Rolando Cepeda

{{short description|Cuban volleyball player (born 1989)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Rolando Cepeda Abreu

| image = Rolando Cepeda Abreu.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Rolando Cepeda Abreu

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|03|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| hometown = Havana, Cuba

| height = {{convert|198|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|77|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| spike = {{convert|359|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

| block = {{convert|344|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

| college =

| position = Opposite hitter

| currentclub = Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi

| teamnumber = 8 (national team)

| years = 2004–2015
2015–2016
2016
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2023–2024
2024–

| teams = {{flagicon|CUB}} Sancti Spiritus
{{flagicon|GRE}} PAOK Thessaloniki
{{flagicon|KOR}} OK Savings Bank
{{flagicon|TUR}} Inegöl Belediyesi
{{flagicon|KUW}} Kuwait SC
{{flagicon|TUR}} Sorgun Belediyespor
{{flagicon|KUW}} Kuwait SC
{{flagicon|TUR}} Develi Belediyespor
{{flagicon|TUR}} Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor

| nationalyears = 2009–2016

| nationalteam = {{flagicon|Cuba}} Cuba

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{CUB}}}}

{{MedalSport|Men's volleyball}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Italy|}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIVB World League}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Sofia|}}

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Rolando Cepeda Abreu (born 13 March 1989) is a Cuban volleyball player. Abreu was the captain of the Cuban men's national volleyball team. He was one of the key players that contributed to 2015–16 Greek Volleyleague Championship for PAOK VC,{{cite web|title=World Class Player Cepeda in PAOK |url=http://www.gazzetta.gr/volleyball/article/762709/paiktis-pagkosmias-klasis-o-sepeda-vidspics |work=Gazzeta.gr |language=Greek |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=14 October 2023 }} making it the first team ever to win a championship in Greece starting from the fourth place in the playoffs. He was named the 2015–16 Greek Volleyleague MVP.

Abreu did not play in the Rio Olympics in 2016 for being one of the six players of the Cuban national volleyball team that were remanded into custody suspected of committing aggravated rape in July 2016 in Tampere, Finland.{{cite web |title=Cuban volleyball players charged with aggravated rape |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/cuban_volleyball_players_charged_with_aggravated_rape/9098509 |work=Yle |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=29 August 2016 }}{{cite web |title=Five Cuban volleyball players convicted of Tampere rape, one acquitted |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/five_cuban_volleyball_players_convicted_of_tampere_rape_one_acquitted/9179017 |work=Yle |date=20 September 2016 |access-date=20 September 2016}} Following a conviction, Abreu was sentenced to two and a half years of prison.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40454532 |work=BBC |title=Finland rape case: Cuban volleyball players' jail terms cut |date=30 June 2017 |access-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024152106/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40454532 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |url-status=live }}