Sérgio Dutra dos Santos, known as Serginho or Escadinha (born 15 October 1975) is a Brazilian former volleyball player and four-time Olympian. As a member of the Brazilian national volleyball team, he won gold medals at the 2004 and 2016 Olympics, and silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

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Sérgio Santos
Serginho at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Dutra dos Santos
Nickname	Serginho
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1975-10-15) 15 October 1975 (age 48) Diamante do Norte, Brazil[1]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)[2]
Spike	325 cm (128 in)
Block	310 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	retired
Number	10
Career
Years Teams 1992–1997 SE Palmeiras 1997–1999 CRET São Caetano 1999–2000 EC União Suzano 2000–2004 EC Banespa 2004–2008 Copra Berni Piacenza 2008–2010 BVC São Bernardo 2010–2017 SESI São Paulo 2017–2019 Corinthians/Guarulhos 2019–2020 Ribeirão Preto Vôlei
National team
2001–2016  Brazil
Honours Men's Volleyball Representing  Brazil Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 2 0 World Championship 2 0 0 World Grand Champions Cup 2 0 0 World Cup 2 0 1 World League 7 3 0 South American Championship 7 0 0 Pan American Games 1 0 1 America's Cup 1 2 0 Total 24 7 2 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team World Championship 2002 Argentina 2006 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 2005 Japan 2009 Japan World League 2001 Katowice 2003 Madrid 2004 Rome 2005 Belgrade 2006 Moscow 2007 Katowice 2009 Belgrade 2002 Belo Horizonte 2011 Gdańsk 2016 Kraków World Cup 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team South American Championship 2001 Colombia 2003 Brazil 2005 Brazil 2007 Chile 2009 Colombia 2011 Brazil 2015 Brazil
Last updated: 24 August 2016

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Additionally, Serginho is a two-time World Champion (2006, 2010), and a multimedalist of the World League, South American Championship, World Cup, and the Grand Champions Cup. In 2009, he became the first libero to be named Most Valuable Player in the history of the FIVB World League.^[3]

Serginho is widely regarded as one of the best liberos of all time and is unquestionably the best libero of the 2000s, with more awards than any other libero. Known for his outstanding service reception and digging capabilities, teams often attempt to avoid Sergio when serving. Beyond his defensive abilities, he is also capable of running the offense as a 'second setter' if the setter is forced to make the first contact. This is in large part due to Sergio playing the setting position while growing up and subbing in as a setter for his professional club teams over the years.

Serginho is a multimedialist of every volleyball tournament in the 2000s. He is a seven-time South American Champion, and he won with Brazil every South American Championship during his whole career in the national team. In 2002 and 2006, he achieved titles of World Champion. During his career, he achieved seven gold and three silver medals of the FIVB World League. In his achievements are also medals in World Cup, World Grand Champions Cup, and Pan American Games.

In 2004, Serginho became an Olympic Champion for the first time. However, in the next two Olympics, the Brazilian national volleyball team won silver medals only.^[4] Serginho semi-retired from the national team after the 2012 Olympics, and returned only for the 2015 World League.^[5] After that he declined to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but was persuaded by Bernardinho to return. Bernardinho claimed that, while Serginho no longer had the agility that made him famous, he had experience and maturity to lead the team during a tournament that would certainly be rife with pressure on the Brazilian team, since they were playing on their country and coming from two losses on previous Olympics. Serginho was essential to motivate his team against France. They were losing, and on a break, Serginho told his colleagues that, while they all had at least one more chance at going to the Olympics, he didn't – those would be his last Olympic Games. Eventually, Brazil won the gold medal against Italy, and Serginho was acclaimed by the cheering fans, who called him king.^[6] After the match against Italy, Serginho was named the tournament's most valued player.^[7] He announced after the Rio finals against Italy he will play professionally for two more years.