Ricardo Calvo (volleyball)

Ricardo Calvo
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Norberto Calvo Manzano
NationalityCuban
Born (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 28)
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Spike343 cm (135 in)
Block334 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubSerbia Partizan
Number3 (national team)
12 (club)
Career
YearsTeams
2014–2016
2016
2018–2019
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
2023–2024
2024–
Cuba Villa Clara
Greece PAOK
Lebanon Zahra Club
Serbia Spartak Subotica
Serbia Radnički Kragujevac
China Shanghai Bright
Turkey Develi Belediyespor
Serbia Partizan
National team
2014–2016Cuba Cuba

Ricardo Norberto Calvo Manzano (born (1996-10-02)2 October 1996), commonly referred to as Ricardo Calvo, is a Cuban male volleyball player. Calvo was part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB World Championship in Poland.[1] On club level, he played for Villa Clara.

Calvo did not play in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because he was one of six players of the Cuban national volleyball team that were suspected of committing aggravated rape in July 2016 in Tampere, Finland.[2][3][4] In September 2016, he was sentenced to five years in prison.[5][6] In June 2017, his sentence was reduced to 3 1/2 years.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Team Roster". Poland2014.fivb.org. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Finland rape case: Cuban volleyball players' jail terms cut". BBC. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b Matson-Mäkelä, Kirsi (30 June 2017). "Kuubalaisten lentopalloilijoiden raiskaustuomiot lyhenivät hovissa, yhden syyte hylättiin". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Cuban volleyball players charged with aggravated rape". Yle. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ^ Oppman, Patrick (20 September 2016). "5 Cuban volleyball players convicted of rape in Finland". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Five Cuban volleyball players convicted of Tampere rape, one acquitted". Yle. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.