Yoandy Leal
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Full name | Yoandy Leal Hidalgo | ||||
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Born | Havana, Cuba | 31 August 1988||||
Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||
Spike | 371 cm (146 in) | ||||
Block | 340 cm (134 in) | ||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||
Current club | ![]() | ||||
Number | 9 | ||||
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Yoandy Leal Hidalgo (born August 31, 1988 in Havana) is a Cuban-born Brazilian volleyball player. He was a former member of Cuba men's national volleyball team (2007–2010) and currently is a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team (since 2019) after gained the Brazilian citizenship in June 2015. At club level he plays as a wing-spiker for Lube Civitanova.
Leal played four years with the Cuban national team, debuting at the 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. In the 2008 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Düsseldorf that would give a spot at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Cuba did not qualify finishing second to hosts Germany, but Leal was chosen Best Spiker and Server of the championship. His last tournament with Cuba was the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, where Leal won the silver medal.
Still pursuing his dream of playing in the Olympics, Leal left Cuba in 2010, establishing himself in volleyball potency Brazil, at the city of Belo Horizonte. After two years not playing, Leal signed with local team Sada Cruzeiro. Soon he was a vital part of the team, winning two editions each of the Brazilian Superligas, South American Championships and FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship. Leal started his naturalization process in 2013, and in 2015 he was given the Brazilian nationality. Afterwards he contacted the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball to see how soon he could play for Brazil's national team, as team coach Bernardo Rezende already expressed interest in having Leal in the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Sporting achievements
Clubs
- FIVB Club World Championship
Betim 2013 – with Sada Cruzeiro
Betim 2015 – with Sada Cruzeiro
Betim 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro
Betim 2019 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- CSV South American Club Championship
Belo Horizonte 2014 – with Sada Cruzeiro
Taubate 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro
Montes Claros 2017 – with Sada Cruzeiro
- National championships
- 2013/2014
Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2013/2014
Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2014/2015
Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2015/2016
Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2015/2016
Brazilian Cup, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2016/2017
Brazilian Championship, with Sada Cruzeiro
- 2018/2019
Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
- 2013/2014
Individual awards
- 2010: FIVB World League – Best Server
- 2013: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Spiker
- 2014: CSV South American Club Championship – Best Spiker
- 2015: CSV South American Club Championship – Best Spiker
- 2015: FIVB Club World Championship – Most Valuable Player
- 2016: CSV South American Club Championship – Most Valuable Player
- 2016: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Spiker
- 2017: CSV South American Club Championship – Best Spiker
- 2017: CSV South American Club Championship – Most Valuable Player
- 2017: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Outside Spiker
- 2019: Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Most Valuable Player
- 2019: CSV South American Championship – Best Outside Spiker
References
- ^ 'Sei que posso ajudar' , Estado de Minas (in Portuguese)
External links
- Player profile at CEV.eu
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at WorldofVolley.com
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's volleyball players
- Cuban men's volleyball players
- Naturalized citizens of Brazil
- Sportspeople from Havana
- Expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in volleyball
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba
- Volleyball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games