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Bernardinho in 2016, photo by Celso Pupo /www.bigstockphoto.com/
Birth Name: Bernardo Rocha de Rezende
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: August 25, 1959
Ethnicity: Brazilian [Portuguese, including Azorean, likely some Slovenian, other]
Bernardo Rezende, also known as Bernardinho, is a Brazilian volleyball coach and player. He coaches Rio de Janeiro VC and Brazil Men. He previously coached Pallavolo Sirio Perugia, Brazil Women, Rio de Janeiro VC, and the France national team.
Bernardinho is the son of Mariangela Rocha and Condorcet Pereira de Rezende. His Portuguese ancestry includes Azorean Portuguese from the islands of Faial and Terceira. He has a son, volleyball player Bruno Rezende, with his former wife, player Vera Mossa; and two children with his former wife, volleyball player Fernanda Venturini.
Bernardinho’s paternal grandfather was Octavio/Otávio Murgel de Rezende/Resende (the son of Astolpho/Astolfo Vieira de Rezende/Resende and Olga Murgel). Octávio was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Astolpho was born in Minas Gerais, the son of José Vieira de Resende e Silva and Feliciana Vieira Dutra Nicácio. Olga was the daughter of Maurício Murgel, who was born in Fiume, Austria-Hungary (now Rijeka, Croatia), and likely was an ethnic Slovenian, and of Maximiana Tertuliana Benedicta do Bonsucesso.
Bernardinho’s paternal grandmother was named Helena Pereira.
Sources: http://www.museudapelada.com
Genealogy of Bernardinho’s paternal great-grandmother, Olga Murgel – http://www.geni.com