Manuel Armoa

Manuel Armoa Morel (born 1 December 2002) is an Argentine professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Indykpol AZS Olsztyn and the Argentina national team.

He made his debut in the senior national team during the 2022 Nations League against Poland.

Personal life
Both his parents are connected to volleyball: his adoptive father, Fabián Armoa, is a volleyball coach and his mother Carla Morel is a former Argentina national team member. His biological father is Cuban.

At CSV Qualifying Tournament to 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile, during a match between the Argentine and Chilean U23 sides, Armoa was subject to racist abuse from the audience, and a bottle was thrown at him from the stands. The game had to be briefly stopped and the Chilean team later apologized to Armoa on behalf of their country.

Club

 * CSV South American Club Championship
 * Silver medal southamerica.svg Belo Horizonte 2019 – with UPCN Vóley Club
 * Silver medal southamerica.svg Contagem 2020 – with UPCN Vóley Club


 * Domestic
 * 2019–20 Simple gold cup.svg Argentine Cup, with UPCN Vóley Club
 * 2020–21 Simple gold cup.svg Argentine Cup, with UPCN Vóley Club
 * 2020–21 Gold medal with cup.svg Argentine Championship, with UPCN Vóley Club
 * 2021–22 Gold medal with cup.svg Argentine Championship, with UPCN Vóley Club
 * 2022–23 Simple gold cup.svg Argentine SuperCup, with UPCN Vóley Club

Youth national team

 * 2018 Silver medal southamerica.svg CSV U19 South American Championship

Individual awards

 * 2021: FIVB U21 World Championship – Best outside spiker