Wilfredo León

Wilfredo León Venero
Personal information
Full name Wilfredo León Venero
Nationality Cuban
Polish
Born (1993-07-31) July 31, 1993
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Spike 350 cm (140 in)
Block 346 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Spiker
Current club Russia Zenit Kazan
Number 9
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2010
2010–2013
2014–
Cuba Capitalinos
Cuba Orientales de Santiago
Russia Zenit Kazan
National team
2007–2012 Cuba
Last updated: 16 March 2016

Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a Cuban volleyball player with Polish citizenship (since July 14, 2015), a member of Cuba men's national volleyball team in 2007–2012 and Russian club Zenit Kazan, silver medalist of the World Championship 2010, NORCECA Champion (2009, 2011), Cuban Champion (2009, 2010, 2011), Russian Champion (2015, 2016).

Personal life

He was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. He is Wilfredo León Hechavarría and Alina Venero Boza (a former volleyball player)'s son. He studied at Escuela Nacional Del Voleibol Cubano. Now, León Venero lives in Poland with his Polish girlfriend.[1] On July 14, 2015 he received Polish citizenship. He has shown the desire to play in the polish national team Poland men's national volleyball team.[2]

Career

He started to play, when he was 7. His first coach was his mother Alina. Wilfredo León Venero debuted in the Cuban national team on May 24, 2008 in Düsseldorf, aged 14 years and 10 months. He won the title of Best Receiver at World League 2009.[3] On July 31, 2009 as the youngest player of tournament, he won a silver medal in the World U21 Championship 2009 (after losing final against Brazil). In 2009, the Cuban national team, with Leon, won the title of NORCECA Champion (and three individual awards) and repeated this success in 2011. After losing the final against Brazil, Cuba won a silver medal at the World Championship 2010. He was the youngest captain of the national team (he was 17). In 2012, he won bronze medal of World League - Sofia 2012. In 2013, Yoandri Diaz and León fled Cuba to play in a club outside of their homeland.[4] They lost the possibility of playing for the Cuba national team.[5]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

FIVB Club World Championship

National championship

National team

Individually

References

  1. POL M: Leon and Diaz in Rzeszów - worldofvolley.com - 25-02-2014
  2. Wilfredo Leon z polskim obywatelstwem - wp.pl - 15-07-2015
  3. Czternastolatek w kadrze Kuby na LŚ! - sport.wp.pl - 06-05-2008
  4. Wilfredo Leon trafi do Resovii? - sport.wp.pl - 29-04-2013
  5. Cuba Expels Wilfredo Leon - volleywood.net - 28-04-2013
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Awards
Preceded by
Brazil Gilberto Godoy Filho
Best Server of
FIVB World League

2009
Succeeded by
Cuba Yoandry Leal
Preceded by
Puerto Rico Victor Rivera
Best Spiker of
NORCECA Championship

2009
2011
Succeeded by
Guatemala Andy Leonardo
Preceded by
United States Lloy Ball
Most Valuable Player of
NORCECA Championship

2009
Succeeded by
Cuba Keibel Gutiérrez
Preceded by
Dominican Republic José Miguel Cáceres
Best Scorer of
NORCECA Championship

2011
Succeeded by
Cuba Rolando Cepeda
Preceded by
Brazil Gilberto Godoy Filho
Most Valuable Player of
Pan American Games

2011
Succeeded by
Argentina Facundo Conte
Preceded by
-
Best Outside Spiker of
CEV Champions League

2014/2015
ex aequo Argentina Facundo Conte
2015/2016
ex aequo Slovenia Tine Urnaut
Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
Russia Sergey Tetyukhin
Most Valuable Player of
CEV Champions League

2014/2015
2015/2016
Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by
Russia Sergey Tetyukhin
Bulgaria Matey Kaziyski
Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB Club World Championship

2015
ex aequo Bulgaria Todor Aleksiev
Succeeded by
TBD
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