Hugo Conte

Hugo Néstor Conte (born 14 April 1963) is a volleyball coach and retired player from Argentina who represented his native country in three Summer Olympics. He was born at Buenos Aires. He currently coaches Volley Cavriago in Italy.

Hugo Conte

Personal information
Born	(1963-04-14) 14 April 1963 (age 61) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation(s)	Volleyball coach, player
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Medal record Men's volleyball Representing  Argentina Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1982 Argentina Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Team

After having finished in sixth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Conte was a member of the men's national team that claimed the bronze medal four years later in Seoul, South Korea. Twelve years later he was on the squad ending up in fourth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is considered to be one of the eight greatest volleyball players of all time, and the best Argentinian player, next to Waldo Kantor.

With the Italian club team Santal Parma, he won the 1984 European Champions League.

Personal life

Hugo's son, Facundo, also became an international volleyball player.

Clubs history

Club	Country	From	To
Ferro Carril Oeste	Argentina	1978-1979	1981-1982
AS Cannes	France	1982-1983	1982-1983
Pallavolo Parma	Italy	1983-1984	1983-1984
Victor Village Ugento	Italy	1984-1985	1985-1986
Ferro Carril Oeste	Argentina	1986-1987	1986-1987
Acqua Pozzillo Catane	Italy	1987-1988	1989-1990
Carimonte Modena	Italy	1990-1991	1992-1993
Alpitour Diesel Cuneo	Italy	1993-1994	1993-1994
Tally Milan	Italy	1994-1995	1994-1995
Playa Catania	Italy	1995-1996	1997-1998
Ferro Carril Oeste	Argentina	1998-1999	1999-2000
Pallavolo Parma	Italy	2000-2001	2000-2001

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hugo Conte". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.

External links

• Hugo Conte at Beach Volleyball Database
• Hugo Conte at WorldofVolley
• Hugo Conte at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
• Hugo Conte at Olympedia