Ivan Contreras

volleyball player infobox


fullname=Ivan Contreras
dateofbirth=Birth date and age|1974|1|29|mf=y
cityofbirth=Tampico
countryofbirth=Mexico
height=196 cm
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team=Ziraat Bankası Ankara (2008–)
nationalteam=Mexico

Ivan Contreras (born January 29, 1974 in Tampico) is a Mexican professional volleyball player. He currently plays for Ziraat Bankası Ankara in Turkey. His position on the field is outside hitter. Contrares has been voted "player of the year" in 2005 and 2007 in Belgium. Contreras is also captain of Knack Roeselare.

Contreras attended Penn State University where he won an NCAA National Championship as a freshman and was named the AVCA National Player of the Year in 1997.

Among Contreras' former teams are Osnabrück in Germany, MTV Näfels in Switzerland and Knack Roeselare in Belgium.

Before playing volleyball, Contreras was practicing athletics, especially hurdling, high jump and long jump. Contreras had also tried karate and tennis, but he was tired of individual sports and started to play volleyball, which he preferred over basketball.cite news
title = Ivan Contreras, van hordenloper tot kapitein van Europese topper Roeselare
url = http://www.sportwereld.be/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleID=OO197K8H
publisher = Sportwereld
date = 2008-03-06
accessdate = 2008-03-15]

On May 27, 2008, Contreras revealed that he will sign a lucrative one-year deal with Ziraat Bankası Ankara.cite news
title = Contreras kiest voor het geld van Ankara
url = http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza.be/2.302/fietserke_zaalsporten/1.312720
publisher = Sporza.be
date = 2008-05-27
accessdate = 2008-05-27]

External links

* [http://www.knack-roeselare.be/nl/93-8-60/ivan-contreras.html Ivan Contreras profile at knack-roeselare.be] nl icon

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