Wilfredo León
| Wilfredo León Venero | |||||
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| Full name | Wilfredo León Venero | ||||
| Nationality |
Cuban Polish | ||||
| Born |
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 |
 Zenit Kazan | ||||
| Number | 9 | ||||
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| Last updated: 16 March 2016 | |||||
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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] In June 2016 he married to Małgorzata (née Gronkowska).
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
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2014/2015 - with Zenit Kazan - 2015/2016 - with Zenit Kazan
FIVB Club World Championship
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2015 - with Zenit Kazan - 2016 - with Zenit Kazan
National championship
- 2008/2009 Cuban Championship, with Capitalinos
- 2009/2010 Cuban Championship, with Capitalinos
- 2010/2011 Cuban Championship, with Orientales de Santiago
- 2014/2015
Russian Cup 2015, with Zenit Kazan - 2014/2015 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
- 2015/2016 Russian SuperCup 2015, with Zenit Kazan
- 2015/2016 Russian Cup 2016, with Zenit Kazan
- 2015/2016 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
National team
- 2009 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
- 2009 NORCECA Championship
- 2010 FIVB World Championship
- 2011 NORCECA Championship
- 2011 Pan American Games
- 2012
FIVB World League
Individually
- 2009 FIVB World League - Best Server
- 2009 NORCECA Championship - Best Spiker
- 2009 NORCECA Championship - Most Valuable Player
- 2011 Pan American Games - Most Valuable Player
- 2011 NORCECA Championship - Best Spiker
- 2011 NORCECA Championship - Best Scorer
- 2014 Member Russian Star Team
- 2015 CEV Champions League - Best Outside Spiker
- 2015 CEV Champions League - Most Valuable Player
- 2015 Winner Andrei Kuznetsov Awards
- 2015 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Outside Spiker
- 2016 CEV Champions League - Best Outside Spiker
- 2016 CEV Champions League - Most Valuable Player
- 2016 FIVB Club World Championship - Best Outside Spiker
References
- ↑ POL M: Leon and Diaz in Rzeszów - worldofvolley.com - 25-02-2014
- ↑ Wilfredo Leon z polskim obywatelstwem - wp.pl - 15-07-2015
- ↑ Czternastolatek w kadrze Kuby na LŚ! - sport.wp.pl - 06-05-2008
- ↑ Wilfredo Leon trafi do Resovii? - sport.wp.pl - 29-04-2013
- ↑ Cuba Expels Wilfredo Leon - volleywood.net - 28-04-2013
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| Awards | ||
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Preceded by Gilberto Godoy Filho |
Best Server of FIVB World League 2009 |
Succeeded by Yoandry Leal |
Preceded by Victor Rivera |
Best Spiker of NORCECA Championship 2009 2011 |
Succeeded by Andy Leonardo |
Preceded by Lloy Ball |
Most Valuable Player of NORCECA Championship 2009 |
Succeeded by Keibel Gutiérrez |
Preceded by José Miguel Cáceres |
Best Scorer of NORCECA Championship 2011 |
Succeeded by Rolando Cepeda |
| Preceded by Gilberto Godoy Filho |
Most Valuable Player of Pan American Games 2011 |
Succeeded by Facundo Conte |
| Preceded by - |
Best Outside Spiker of CEV Champions League 2014/2015 ex aequo Facundo Conte2015/2016 ex aequo  Tine Urnaut |
Succeeded by TBD |
| Preceded by Sergey Tetyukhin |
Most Valuable Player of CEV Champions League 2014/2015 2015/2016 |
Succeeded by TBD |
Preceded by Sergey Tetyukhin Matey Kaziyski |
Best Outside Spiker of FIVB Club World Championship 2015 ex aequo Todor Aleksiev2016 ex aequo Yoandry Leal |
Succeeded by TBD |