Fernando Cachopa started
playing volleyball with 12 years in Caxias do Sul (RS) where he stayed until
2014. This year, with 18 years old, he reached Sada Cruzeiro (MG), the most
winning team of Brazilian volleyball, and is in the club from Minas Gerais
since then. In the national team, he made all under age categories from under
19 to under 23. He was South American champion in all categories and U-23 world
champion, still 17, in the first edition of the championship, in 2013, in
Uberlândia (MG).