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Felipe Perrone Rocha (born 27 February 1986) is a 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

Personal life

While playing for Jug Dubrovnik, Perrone married the Croatian Marija Pecotić from Brna on the island of Korčula.^[2]

CN Barcelona

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

Jug Dubrovnik

FINA "World Player of the Year" award: 2022
Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2018^[3]
Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2010–20 by total-waterpolo^[4]
Member of World Team 2018,^[5] 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^[6] 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^[7] 2009–10,^[8] 2012–13,^[9] 2020–21^[10] with Atlètic-Barceloneta
World Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Felipe Perrone". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ Bauer, Dean (1 August 2021). "Legendarni hrvatski zet sada protiv Hrvatske: 'I supruga će navijati za mene, a ne za Hrvatsku!'" [Legendary Croatian son-in-law now against Croatia: 'Even my wife will root for me, and not Croatia!']. Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "The Total Player 2018 Award Results".
^ "Maggie Steffens and Tibor Benedek are the Best Water Polo Players of the 21st Century".
^ "The Total Player 2018 Award Results".
^ "Champions League, Final Eight, Facts & Figures – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation". Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "Waterpolo.- Angel Andreo recibe el primer 'Trofeo Jesús Rollán'". Europa Press. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ Elcuervowp (29 May 2010). "El Cuervo Waterpolo Blog: El Barceloneta otra vez". El Cuervo Waterpolo Blog. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ LEVERADE. "Felipe Perrone, mejor jugador de la Liga". Real Federación Española de Natación (in French). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ LEVERADE. "Premiaciones individuales de las Divisiones de Honor de Waterpolo". Real Federación Española de Natación (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2022.