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 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
Individual awards
2010: FIVB World League – Best Server
2013: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Spiker
2014: CSV South American Club Championship – Best Spiker
2015: CSV South American Club Championship – Best Spiker
2015: FIVB Club World Championship – Most Valuable Player
2016: CSV South American Club Championship – Most Valuable Player
2016: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Spiker
2017: CSV South American Club Championship – Best Spiker
2017: CSV South American Club Championship – Most Valuable Player
2017: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Outside Spiker
2019: Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner – Most Valuable Player
2019: CSV South American Championship – Best Outside Spiker
2021: FIVB Nations League – Best Outside Spiker
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Tonček Štern (born 14 November 1995) is a Slovenian volleyball player who plays for the Greek club Olympiacos and the Slovenian national team. With Slovenia, he was the runner-up of the European Volleyball Championship in 2019 and 2021
Individual awards
2014: CEV U20 European Championship – Best Spiker
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