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Spanish volleyball player and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miguel Ángel Falasca Fernández (29 April 1973 – 22 June 2019) was an Argentine-born Spanish professional volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the Spain national team from 1993 to 2009, a participant in the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, and the 2007 European Champion.[1]
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Full name | Miguel Ángel Falasca Fernández | ||||||
Nationality | Argentine Spanish | ||||||
Born | Mendoza, Argentina | 29 April 1973||||||
Died | 22 June 2019 46) Monza, Italy | (aged||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||
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Position | Setter | ||||||
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Falasca was born in Mendoza, Argentina. His grandfather came from Italy. His father, Juan Carlos, was a retired volleyball player from Argentina, and his mother was a native Spaniard.[2] At the age of 15, due to the unstable economic situation in Argentina, the Falasca family decided to move to Spain.[2] Miguel, his sister María Elisa, his younger brother Guillermo, and his parents settled in Málaga.[2] He eventually married Esther Custodio.[2] They had two children: a daughter, Sara (born 2004), and a son, Daniel (born 2002).[2]
On 21 June 2019, Falasca was at the wedding of his friend and assistant of the Saugella Monza club in Italy, when he felt ill and went to his hotel room.[3] He died of a heart attack the next day at the age of 46[4] in Varese, where he was staying with his wife,[5] despite a resuscitation attempt.[6]
Falasca began coaching with PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2013.[2] In the first season of his work, PGE Skra won a title of Polish Champion 2013-14.[2] It was the eighth title of Polish Champion in the club's history. On 1 July 2014, the club extended the contract with him until 2017.[7] In February 2016, he became the head coach of the Czech Republic men's national volleyball team.[8] In March 2016, PGE Skra Bełchatów, led by Falasca, lost the second match with Zenit Kazan in playoffs 6 of CEV Champions League (the first match Skra won 3–2). Following this loss, Falasca was dismissed during the subsequent club meeting, with an announcement on 28 March 2016.[9] In May 2016, he signed a two-year contract with Italian club Gi Group Monza.[10]
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