Kenia Carcaces

Kenia Carcaces Opón (born 22 January 1986), also known as Kenia Carcaces, is a Cuban volleyball player who currently plays for Karşıyaka in Turkey. She also competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth with the Cuban team in the Olympic tournament. She won the 2007 Pan American Games gold medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Career At the 2007 Cuban Liga Nacional, Carcaces was selected Best digger. Playing Ciudad de La Habana, she won the Cuban National League Championship for the 2010 season and also being selected Best spiker.

At the 2010 Montreux Volley Masters, Carcaces finished in third place, and she was selected Best scorer and Most Valuable Player.

Carcaces won the silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Carcaces played at the 2013 Club World Championship with Voléro Zürich and she was selected Best Outside Hitter. Her team lost the bronze medal to Guangdong Evergrande.

Carcaces won the Best Outside Spiker among the Best Team of the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship after her club lost the bronze medal to the Brazilian SESI-SP 2–3.

In the 2015 South American Club Championship, Carcaces won the Most Valuable Player award and the silver medal in the continental championship.

Clubs Holguín Hisamitsu Springs (2005–2006) Ciudad de La Habana (2009–2010) Voléro Zürich (2013–2014) Molico Osasco (2014–2016) Voléro Zürich (2016–2017) Saitama Ageo Medics (2017–2018) VBC Èpiù Casalmaggiore (2018–2020) Wealth Planet Perugia Volley (2020–2021) Megabox Volley Vallefoglia (2021–2022) Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2022–2023) Panathinaikos (2023–2024) Jakarta BIN (2024) Karşıyaka (2024) Akademia Sant'Anna (2025) Olympiacos (2026)

Awards Individual 2005–06 V.Premier League "Best scorer" 2007 Cuban Liga Nacional "Best spiker" 2010 Cuban Liga Nacional "Best digger" 2010 Montreux Volley Masters "Most valuable player" 2010 Montreux Volley Masters "Best scorer" 2010 Pan-American Cup "Best scorer" 2013 FIVB Club World Championship "Best outside hitter" 2014 FIVB Club World Championship "Best outside hitter" 2015 South American Club Championship "Most valuable player"

Club

2017 FIVB Club World Championship – Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Voléro Zürich

National team Senior team 2007 Montreux Volley Masters – Image:Med 2.png Silver medal 2007 Pan American Games – Image:Med 1.png Gold medal 2007 NORCECA Championship – Image:Med 1.png Gold medal 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix – Image:Med 2.png Silver medal 2010 Montreux Volley Masters – Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal 2011 Montreux Volley Masters – Image:Med 2.png Silver medal 2011 Pan American Games – Image:Med 2.png Silver medal

Junior team 2002 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship U-20 – Image:Med 3.png Bronze medal