Bernardo Rocha de Rezende (born 25 August 1959), known as Bernardo Rezende and nicknamed Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and former player. He is the current coach of the female volleyball team Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube. Rezende is one of the most successful coaches in the history of volleyball, accumulating more than 30 major titles in a twenty-year career directing the Brazilian male and female teams.
Rezende has won two Olympic gold medals during his coaching career, as head coach of
2000 Sydney Olympics.[2] As of 2021, with 48 medals overall, he is the most successful team sport coach of all time.[3]
Career
Player
Rezende played volleyball from 1979 to 1985, and competed in two
Vasco da Gama from 1972 to 1988. With Atlântica Boavista he was the winner of Brazil Super League in 1981.[1]
Coach
In 1988, Rezende stopped playing to work started his coaching career as an assistant to Bebeto de Freitas at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1990 he became the coach of Italian female team Perugia, and remained there for two years. In 1990 he became coach of Brazil female team That year. Rezende with Brazil team placed second in the FIVB World Championship and won the FIVB World Grand Prix.
Since 2001, Rezende has been the coach of the Brazilian male national team, with whom he won two Olympic titles in 2004 and 2016. After this success Rezende accepted the challenge of leading the Brazilian men in 2001. Bernardinho led the team to memorable victories including first place in the 2001 and 2003 editions of the FIVB World League, and the gold medal at the 2002 FIVB World Championship.
In 2003, Rezende's star shone even stronger. He guided the team to titles in the FIVB World League and the FIVB World Cup, and bronze at the Pan American Games in Dominican Republic.
In July 2004, Brazil claimed their fourth FIVB World League title. In August, the team won its second Olympic gold medal in Athens and make new historic team. Bernardinho returned at the end of the year to the Superliga to coach Rexona-Ades.
In 2005, still coaching the Brazilian men team, Rezende earned another four international medals, gold in the FIVB World League, gold at the South American Championship and gold at the FIVB World Grand Champions Cup in Japan. He also won silver at the America's Cup.
In 2006, Bernardinho won the FIVB World League, for the fifth time, and the FIVB World Championship for the second time.
The success did not let up in 2007, with victories in the
South American Championship. He also led a young team to second place at the America's Cup
In 2011, Rezende led the Brazilian national team to winning the silver medal in the FIVB World League and a gold medal in the South American Championship. By the end of the year, Brazil assured its spot at the London Olympic Games by finishing third in the FIVB World Cup.
In 2012 Rezende Once again climbed to the
Since 1999, Rezende was married to volleyball player Fernanda Venturini, with whom he has two daughters. They got divorced in 2020. From his previous marriage to player Vera Mossa he had a son who is currently the setter and captain of the Brazilian volleyball team, Bruno Rezende (Bruninho).[1]
Management
Rezende besides lecturer is also a businessman on several fronts separate business and is part of the board of directors of all of them:
Delirio Tropical - Restaurant founded in 1983 with 9 units in Rio de Janeiro.
Bodytech Group - The largest fitness centers in Latin America, with 50 units and more than 87,000 students.
Instituto Compartilhar -
NGO
created by Rezende with the mission to develop young people from disadvantaged communities through by sport.
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