Robertlandy Simón

Robertlandy Simón Aties (born 11 June 1987) is a Cuban volleyball player who is a member of the Cuban national volleyball team. He played with the Cuban national team from 2005 to 2010, and rejoined the team in 2019. He currently plays for the Italian club Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza. He has won the 2009 NORCECA Championship, was a silver medalist of the 2010 World Championship, and twice was a South Korean V-League Champion (2015, 2016).

Career
Simón debuted in the national team aged 17. He was the Cuban national team captain for five years. In 2009, he won individual awards at 2009 World Grand Champions Cup. In 2010, Cuba, including Simón, made it to the finale of 2010 World Championship and lost to Brazil. He was selected as the Best Blocker of the tournament.

Simón was champion of the Italian Cup 2013/14 and of the Challenge Cup 2012/13 with Piacenza. He was among the best middle blockers in the world when he left Cuba in 2010 right after the 2010 World Championship, to pursue his dreams and make a decent living overseas. Simon helped Al Rayyan to win the 2014 Club World Championship. He was the most expensive player in the South Korean League from 2014 to 2016. Simon joined Brazilian club Sada Cruzeiro in 2016.

Spike height
Simón touched 384 cm and, according to his coach, has reached a record of 389 cm. This happened during the athletic test for the Piacenza team at Serie A1.

CEV Champions League

 * Gold medal with cup.svg 2018/2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova

CEV Challenge Cup

 * Simple gold cup.svg 2012/2013 – with Copra Elior Piacenza

FIVB Club World Championship

 * Silver medal with cup.svg Belo Horizonte 2014 – with Al Rayyan
 * Gold medal with cup.svg Betim 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro
 * Bronze medal with cup.svg Poland 2017 – with Sada Cruzeiro
 * Silver medal with cup.svg Poland 2018 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
 * Gold medal with cup.svg Betim 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
 * Silver medal with cup.svg Betim 2021 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova

South American Club Championship

 * Gold medal with cup.svg Montes Claros 2017 – with Sada Cruzeiro
 * Gold medal with cup.svg Montes Claros 2018 – with Sada Cruzeiro

National championships
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 * 2005/2006 Gold medal with cup.svg Cuban Championship
 * 2008/2009 Gold medal with cup.svg Cuban Championship
 * 2009/2010 Gold medal with cup.svg Cuban Championship
 * 2013/2014 Gold medal with cup.svg Italian Cup, with Copra Elior Piacenza
 * 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup.svg South Korean Championship, with Ansan OK Savings Bank
 * 2015/2016 Gold medal with cup.svg South Korean Championship, with Ansan OK Savings Bank
 * 2016/2017 Gold medal with cup.svg Brazilian Superliga, with Sada Cruzeiro
 * 2017/2018 Gold medal with cup.svg Brazilian Superliga, with Sada Cruzeiro
 * 2018/2019 Gold medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
 * 2019/2020 Gold medal with cup.svg Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
 * 2020/2021 Gold medal with cup.svg Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
 * 2022/2023 Gold medal with cup.svg Italian Cup, with [[You Energy Volley|

National team

 * 2005 Bronze medal with cup.svg U21 World Championship
 * 2005 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2005 Bronze medal with cup.svg America's Cup
 * 2006 Silver medal with cup.svg Central American and Caribbean Games
 * 2007 Bronze medal with cup.svg NORCECA Championship
 * 2007 Bronze medal with cup.svg Pan American Games
 * 2007 Bronze medal with cup.svg America's Cup
 * 2008 Gold medal with cup.svg America's Cup
 * 2009 Gold medal with cup.svg NORCECA Championship
 * 2009 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
 * 2010 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World Championship
 * 2019 Gold medal with cup.svg NORCECA Champions Cup
 * 2019 Gold medal with cup.svg NORCECA Championship

Individually

 * 2007 Pan American Games – Best Blocker
 * 2007 America's Cup – Best Spiker
 * 2007 America's Cup – Best Blocker
 * 2008 America's Cup – Best Spiker
 * 2008 America's Cup – Best Scorer
 * 2009 FIVB World League – Best Spiker
 * 2009 FIVB World League – Best Blocker
 * 2009 NORCECA Championship – Best Blocker
 * 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Blocker
 * 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Best Server
 * 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup – Most Valuable Player
 * 2010 FIVB World Championship – Best Blocker
 * 2014 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker
 * 2015 South Korean Championship – Best 7
 * 2015 Korea-Japan Top Match – Most Valuable Player
 * 2016 South Korean Championship – Finals Most Valuable Player
 * 2017 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker
 * 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker
 * 2019 NORCECA Champions Cup – Best Middle Blocker
 * 2019 NORCECA Champions Cup – Most Valuable Player
 * 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker
 * 2021 Italian Volleyball Cup – Most Valuable Player