The Day When Wilfredo Leon Shocked the Volleyball World !!!

Wilfredo León Venero (born 31 July 1993) is a Cuban-Polish professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Cuba national team from 2007 to 2012, and is a current member of the Poland national team and Sir Safety Perugia. León was a silver medallist at the 2010 World Championship, and a two-time NORCECA Champion (2009, 2011).
Considered by many as one of a kind, he led Cuba to the silver medal at the 2010 World Championship held in Italy, alongside Yoandy Leal and Robertlandy Simon. He is considered one of the leaders of the "Generation of Miracle" of Cuban volleyball by many experts. León is considered one of the best volleyball players worldwide.
León was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on July 31, 1993. He is the son of Wilfredo León Hechavarría and Alina Venero Boza (former volleyball player). He studied at Escuela Nacional del Voleibol Cubano. León lived in Poland for a while with his Polish girlfriend. On June 24, 2016, he married Małgorzata (born Gronkowska). On May 13, 2017, their daughter Natalia was born.
León started to play when he was seven. His first coach was his mother, Alina. León 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. On July 31, 2009, he won a silver medal in the World U21 Championship (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 2010 World Championship. He was the youngest captain of the national team (he was 17). In 2012, he won the bronze medal at the World League.
In 2013, León left Cuba to play in a club outside of his homeland, losing the possibility of playing for the Cuban national team. He joined Russian club Zenit Kazan in 2014, where he won multiple CEV Champions League titles, national leagues, and cups. He also played part-time with Qatar club Al Rayyan in 2015 and 2016. In September 2018, León joined Italian team SIR Safety Perugia.
On July 14, 2015, León received Polish citizenship, and five years later he became fully eligible to play for the Polish national volleyball team.

[@andrzejkrol1697]

Cuba can be dominating volleyball if their players play for their country. Leon, Leal, Simon, Juantorena, Yant, Herrera

[@ustkaball479]

Yant and Herrera trash compared to these legends

[@andrzejkrol1697]

@@ustkaball479 Yant is still young and his level is enough in team like that.

[@desmondgyamfi5047]

Leon now plays for Poland and Leal plays for Brazil 😂

[@heliomiguel3744]

Cuba would have made up a strong national team if they play. Just like Melisa Vargas is now playing for Turkey

[@richardsyaiful7032]

And Juantorena plays for Italy

[@gissneric]

Takahashi, Nishida and Ishikawa plays for Japan.

[@franciscovargas1434]

@@gissnericnot enough to beat top 3 men volleyball teams in the world playing at their best…

[@gissneric]

@@franciscovargas1434 well only Poland beat them. They haven't played USA yet and they beat Italy and Brazil already.

[@cez2338]

Leon, Leal, Simon in the same team today, they would smash everyone

[@gissneric]

Imagine if Cuba gave importance to their volleyball program they would have powerhouse players like Leon and Vargas representing them 😂

[@jjlove2725]

stop talking nonsense. cuba has a very good volleyball program which is why they have always had great teams and players. the problem is the communist/socialist government is what kills them.

[@MrInge1980]

With all their lost players, they might could dominate the past years.

[@coachobispersonalworkoutti2223]

The problem is the laws by the wicked communist government which stipulates you cannot play out of Cuba

[@williamabreu8098]

Actualmente está entre los mejores jugadores del planeta

[@frannpesce]

El mejor punta del mundo, sin lugar a dudas.

[@김혜원-k3w]

폴란드 배구의 핵심이자 최강의 주 공격수 파워풀한 플레이에 모든 선수들을 압도 하는 지구상의 완벽한 배구 🏐 선수

[@fvejarcrisostomo]

5:09 what a jump

[@denny-zenchiong296]

Player best teamwork doing well fantastic super sport men's VOLLEYBALL 🏐👏👏👏👍💑

[@ViperDivinity]

Im glad he moved to Poland. Cuba was holding him back

[@ezra86]

Holy shit this was so long ago Simon had hair!

[@adminvolleyball]

Great player

[@PunanyChemist]

Monster

[@HabibBaşak-u8t]

Vargas and Leon the best

[@mariuszsiedlecki5436]

He started at 14

[@jwil8577]

Cuba lost Leal, Leon & Vargas. Prob some more, too, that I'm just not familiar with. Wild!

[@tudorflorea2164]

And Osmany Juantorena as well

[@akitabuyanaa8675]

leon leal simon marshall vargas WOW CUBA

[@przemyslawkowalewski7197]

What is the background music track ?

[@LanNguyen-mc7ds]

2023 the year of CUBAN player LEON & VARGAS 🤟🇨🇺

[@АлексейМилостинский-з4ы]

Скажите есть ссылка на этот матч...?

[@lucasantenor2832]

Just search for: Brazil x Cuba finals or something like that

[@gouzykhongsai5440]

Is he from Cuba

[@ЕгорКухто-к7ь]

Yes

[@sergey9839]

Нет бля, он чистокровный поляк!)))

[@PansiusiakPiotr]

He is Polish from Cuba

[@luismoya8832]

y leal en brasil que cosas

[@PZ993]

Cuba if was normal - Leon Simon Juantorena Leal dream team

Cuba had Leon, Leal, Simon and etc but in the end Brazil 3 x 0. Tha Brazilian team was unstoppable...🥰

[@fighter86pl]

xd Poland stop all

@@fighter86pl Poland never get a Golden medal in olimpics 2😬

[@fbrdavid3330]

no sabía que el jugador leal era cubano 😮

[@elduro510]

Eso fue la final de la liga mundial del 2011

[@akangsandy]

Leon & vargas

[@Just_Jerry111]

😢

[@ArnoldStrongman]

Polish Power

[@sergey9839]

Леон, конечно, лучший в мире нападающий, по моему скромному мнению, но в том матче Бразилия выиграла Кубу 3:0.)

[@qusaibenkilab6646]

The fact that these plyers exceptional players because Cuba paid a good attention to them. Life is always like that, 4 players or more in the Qatari Volleyball team are not from Qatar, they paid them more money to play for them not Serbia or Morocco or others. Being communisms has nothing to do with them leaving their Countries. Old Soviet Union dominate Volleyball which was made in the US. The west in general bought all the scientist from their countries.

[@alexsaaremaa2392]

SONG NAME?

[@pprzemik6929]

Ooyy -Black Spur

[@IeshuaGaNozri]

Why not for Poland? 😢

[@ЕгорКухто-к7ь]

due to politics and copyright

[@petrichor5625]

He moved to poland

[@adnanmeesa4350]

Why they don't play for Cuba own country?

[@petarradic4039]

No no he was 10

[@adoliekerefitnessandwellne5219]

Cuba has the most gifted players but their politics got the best of em. Imagine Simon, leon, leal playing together in present day and I'm not even naming all.

[@rekamansemesterlima]

16 yo?? wtf

[@Goczku]

Its normal in Cuba

[@TumurMgl]

Selling his soul for money 💰

[@mrjodrick1404]

wtf are u talking about lol

[@yashA.456]

bruh, learn some facts. Cuba banned their own players from playing for their country because they didn't play in Cuban ligue (which is shit), they got banned for trying to play in the best Leagues in the world in europe. Imagine Argentina banning Messi from competing for Argentina, because he wants to play for Barca, one of the best clubs in the world, instead of playing in a lowtier league in south america

[@mrjodrick1404]

@@yashA.456 listen to the guy,he knows whats talking about

[@ViperDivinity]

Lol Cuba has shit league with average players and the government doesn't support them. He is much better off play in European Leagues and he already got his citizenship in Poland.