Kenny Moreno | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Kenny Moreno Pino | ||
Nationality | Colombian | ||
Born | Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia | January 6, 1979||
Hometown | Medellín, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) | ||
Spike | 290 cm (110 in) | ||
Block | 300 cm (120 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Wing Spiker | ||
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Last updated: March 2017 |
Kenny Moreno Pino (born January 6, 1979, in Turbo, Antioquia) is a volleyball player and coach from Colombia, who won with her team the bronze medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.
Moreno is 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) tall 60 kilograms (130 lb), [1] born on January 6, 1979, in Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia. [2] Her parents are Ciriaco and Ubaldina, [3] and she has a sister named Yesmina who was also volleyball player and two times NAIA All-American with Columbia College. [4]
Moreno started dentistry in the Cooperative University of Colombia in Medellin, Colombia but dropped after three semesters [5] before turning to professional volleyball. [6] She speaks fluently Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian. [6] She studied Physical education in the University of Rome Tor Vergata. [6] She is married since 2012. [5]
After taking the professional training in the Accademia Toscana del Benessere, she opened a tattoo and massage parlor in Rieti. [7]
After winning the 1998 Colombian national championship with the team representing Antioquia, [8] Moreno played under the guidance of the Cuban coach Carlos Sánchez Vásquez with the Colombian champion, Orgullo Paisa-Lotto Lottín that won the berth to play the 1998 South American Club Championship in Medellin, Colombia. [9] Orgullo Paisa ranked last in sixth place, nonetheless she earned the Best Spiker award and the tournament's champion, the Brazilian club Leites Nestlé signed her for the 1998-99 season. [10] She was offered a US$500.00 monthly contract, but she complained that her national federation asked her a US$6,000.00 transfer fee. [3]
Playing for the Brazilian Superliga club Leites Nestlé as a 19 years old, she was a revelation when she played coming from the bench and was praised for the club's head coach Sérgio Negrão. [11] She participated with the team in the Copa Sul [12] and winning the Campeonato Paulista [13] [12] until she was transferred on December 5, 1998 on-loan to another Brazilian Superliga club, Recreativa de Ribeirão Preto, because she would not get enough chance of play with Nestlé during the Superliga regular season. [14] The transfer agreement expressed that all the Moreno expenses would be covered by Leites Nestlé. [14] For her performance with Recreativa, she was selected to play the Brazilian Superliga All-Star game with the foreigners club in February 1999. [15] She helped her Brazilian club to a tied tenth place with a 2-20 mark. [16]
Moreno played professionally with the Argentinian club La Bancaria de Catamarca, playing with this club from 1999 [17] to 2001, when she was first runner-up in the Argentinian League. [18]
She studied and played at Columbia College, winning the 2001 NAIA national volleyball championship with a perfect record of 38-0. [19] [20] That season she won the "All-American First Team", [21] [22] "All-Conference", [23] "All-Region" and "Freshman of the Year" awards playing with her sister Yesmina Moreno Pino, who also won the "All-American" Award. [24] In 2002, she won the Columbia College athlete of the 2001-02 year award [25] and was among the nominees of the Columbia Awards Sportswomen of the Year for Collegiate Sportswomen of the year. [26]
She signed with the Italian club Sartori Mercedes Padova, [27] finishing the season as the second best scorer with 585 points. [28] [29]
Moreno participated at the Powerade All Star Game 2004 from the Italian League, while participating with Infotel Europa Systems Forlì. [30]
With the Colombian national team, she won the 2005 Bolivarian Games [31] bronze medal. [32]
Moreno played for the Japanese club JT Marvelous for the 2006-07 season leading the league in scoring with 754 points [33] and her club to the league's second place and being awarded Best 6, Best Scorer and Fighting Award. [34] [3] At the 2007 - 56ª Kurowashiki All-Japan Volleyball Tournament her team finished second [35] and she was chosen among the tournament's Best 6, [36] same as the 2008 57ª version. [37] She later confessed that she could polish her skills because of the different volleyball style played in Japan. [3] She returned with the same club the next season, but they settled with the eightieth place [3] beside her season's 617 points. [33] Also said that she had offers from the Montenegro and Kazakhstan national teams that could lead her to European Championships or even the 2012 Summer Olympics. [3]
After two years in Japan, she moved to Italy and played the 2008-09 season with the Italian club Acqua & Sapone Città di Aprilia, in order to be close to her Italian fiancé. Cumulating 709 points and a 27.27 points per game average, [38] she was the A2 Italian League Best Scorer, setting a new scoring record. [39]
In 2011, Moreno participated with her national team that pursued the dream of a berth for the 2012 Summer Olympics, [40] training in Cali for three month and touring through Italy, Greece, Romania and Spain for one month. [41] She later joined the Italian club Cariparma SiGrade Volley for the 2011-12 season, scoring 40 points in that November, for the third time in her career. [6]
On January 22, 2012, Cariparma SiGrade agreed to transfer Moreno to the Azerbaijani club Igtisadchi Baku, after the later gave an important offer to her. [2] [42] She finished the season in Azerbaijan in fourth place with a 11-19. [43]
Moreno served as assistant coach of Andrea Broccoletti [44] for the Italian junior club Fortitudo Città di Rieti for the 2012 season. [45] And while planning her wedding, she was called by the Italian club Robursport Volley Pesaro to play the A1 Italian League for the 2012-13 season. [2] [46] For her performance with Pesaro she was selected as team captain of the foreigners team in the Italian League 2013 All-Star Game. [47]
Signed as the experienced player, she played the 2013–14 Turkish League season with Bursa BBSK. [48] [49] She also played with that team the 2013–14 CEV Cup Main Phase, but her team lost in the first round to the compatriot Fenerbahçe, [50] being downgraded to the Challenge Cup third round. [51] Her team then faced the French club ES Le Cannet, who defeated them in a golden set decision. [52]
Her team lost 1-2 to Galatasaray Daikin in the Turkish league quarterfinals to end up the Bursa BBSK season. [53] After the season she took part in the 2014 Bursa athletes celebrations, as part of the volleyball women's team. [54]
In September 2014, Moreno returned as head coach of the junior Italian club Fortitudo Città di Rieti from the B1 national league for the 2014-15 season. [55] She was training the team waiting to sign an international contract. [56] She was inducted on October 3, with the 2001 Columbia College volleyball team that won the NAIA National Championship to the Columbia College Athletic Hall of Fame [57] and later a special guest during the third edition of the Rieti Sport Gala, were members of the city's volleyball club trained by her were among the nominees. [58]
In February 2015, after helping the Chinese club Guangdong Volleyball in the relegation playoff, she was added to the 12 women's roster with the Italian club Pomì Casalmaggiore under test, [59] but did not make the team. [60] She was in charge of the club when the head coach resigned [61] and Moreno was provisionally appointed in charge of the club until the arrival of Daniela Monteriu [62] and later Ferruccio Nocelli. Beside of all those changes, Rieti suffered the relegation to the B2 national league. [63]
Moreno set a new Pan-American Cup tournament record scoring 174 points in the 2016 edition, breaking the 151 points previous record set by Áurea Cruz. [64] Apart from winning the Best Scorer award, [65] she helped her national team to earn the tournament's seventh place. [64] She signed with the Italian professional club Savino Del Bene Scandicci for the 2016/17 season. [66] In December, Moreno and Savino Del Bene friendly agreed to end the contract between them. [67]
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