Felipe Perrone Rocha (born 27 February 1986) is a Brazilian-born Spanish former water polo player. Born in Brazil, he competed for Spain from 2003 until 2013, including in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Afterwards, he competed for his birth country in the 2016 Summer Olympics, as Brazil earned its first qualifying spot in 32 years as hosts. He helped Spanish water polo club CN Atlètic-Barceloneta win the LEN Champions League in 2013–14 season. His brother Ricardo Perrone also competed for Spain in water polo.
He retired from water polo as a player after the gold-medal final game at the 2025 World Water Polo Championships held in Singapore, winning the gold medal with the Spain national team.
Personal life While playing for Jug Dubrovnik, Perrone married the Croatian Marija Pecotić from Brna on the island of Korčula.
Honours
Club CN Barcelona LEN Euro Cup: 2003–04 Spanish Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05 Copa del Rey: 2002–03
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta LEN Champions League: 2013–14 LEN Super Cup: 2014 Spanish Championship: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 Copa del Rey: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 Supercopa de España: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 Copa de Cataluña: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Pro Recco LEN Champions League: 2011–12 ; runners-up: 2010–11 LEN Super Cup: 2012 Serie A1: 2010–11, 2011–12 Coppa Italia: 2010–11 Adriatic League: 2011–12
Jug Dubrovnik LEN Champions League: 2015–16 ; runners-up: 2016–17 LEN Super Cup: 2016 Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17 Croatian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17 Adriatic League: 2015–16, 2016–17
Awards FINA "World Player of the Year" award: 2022 Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2018 Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2010–20 by total-waterpolo Member of World Team 2018, 2023 by total-waterpolo Olympic Games 2008 Team of the Tournament Olympic Games 2012 Team of the Tournament World League MVP: 2012 Almaty Adriatic League MVP: 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik Adriatic League Top Scorer: 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik LEN Champions League Top Scorer (2): 2012–13 with Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2016–17 with Jug Dubrovnik LEN Champions Final Six MVP (2): 2015 with Atlètic-Barceloneta, 2016 with Jug Dubrovnik LEN Champions League MVP: 2016–17 LEN Champions League Left Driver of the Year (3): 2015–16 , 2016–17 with Jug Dubrovnik, 2022–23 with Atlètic-Barceloneta Spanish Championship MVP (4): 2005–06 2009–10, 2012–13, 2020–21 with Atlètic-Barceloneta World Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023
See also Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
Notes
References
External links
Felipe Perrone Rocha at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)