Álvaro Morais Filho

Short Biography

Álvaro Magliano de Morais Filho (born November 27, 1990 in João Pessoa, Paraíba) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player. Early in adolescence, Álvaro liked to play soccer. By influence of his father, who practices beach volleyball, Álvaro has started venturing on the sand and as he says himself: "I have become hooked to beach volleyball". He played with Vitor Felipe from 2007 to the middle of 2011 season, when he started a partnership with Moisés. Over the years, he also played with Fábio Luiz, Benjamin, Luciano and Thiago. In March 2013, he started playing with Ricardo Santos, a world class Olympic Games gold medalist player. This partnership is proving to be outstandingly good and has already led Álvaro and Ricardo to finish FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship Mazury 2013 in second place. Furthermore, Álvaro also won the prize of Most Valuable Player of the tournament. FIVB said that "... the tournament’s Most Valuable Player Alvaro Filho not only performed superbly on the sand but the statistics also reflected how well he played. The 22-year-old topped the most number of spikes and the digs illustrating how often he was served to while impressing with his back court play".