Yoandy Leal
Yoandy Leal | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Yoandy Leal Hidalgo | ||||
Nationality | Cuban Brazilian (since 2015) | ||||
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 | 348 cm (137 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Outside hitter | ||||
Current club | Gas Sales Piacenza | ||||
Number | 17 | ||||
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Yoandy Leal Hidalgo (born 31 August 1988) is a volleyball player who plays as a wing-spiker for Italian club Gas Sales Piacenza.[1] Born in Cuba, he is a former member of the Cuban national volleyball team (2007–2010), and currently represents Brazil (since 2019) after gaining Brazilian citizenship in June 2015.
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 as a volleyball star in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. After two years of 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 Brazilian nationality. Afterward, he contacted the International Volleyball Federation 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.[2] He joined the Brazilian national team in 2019.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
- FIVB Club World Championship
Betim 2013 – with Sada Cruzeiro
Betim 2015 – with Sada Cruzeiro
Betim 2016 – with Sada Cruzeiro
Poland 2018 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova
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
- 2022/2023
Italian Cup, with Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza
- 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: CSV South American Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2021: FIVB Nations League – Best outside spiker
- 2022: FIVB World Championship – Best outside spiker[3]
- 2023: Italian Cup – Most valuable player
References
- ^ "Modena Volley | Prima Squadra". www.modenavolley.it (in Italian). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ 'Sei que posso ajudar' , Estado de Minas (in Portuguese)
- ^ volleyballworld.com. "Giannelli claims World Championship MVP award". volleyballworld.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
External links
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- Player profile at CEV.eu
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at WorldofVolley.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's volleyball players
- Cuban men's volleyball players
- Naturalized citizens of Brazil
- Sportspeople from Havana
- Expatriate volleyball players 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
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
- Outside hitters
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Naturalised sports competitors
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Italy