with the national team he won a total of 8 south american championships, 3 america's cups, 8 world league titles, 2 world grand champions cups, three world championships (2002, 2006, 2010) and the gold medal at the 2004 summer olympics in athens, the silver medal at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 summer olympics in london, where he was the non-playing captain.