Yoandy Leal vs Tonček Štern | Bronze Match | Brazil vs Slovenia | Highlights | World Champ 2022

Yoandy Leal Hidalgo (born 31 August 1988) is a volleyball player who plays as a wing-spiker for Italian club Volley Piacenza.[1] Born in Cuba, he is a former member of the Cuba men’s national team (2007–2010) and currently represents Brazil (since 2019) after gained the 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 in volleyball potency Brazil, at the city of Belo Horizonte. After two years not playing, Leal signed with local
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