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Personal information
Full name Wilfredo León Venero
Nickname Leo
Nationality Cuban
Polish
Born July 31, 1993 (age 26)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Spike 374 cm (147 in)
Block 346 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Spiker
Current club Sir Sicoma Conad Perugia
Number 9

Wilfredo León
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Wilfredo León
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Wilfredo León of Zenit Kazan during the 2015–16 CEV Men's Volleyball Champions League.
Personal information
Full name Wilfredo León Venero
Nickname Leo
Nationality Cuban
Polish
Born July 31, 1993 (age 26)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Spike 374 cm (147 in)
Block 346 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside Spiker
Current club Sir Sicoma Conad Perugia
Number 9
Career
Years Teams
2005–2010 Capitalinos
2010–2013 Orientales de Santiago
2014–2018 Zenit Kazan
2018– Sir Sicoma Conad Perugia
National team
2007–2012 Cuba
2019– Poland
Honours[hide]
Representing Cuba
Men's volleyball
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2010 Italy
NORCECA Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Puerto Rico
Gold medal – first place 2011 Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2009 Japan
World League
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Sofia
Last updated: December 2017
Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a Cuban-born Polish professional volleyball player, a member of Cuba men's national volleyball team in 2007–2012 and current member of Poland men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Sicoma Conad Perugia, silver medalist of the World Championship 2010, NORCECA Champion (2009, 2011), Cuban Champion (2009, 2010, 2011), Russian Champion (2015, 2016, 2017). Considered by many as one of a kind he led Cuba to the silver medal at the world championship 2010 in Italy, alongside Yoandi Leal and Robertlandy Simon considered one of the leaders of the "Generation of Miracle" of Cuba volleyball and by many expert, Leon may be the best player of all time considering all of the accomplishments he has made while still so young, having won every single title at pro level at the age of 24.

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.[3] He won the title of Best Receiver at World League 2009. On July 31, 2009 as the youngest player of tournament,[citation needed] he won a silver medal in the World U21 Championship 2009 (after losing the 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 Díaz 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]

In September 2018, León joined Italian team SIR Safety Perugia.

On July 24, 2019 he became fully eligible to play for the Poland national team.

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