Rolando Cepeda

Rolando Cepeda Abreu
Personal information
Full nameRolando Cepeda Abreu
Born (1989-03-13) 13 March 1989 (age 35)
HometownHavana, Cuba
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Spike359 cm (141 in)
Block344 cm (135 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite hitter
Current clubBursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Number8 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2004–2015
2015–2016
2016
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2023–2024
2024–		Cuba Sancti Spiritus
Greece PAOK Thessaloniki
South Korea OK Savings Bank
Turkey Inegöl Belediyesi
Kuwait Kuwait SC
Turkey Sorgun Belediyespor
Kuwait Kuwait SC
Turkey Develi Belediyespor
Turkey Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor
National team
2009–2016Cuba Cuba
Honours
Representing  Cuba
Men's volleyball
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2010 Italy
FIVB World League
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Sofia

Rolando Cepeda Abreu (born 13 March 1989) is a Cuban volleyball player. Abreu was the captain of the Cuban men's national volleyball team.[1] He was one of the key players that contributed to 2015–16 Greek Volleyleague Championship for PAOK VC,[2] making it the first team ever to win a championship in Greece starting from the fourth place in the playoffs. He was named the 2015–16 Greek Volleyleague MVP.

Abreu did not play in the Rio Olympics in 2016 for being one of the six players of the Cuban national volleyball team that were remanded into custody suspected of committing aggravated rape in July 2016 in Tampere, Finland.[1][3][4] Following a conviction, Abreu was sentenced to two and a half years of prison.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Finland rape case: Cuban volleyball players' jail terms cut". BBC. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ "World Class Player Cepeda in PAOK". Gazzeta.gr (in Greek). 22 June 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Cuban volleyball players charged with aggravated rape". Yle. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Five Cuban volleyball players convicted of Tampere rape, one acquitted". Yle. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.