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 edit
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. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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