Natália Pereira

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Zilio and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.

Natália Zilio Pereira (born 4 April 1989) is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who won the gold medal with the Brazilian national volleyball team in the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Natália Pereira
Pereira at the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix
Personal information
Full name	Natália Zilio Pereira
Born	(1989-04-04) April 4, 1989 (age 35) Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Spike	311 cm (122 in)
Block	295 cm (116 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Dynamo Moscow
Number	12
National team
2005–2021 Brazil
Honours Women's Volleyball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2020 Tokyo Team World Championship 2010 Japan Team 2014 Italy Team World Cup 2007 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 2005 Japan Team 2013 Japan Team 2009 Japan Team 2017 Japan Team Nations League 2019 Nanjing Team 2021 Rimini Team World Grand Prix 2006 Calabria Team 2009 Tokyo Team 2013 Sapporo Team 2014 Tokyo Team 2016 Bangkok Team 2017 Nanjing Team 2010 Ningbo Team 2011 Macau Team 2012 Ningbo Team 2015 Omaha Team Pan-American Cup 2009 Miami 2011 Ciudad Juárez 2007 Colima 2008 Tijuana Montreux Volley Masters 2009 Switzerland 2017 Switzerland Team South American Championship 2009 Porto Alegre 2013 Ica 2015 Cartagena 2017 Cali 2021 Barrancabermeja

Career

Pereira was part of the Brazilian team who won the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

During the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, Pereira played with the Brazilian club Rexona Ades Rio and her team lost the bronze medal match to the Swiss Voléro Zürich.^[3] She won the Most Valuable Player award and the gold medal of the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix.^[4] One year later, she won the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix gold medal and the Most Valuable Player and Best Outside Spiker individual awards.^[5] Pereira won the 2017 South American Championship Best Outside Spiker.^[6]

Clubs

• Sollys Osasco (2006–2011)
• Unilever Vôlei (2011–2013)
• Vôlei Amil (2013–2014)
• Rexona Ades Rio (2014–2016)
• Fenerbahçe (2016–2018)
• Minas Tênis Clube (2018–2019)
• Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2019–2020)
• Dynamo Moscow (2020–2021)
• Savino del Bene Scandicci (2021-2022)
• Dynamo Moscow (2022–2024)

Awards

Individuals

• 2005 FIVB U18 World Championship – "Most valuable player"
• 2007 FIVB U20 World Championship – "Most valuable player"
• 2007 FIVB U20 World Championship – "Best scorer"
• 2007 FIVB U20 World Championship – "Best spiker"
• 2009 South American Club Championship – "Best spiker"
• 2010 South American Club Championship – "Best spiker"
• 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best outside spiker"
• 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Most valuable player"
• 2016–17 Turkish League – "Most valuable player"
• 2017 Montreux Volley Masters – "Best outside spiker"
• 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best outside spiker"
• 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Most valuable player"
• 2017 South American Championship – "Best outside spiker"
• 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – "Best outside spiker"
• 2020–21 Russian Superleague – "Best outside spiker"

Clubs

• 2009–10 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Sollys Osasco
• 2012–13 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Unilever Vôlei
• 2014–15 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
• 2015–16 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
• 2016–17 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe
• 2016–17 Turkish League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe
• 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
• 2019–20 Turkish Supercup – Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
• 2022–23 Russian Cup – Champion, with Dinamo Moscow
• 2022–23 Russian League – Champion, with Dinamo Moscow

• 2009 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Sollys Osasco
• 2010 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Sollys Osasco
• 2013 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Unilever Vôlei
• 2015 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
• 2016 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
• 2019 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
• 2010 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-Up with Sollys Osasco
• 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-Up with Itambé/Minas
• 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-Up with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
• 2022 CEV Challenge Cup – Champion, with Savino Del Bene Scandicci

References

1. "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
2. "Brazil wins women's volleyball gold". ESPN. AP. 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
3. "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
4. "Brazil win record 11th title in World Grand Prix". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
5. "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
6. "Brasil suma su 20º título y clasifica al Mundial de Japón en el sudamericano de Cali" (in Spanish). CSV. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.

External links

• Media related to Natália Pereira at Wikimedia Commons

Awards
Preceded by Liu Xiaotong Miyu Nagaoka - Sheilla Castro Kimberly Hill	Best Outside Spiker of FIVB World Grand Prix 2015 ex aequo Kelsey Robinson 2017 ex aequo Zhu Ting	Succeeded by Sheilla Castro Kimberly Hill - Incumbent
Preceded by Karsta Lowe	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Prix 2016 2017	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Hui Ruoqi Ajcharaporn Kongyot	Best Outside Spiker of Montreux Volley Masters 2017 ex aequo Yamila Nizetich	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Gabriela Guimarães Ángela Leyva	Best Outside Spiker of South American Championship 2017 ex aequo Ángela Leyva	Succeeded by Amanda Coneo Karla Ortiz