Who wore number 13 in volleyball?

What number you wear can often be a big part of a player’s volleyball identity. Some players care more than others about the number they don, but even for those who are indifferent to them, those numbers help connect players with young fans and can even have sentimental value. Like it or not, numbers are a big part of what can make this game great.

Sheilla Castro

Sheilla Castro de Paula Blassioli is a volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and in the 2012 Summer Olympics. On both occasions the Brazilian national team won the gold medal. She also played the 2016 Summer Olympics, when Brazil placed fifth.

She is known for playing as opposite in the Brazilian national team, and in Molico/Osasco. She made her debut for the national team against Colombia.

Castro was named “Most Valuable Player” at the 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix in Reggio Calabria, Italy, and at the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan, with Brazil winning the gold medal both times. At the 2011 Pan-American Cup, Castro was given the “Most Valuable Player” award, also winning the gold medal with her national team.

Sheilla was part of the national team who won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Playing with Sollys Nestlé Osasco, Castro won the gold medal and the “Most Valuable Player” and “Best Scorer” awards in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.

Castro won the “Best Opposite” award and the gold medal with her National Team in the 2013 South American Championship held in Ica, Peru. Castro won the silver medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her club lost 0–3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the championship match.

Castro played with her national team, winning the bronze at the 2014 World Championship when her team defeated Italy 3–2 in the bronze medal match. She won the Best Opposite Spiker in the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix.

After finishing the 2016 Olympic Games in 5th place, Castro announced her retirement from the national team. In 2019, without playing for three years even for clubs, she decided to return to the national team and played the 2019 FIVB World Cup and the 2019 South American Championship.

Andrea Giani

Andrea Giani is an Italian coach and retired volleyball player who scored numerous successes in the 1990s, including three World Championships with his national team. He is 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) tall. He is considered one of the best volleyball players ever. He was an all-rounder able to play both as outside hitter and as middle blocker, but he played several times as opposite too.

Clayton Stanley

Clayton Iona “Clay” Stanley is an American volleyball player, known as a member of United States men’s national volleyball team, a participant of the Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012), Olympic Champion 2008, NORCECA Champion 2005, and multi-medalist of the World League.

In October 2021, he was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, along with Logan Tom and Todd Rogers.

Dmitry Muserskiy

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Muserskiy is a Russian volleyball player of Ukrainian descent, known as a member of the Russia men’s national volleyball team and Japanese club Suntory Sunbirds, 2012 Olympic Champion, 2013 European Champion, gold medalist of the 2011 World Cup and multiple World League medalist. Muserskiy is among the world’s tallest athletes.

Muserskiy began playing volleyball at the age of 8 under the guidance of Boris Osnach. In 2006 Muserskiy defended the colors of the junior national team. On 4 June 2010 in Yekaterinburg, in his first match for the Russian national team against USA in the FIVB World League Muserskiy scored 13 points and became the best scorer of the Russian team that day. In 2011, with his national team, he won the FIVB World League and the FIVB World Cup.

Robertlandy Simon

Robertlandy Simón Aties is a Cuban volleyball player, known as a member of Cuba men’s national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, 2009 NORCECA Champion, silver medalist of the 2010 World Championship, South Korean Champion (2015, 2016).

Simón debuted in the national team at age of 17. He was Cuban national team captain for 5 years. In 2009 he achieved individual awards at 2009 World Grand Champions Cup. In 2010 Cuba, including Simon, went to the finale of 2010 World Championship with Brazil. On October 10, 2010 he achieved silver medal. He was the Best Blocker of the tournament. Simon was champion of the Italian Cup 2013/14 and of the Challenge Cup 2012/13 with Piacenza.

He used to be the world’s Best Middle Blocker before he left Cuba in 2010 right after the 2010 World Championship to pursue his dreams and to make a decent living overseas. Simon helped Al Rayyan to win the 2014 Club World Championship. He was the most expensive player in South Korea League from 2014 to 2016. Simon joined Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro in 2016.

Simon touched 384 cm and, according to his coach, has reached a record of 389 cm. This happened during the athletic test for the Piacenza team at Serie A1.

Gustavo Endres

Gustavo Endres is a retired Brazilian volleyball player, a member of Brazil men’s national volleyball team in 1997-2008, Olympic Champion Athens 2004, silver medalist of the Olympic Games from Beijing 2008, World Champion (2002, 2006), multi-medalist of the World League, South American Championship, World Cup and the Grand Champions Cup. Endres added best blocker in World Championship 2002 and 2008 Olympic Games.

He resigned from the national team after winning the silver medal of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. He won Olympic gold medal in 2004 Athens. He also won the World Championships twice (2002 and 2006), the World League five times (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007).

Michał Kubiak

Michał Jarosław Kubiak is a Polish volleyball player, known as a member of the Poland men’s national volleyball team and Japanese team, Panasonic Panthers, participant at the Olympic Games (London 2012, Rio 2016), World Champion (2014, 2018), 2012 World League winner, silver medalist at the 2011 World Cup.

Maurício Souza

Maurício Luiz de Souza is a Brazilian volleyball player, known as a member of the Brazil men’s national volleyball team, 2016 Olympic Champion, silver medalist of the 2018 World Championship, gold medalist of the 2019 World Cup, multiple-time South American Champion (2013, 2015, 2017), 2014 Turkish Champion. He was sacked from the Minas Tênis Clube in October 2021 after sharing a post about Jon Kent, the son of Superman, being revealed to be bisexual.