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Facundo Conte

Conte in 2014

Personal information

Nationality

Argentine

Born

25 August 1989 (age 34)
Vicente López, Argentina

Height

1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)

Weight

98 kg (216 lb)

Spike

355 cm (140 in)

Block

324 cm (128 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Outside hitter

Current club

Ciudad Vóley

Number

Career

Years	Teams
2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2016 2016–2018 2017 2018–2019 2019–2021 2021–2022 2022–	Rosario Sonder GEBA Pallavolo Catania Zinella Volley Volley Lube Umbria Volley Gabeca Pallavolo Dynamo Krasnodar Skra Bełchatów Shanghai Golden Age El Jaish Funvic Taubaté Sada Cruzeiro Warta Zawiercie Ciudad Vóley

National team

2008–

ARG

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing Argentina
Olympic Games
Bronze	2020 Tokyo
Pan American Games
Gold	2015 Toronto
Silver	2023 Santiago
CSV South American Championship
Gold	2023 Recife
Silver	2011 Brazil

Facundo Conte (born 25 August 1989) is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Ciudad Vóley and the Argentina national team. Conte won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Personal life
Career
Honours
See also

Personal life

Facundo was born in Vicente López, Argentina. His father, Hugo Conte, is a former volleyball player who was part of the national team that won a bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. He finished his secondary studies in Centro Cultural Italiano in Olivos.

Conte during the 2014–15 PlusLiga season as a player of PGE Skra Bełchatów.

Career

Facundo's first participation with the Argentine national volleyball team took place during the U19 World Championship (4th place) in 2007. He debuted at the senior level during the 2008 America's Cup, held in Brazil (4th place). Conte was also a part of the junior national team that won the 2008 South American Championship, defeating Brazil in the final and breaking a 26–year period without winning the tournament.

In 2009, Conte played his first World League, finishing 5th with Argentina. After that participation, the player joined Italian team Zinella Bologna, where he was coached by his father Hugo. During that year, Conte also helped Argentina finish third at the U21 World Championship, the country's best position in the history of the tournament.

In 2010, Conte participated at the World League, but this time Argentina was unsuccessful, losing all 14 games. In September of that year, Conte was selected by coach Javier Weber to participate at the World Championship.

In 2015, Conte won a gold medal in the 2015 Pan American Games.

In 2013, he signed a contract with Polish club PGE Skra Bełchatów. He won the title of the Polish Champion in 2014. On 8 October 2014, his team won the Polish SuperCup. In February 2015, he signed a new two–year contract with Skra until 2017. On 7 February 2016, alongside Skra, he won the Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final. On 29 April 2016, he left team from Bełchatów.

After competing in PlusLiga for three seasons, Conte signed a contract with Shanghai Golden Age, playing for two seasons. In 2017, he was transferred to El Jaish in Qatar for the Qatar Cup and Emir Cup competitions.

Honours

Club

FIVB Club World Championship
- Betim 2019 – with Sada Cruzeiro
CSV South American Club Championship
- Contagem 2020 – with Sada Cruzeiro
CEV Challenge Cup
- 2010–11 – with Lube Banca Macerata
Domestic
- 2005–06 Argentine Championship, with Rosario Sonder
- 2013–14 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2014–15 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2015–16 Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2016–17 Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Golden Age
- 2017–18 Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Golden Age
- 2018–19 Brazilian Championship, with Vôlei Taubaté
- 2019–20 Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2020–21 Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2022–23 Argentine Cup, with Ciudad Vóley
- 2022–23 Argentine Championship, with Ciudad Vóley