Gyselle de la Caridad Silva Franco (born 29 October 1991) is a Cuban volleyball player. She is currently playing for the South Korean club GS Caltex Seoul KIXX in the V-League. She was part of the Cuba women's national volleyball team.
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| Full name | Gyselle de la Caridad Silva Franco | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Yiyi | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Cuba Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1991 Santiago de Cuba | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Santiago de Cuba | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 317 cm (125 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 309 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside Hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club |  GS Caltex Seoul KIXX | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||
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She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.[1] She played with Santiago de Cuba.
Dubbed as "Volleyball Goddess" and "Queen of Gravity" by Filipino fans. [citation needed]
She tallied the fourth-best scoring record in the whole world in a single match. She scored 56 points highlighted by 53 attacks and 3 aces on a lost cause after succumbing against the Cocolife Asset Managers last April 7, 2018, in a five-set conquest in a match in the inaugural Philippine Super Liga (PSL).
In May 2022, she signed a one-year contract with AEK Athens.[2]
Clubs
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Santiago de Cuba (2009–2012)
Rabita Baku (2014–2015)
Halkbank Ankara (2015–2016)
Yunnan University Dianchi College (2016–2017)
Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters (2017–2018)
Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri (2018–2019)
Grupa Azoty Chemik Police (2019–2020)- IŁ Capital Legionovia Legionowo (2021–2022)
AEK Athens (2022–2023)
GS Caltex Seoul KIXX (2023–)
References
edit- ^ "Cuban volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship". sebare.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με την Ζιζέλ Σίλβα". aek.gr (in Greek). Online. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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