country.[5]
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Honours
Club
- CSV South American Club Championship
Belo Horizonte 2019 – with UPCN Vóley Club
Contagem 2020 – with UPCN Vóley Club
- Domestic
Youth national team
Individual awards
- 2021: FIVB U21 World Championship – Best outside spiker[8]
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