Yoandy Leal

Yoandy Leal
Personal information
Full name Yoandy Leal Hidalgo
Nationality Cuban
Brazilian
Born (1988-08-31) August 31, 1988
Havana, Cuba
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 107 kg (236 lb)
Spike 361 cm (142 in)
Block 348 cm (137 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside spiker
Current club Sada Cruzeiro
Number 9
Career
YearsTeams
2012–Sada Cruzeiro
National team
2007–2010 Cuba
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Cuba
World Championship
2010 Italy
NORCECA Championships
2009 Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
2007 Guadalajara
World Grand Champions Cup
2009 Japan
Last updated: 31 December 2017

Yoandy Leal Hidalgo (born August 31, 1988 in Havana) is a Cuban volleyball player with Brazilian citizenship (since 1 June 2015), a member of Cuba men's national volleyball team (2007–2010), who 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

FIVB Club World Championship

South American Club Championship

National championship

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 'Sei que posso ajudar' , Estado de Minas (in Portuguese)
Awards
Preceded by
Russia Dmitry Muserskiy		 Most Valuable Player of
FIVB Club World Championship
2015		 Succeeded by
Brazil William Arjona
Preceded by
Cuba Wilfredo León
Bulgaria Todor Aleksiev		 Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB Club World Championship
2016
ex aequo Cuba Wilfredo León
2017
ex aequo Poland Wilfredo León		 Succeeded by
TBD
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