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. 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. 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. 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. They lost the possibility of playing for the Cuba national team.
back line player
back row player
back set
ball contact
ball handling
ball in play
ball inside the cour
ball out - мяч за
ball outside the court
ball retrievers
ball touched
ball velocity
block coverage
block formation
block of the service
block shadow
blocked attack
blocked spike
blocker
blocking fault
blocking footwork
blocking pattern
bounce
boundary lines
broken line
bump pass
cable of the net
center back defense
center line
change of court
choice of court
choice of service
collective screen
compulsory substitution
counter attack
court dimensions
court marking
court width
coverage
cross court
cross court attack
cross the center line (to)
default
defeat
defense
delay
delay penalty
disputed ball, contested ball
double contact
double fault
diagonal spike
direct attack
end line
entry fee
error in the rotation order
error in the service order
feint spike
floating serve, floating service
forearm pass
forward dive
forward set
four contacts
front line player
front roll
first hit to attack
first time attack
game line up
game point
half roll
hitter
horizontal band of the net
illegal substitution
incomplete team
individual offense
individual screen
individual skills
initial formation
jump reach
jump serve
jump set
jump training
line fault
line up
line up sheet
lose the serve (to)
loss of a point
match
match duration
middle back player
misconduct
misconduct penalty
net fault
net poles
net serve
numbered card
offensive action
opponent
opponent court
opponent team
overhead pass
penetration fault
penetration of the setter
penetration under the net
permitted substitution
player at fault
player at net
player on the court
pre-season activity
pre-season competition
pre-season tournament
preliminary entry
preparation period
protest
protocol
psychological preparation
rally
receiving
receiving player
receiving team
serve reception
server
service fault
service order
service line
service mistake
service zone
serving team
set - передача
set
setter
shoot set
short jump set
side line
sideout
spike
spike coverage
spike fake
spike off the...