Tande

{{short description|Brazilian volleyball player (born 1970)}}

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{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Alexandre Samuel

| full_name = Alexandre Ramos Samuel

| nickname = Tande

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 20, 1970}}

| birth_place = Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

| height = 200 cm

| weight = 86 kg

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| position = Outside hitter

| teamnumber = 14

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| nationalyears = 1989–2000

| nationalteam = {{vb|Brazil}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's volleyball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{BRA}} }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition | FIVB World Cup }}

{{MedalBronze | 1995 Japan |}}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalGold|1993 São Paulo|}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Rio de Janeiro|}}

{{MedalBronze|1990 Osaka|}}

{{MedalBronze|1994 Milan|}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalSilver|1991 Havana|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|South American Championship}}

{{MedalGold|1989 Brazil|}}

{{MedalGold|1991 Brazil|}}

{{MedalGold|1993 Argentina|}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Brazil|}}

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Alexandre Ramos Samuel (born 20 March 1970), also known as Tande, is a Brazilian former volleyball player.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/08/sports/barcelona-volleyball-the-bald-eagle-is-flying-a-little-lower.html |last=Bondy |first=Filip |work=The New York Times |date=8 August 1992 |title=Barcelona: Volleyball; The Bald Eagle Is Flying a Little Lower |at=sec. 1 p. 31 |access-date=25 September 2024 }} {{subscription required}}{{Cite web|url=https://jornaldovolei.com.br/tag/alexandre-samuel/ |title=Biography - Alexandre Samuel |website=Jornaldovolei |access-date=16 July 2019 |language=Portuguese}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/t/tande.htm |title=Tande [Alexandre Ramos Samuel] |website=Biografiasyvidas.com |access-date=16 July 2019 |language=es }} He began playing volleyball for the Botafogo team when he was 12 years old.

Tande won a gold medal with the Brazilian national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In 1995, he finished in fifth place with the Brazilian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Tande won a silver medal with Brazil at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana.{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52108 |title=Tande |website=Olympedia |access-date=25 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503062750/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52108 |archive-date=3 May 2024 |url-status=live }}