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Osmany Juantorena

Personal information

Full name

Osmany Juantorena Portuondo

Nationality

Cuban
Italian

Born

12 August 1985 (age 39)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Height

2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)

Weight

85 kg (187 lb)

Spike

370 cm (146 in)

Block

340 cm (134 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Outside hitter

Current club

Valsa Group Modena

Number

Career

Years	Teams
1997–2004	Orientales de Santiago
2004–2006	Ural Ufa
2009–2010	Itas Diatec Trentino
2010	→ Al Arabi Ad-Dauha (loan)
2010–2013	Itas Diatec Trentino
2013–2015	Halkbank Ankara
2015–2022	Cucine Lube Civitanova
2022–2023	Shanghai Golden Age
2023	Ziraat Bankasi
2023–2024	Valsa Group Modena
2024–	Vero Volley Monza

National team

2003–2006	Cuba (76)
2015–2021	Italy

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing Cuba
World League
Bronze	2005 Belgrade
Pan American Games
Silver	2003 San Domingo	Team
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
Silver	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
World Cup
Silver	2015 Japan
European Championship
Bronze	2015 Bulgaria/Italy

Last updated: 21 October 2022

Osmany Juantorena Portuondo is a famous professional volleyball player. He was born in Cuba on August 12, 1985. He played for the Cuban national team from 2003 to 2006. Later, he became an Italian citizen and joined the Italian national team.

Osmany is known for being a very strong player. He won a bronze medal at the 2005 World League with Cuba. With Italy, he earned a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He has also won many important club championships. These include the CEV Champions League and the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship. He holds the record for winning the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award at the FIVB Club World Championship four times!

About Osmany's Life
Osmany's Volleyball Journey
Osmany's Major Achievements
See also

About Osmany's Life

Osmany Juantorena was born in Santiago de Cuba. His uncle is Alberto Juantorena, a famous Cuban runner and politician. Osmany is married to Glenda, and they have two daughters. Their first daughter, Victoria, was born on May 3, 2013. Their second daughter, Angelica, arrived on September 23, 2018.

Osmany is a big fan of the Inter football team. In 2019, he even started his own line of shoes!

Osmany's Volleyball Journey

Starting His Club Career

Osmany began playing volleyball at a young age. He started his junior career when he was 12 years old. He played for the Orientales de Santiago team in Cuba. After playing in Cuba for several years, he moved to Russia. His first professional club there was Ural Ufa.

However, in November 2006, he faced a temporary ban from playing. This meant he could not play for two years. After his ban ended, he wanted to join the Italian club Itas Diatec Trentino. But the Cuban authorities made it difficult for him to move. So, he couldn't play for a third year until 2009.

Success with Trentino Volley

When Osmany finally joined Trentino Volley, he quickly became very successful. He helped his team win the CEV Champions League twice, in 2009/10 and 2010/11. He also won four gold medals at the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship. These wins happened in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

With Trentino, he also won the Italian Championship in 2010/11. He helped them win the Italian Cup three times, in 2010, 2012, and 2013. In May 2010, he played for a short time in Qatar. He returned to Trentino in September of that year. Around this time, he also became an Italian citizen.

Playing for Halkbank Ankara

In 2013, Osmany moved to Halkbank Ankara in Turkey. He helped this team win the Turkish SuperCup. They also became the Turkish champions in 2013/14. He won another SuperCup with them in 2014.

Time with Cucine Lube Civitanova

In April 2015, Osmany announced he would join Cucine Lube Civitanova. With this team, he continued to win many titles. They won the CEV Champions League in 2018/19. They also won the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship in 2019.

He helped Cucine Lube Civitanova win the Italian Championship four times. These wins were in 2016/17, 2018/19, 2020/21, and 2021/22. They also won the Italian Cup three times, in 2016/17, 2019/20, and 2020/21.

Playing for His Country

Juantorena (blue #5) playing for Italy at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games final against Brazil.

Osmany first played on the international stage for Cuba from 2003 to 2006. He won a bronze medal at the 2005 FIVB Volleyball World League with them.

In 2015, Osmany joined the Italian national team. In the same year, he helped Italy win a bronze medal at the Men's European Volleyball Championship. They also won a silver medal at the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup. His strong attacking skills greatly helped Italy. In 2016, he played in his first Olympic Games. The team won a silver medal there, which was a huge achievement!

Osmany's Major Achievements

Club Successes

Itas Diatec Trentino
- CEV Champions League:
  - Description: Gold medal with cup.
    Title: Gold medal with cup
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Winner: 2009/10, 2010/2011
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship:
  - Description: Gold medal with cup.
    Title: Gold medal with cup
    Credit: Own work by uploader on the basis of: Gold medal blank.svg create by Maix on licence CC-BY-SA and Med 1.png create by Aoineko on licence CC-BY-SA.
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Winner: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Italian Championship:
  - Description: Gold medal with cup.
    Title: Gold medal with cup
    Credit: Own work by uploader on the basis of: Gold medal blank.svg create by Maix on licence CC-BY-SA and Med 1.png create by Aoineko on licence CC-BY-SA.
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Winner: 2010/11
- Italian Cup Serie A:
  - Description: Gold cup
    Title: Simple gold cup
    Credit: Own work
    Author: Staszek Szybki Jest
    Permission: This illustration was created by Staszek Szybki Jest and released under the license(s) stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit the author and follow the terms of the license.
    Usage Terms: Public domain
    License: Public domain
    Attribution Required?: No Winner: 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13

Halkbank Ankara
- Turkish Championship:
  - Description: Gold medal with cup.
    Title: Gold medal with cup
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Winner: 2013/14
- Turkish Cup:
  - Description: Gold cup
    Title: Simple gold cup
    Credit: Own work
    Author: Staszek Szybki Jest
    Permission: This illustration was created by Staszek Szybki Jest and released under the license(s) stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit the author and follow the terms of the license.
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    Attribution Required?: No Winner: 2014/15
- Turkish SuperCup:
  - Description: Gold cup
    Title: Simple gold cup
    Credit: Own work
    Author: Staszek Szybki Jest
    Permission: This illustration was created by Staszek Szybki Jest and released under the license(s) stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit the author and follow the terms of the license.
    Usage Terms: Public domain
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    Attribution Required?: No Winner: 2013, 2014

Cucine Lube Civitanova
- CEV Champions League:
  - Description: Gold medal with cup.
    Title: Gold medal with cup
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Winner: 2018/19
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship:
  - Description: Gold medal with cup.
    Title: Gold medal with cup
    Credit: Own work by uploader on the basis of: Gold medal blank.svg create by Maix on licence CC-BY-SA and Med 1.png create by Aoineko on licence CC-BY-SA.
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    License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Winner: 2019
- Italian Championship:
  - Description: Gold medal with cup.
    Title: Gold medal with cup
    Credit: Own work by uploader on the basis of: Gold medal blank.svg create by Maix on licence CC-BY-SA and Med 1.png create by Aoineko on licence CC-BY-SA.
    Author: Michał460
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    License: CC BY-SA 3.0
    License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
    Attribution Required?: Yes Winner: 2016/17, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22
- Italian Cup:
  - Description: Gold cup
    Title: Simple gold cup
    Credit: Own work
    Author: Staszek Szybki Jest
    Permission: This illustration was created by Staszek Szybki Jest and released under the license(s) stated below. You are free to use it for any purpose as long as you credit the author and follow the terms of the license.
    Usage Terms: Public domain
    License: Public domain
    Attribution Required?: No Winner: 2016/17, 2019/20, 2020/21

National Team Successes

With Cuba
- Pan American Games:
  - Description: Silver medal with cup.
    Title: Silver medal with cup
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Silver medal: 2003
- FIVB World League:
  - Description: Bronze medal with cup.
    Title: Bronze medal with cup
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Bronze medal: 2005

With Italy
- Olympic Games:
  - Description: Silver medal with cup.
    Title: Silver medal with cup
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Silver medal: 2016
- FIVB World Cup:
  - Description: Silver medal with cup.
    Title: Silver medal with cup
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    License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Silver medal: 2015
- European Championship:
  - Description: Bronze medal with cup.
    Title: Bronze medal with cup
    Credit: Own work by uploader on the basis of: Bronze medal blank.svg create by Maix on licence CC-BY-SA and Med 3.png create by Aoineko on licence CC-BY-SA.
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    License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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    Attribution Required?: Yes Bronze medal: 2015

Individual Awards

Osmany Juantorena has won many individual awards for his amazing skills:

Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards:
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 (a record!)
- CEV Champions League: 2010, 2011, 2019
- Italian Cup: 2012, 2014, 2020
- Emir of Qatar Cup: 2012, 2015
- Turkish Men's Volleyball League: 2014
He was also recognized as the Best Server in the Lega Pallavolo Serie A in 2011.
He won Best Spiker awards at the FIVB Club World Championship in 2010 and 2011.