Fernanda Garay

Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (born May 10, 1986) is a retired Brazilian professional volleyball player who won the 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal and the silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics with the Brazilian national team. She is 1.79 m tall. She played with Praia Clube.

Career
Garay is a military sergeant. She played at the 2011 Military World Games volleyball tournament, winning the gold medal and the Most Valuable Player and Best Spiker individual awards.

Playing with Sollys Nestlé Osasco, Garay won the gold medal in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar.

Garay was awarded Best Spiker of the 2012/13 season of the Brazilian Superliga playing with Sollys/Nestlé. She was announced to play for Fenerbahçe for the 2013/14 club season.

Garay won one of the Best Outside Hitters awards during the 2013 South American Championship. Her National Team won the Continental Championship qualifying to the 2013 World Grand Champions Cup and the 2014 World Championship.

After signing with the Russian club, Dinamo Krasnodar for 2014/2015, Garay won the Russian Cup title and the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship silver medal when her team lost to the Turkish Eczacibasi VitrA in the championship match. She was recognized with the Best Outside Spiker individual award. She previously announced the extension of her contract with Krasnodar for the 2015/2016 season, but the club experienced financial problems that led her sign with Dinamo Moscow for that season. With this team, she won the bronze medal of the Russian Cup in December 2015 and the Russian league championship in 2016 with a perfect season.

Garay won the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games when her national team was defeated in the championship match 0–3 by the United States.

After winning silver at 2020 Summer Olympics, Garay announced her retirement from international competitions along with libero Camila Brait.

Clubs

 * 🇧🇷 São Caetano (2002–2004)
 * 🇧🇷 MRV/Minas (2004–2005)
 * 🇧🇷 Fiat/Minas (2005–2008)
 * 🇧🇷 Pinheiros/Mackenzie (2008–2010)
 * 🇯🇵 NEC Red Rockets (2010–2011)
 * 🇧🇷 Vôlei Futuro (2011–2012)
 * 🇧🇷 Sollys/Nestlé (2012–2013)
 * 🇹🇷 Fenerbahçe Istanbul (2013–2014)
 * 🇷🇺 Dinamo Krasnodar (2014–2015)
 * 🇷🇺 Dinamo Moscow (2015–2016)
 * 🇨🇳 Guangdong Evergrande (2016–2017)
 * 🇧🇷 Praia Clube (2017–2021)

Awards

 * 2011 Military World Games – "Most valuable player"
 * 2011 Military World Games – "Best spiker"
 * 2011 World Grand Prix – "Best receiver"
 * 2011 South American Championship – "Best receiver"
 * 2012 Summer Olympics South American qualification tournament – "Most valuable player"
 * 2012 Summer Olympics South American qualification tournament – "Best spiker"
 * 2012 Summer Olympics – "Best receiver"
 * 2012 South American Club Championship – "Best receiver"
 * 2012–13 Brazilian Superliga – "Best spiker"
 * 2013 Montreux Volley Masters – "Most valuable player"
 * 2013 South American Championship – "Best outside spiker"
 * 2015 FIVB Club World Championship – "Best outside spiker"
 * 2019 South American Club Championship – "Best outside spiker"

Clubs

 * 2012–13 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Sollys Nestlé Osasco
 * 2014 Russian Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar
 * 2015–16 Russian Super League – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Dinamo Moscow
 * 2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Dentil/Praia Clube
 * 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Dentil/Praia Clube
 * 2020–21 Brazilian Superliga – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Dentil/Praia Clube
 * 2013–14 CEV Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Fenerbahçe
 * 2014–15 CEV Cup – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar
 * 2012 South American Club Championship – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Sollys Nestlé Osasco
 * 2012 FIVB Club World Championship – Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Sollys Nestlé Osasco
 * 2015 FIVB Club World Championship – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Dinamo Krasnodar
 * 2019 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Dentil/Praia Clube
 * 2020 South American Club Championship – Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-up, with Dentil/Praia Clube