Felipe Perrone

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Felipe Perrone
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Personal information
Full name Felipe Perrone Rocha
Born (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986 (age 38)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality Spanish
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position Left driv/ Left wing
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
Number 10
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2002–2005
CN Barcelona
2005–2007
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2007–2008
Savona
2008–2010
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2010–2012
Pro Recco
2012–2015
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
2015–2017
VK Jug
2017–
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
National team
YearsTeam
2001–2004
Brazil
2005–2013
Spain
2014–2016
Brazil
2018–
Spain

Felipe Perrone Rocha [a] [1] (born 27 February 1986) is a water polo player. Born in Brazil, he competed for Spain from 2003 until 2013, including in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Afterwards he competed for his birth country in the 2016 Summer Olympics, as Brazil earned its first qualifying spot in 32 years as hosts. [2] He helped Spanish water polo club CN Atlètic-Barceloneta win the LEN Champions League in 2013–14 season. His brother Ricardo Perrone also competed for Spain in water polo. [2]

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Personal life

While playing for Jug Dubrovnik, Perrone married the Croatian Marija Pecotić from Brna on the island of Korčula. [3]

Honours

Club

CN Barcelona

CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

Pro Recco

Jug Dubrovnik

Awards

See also

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Perroneand the second or maternal family name is Rocha.

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