Yael Castiglione
Personal information
NationalityArgentine
Born (1985-09-27) 27 September 1985
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike295 cm (116 in)
Block281 cm (111 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubMKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
Number18 (club and national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2006CV Millenium Cermel
2006–2007Volley Bellinzona
2007–2009Cecell Lleida
2009–2010Boca Juniors
2010–2011İqtisadçı Bakı
2011–2012CS Dinamo București
2012–2012Hainaut Volley
2012–2013SVS Post Schwechat
2013–2014Maranhão Vôlei
2014–2015Rio do Sul Vôlei
2015–2016BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała
2016–2017MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
2019Valinhos
2020-21Pinheiros
2021-22Arenal Emevé
National team
2004–2022Argentina
Last updated: 18 January 2017

Yael Castiglione (born 27 September 1985) is a retired Argentine volleyball player.

Career

Castiglione has represented the Argentina national team in various tournaments since 2004,[1] including the Pan-American Volleyball Cup (in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),[2] the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),[3] the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup (in 2011, 2015),[4][5] the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,[6] the 2015 Pan American Games in Canada,[2] and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[7] During the Olympics she married the retired Brazilian volleyball player Marcus Eloe in a Buddhist ceremony.[8]

At club level she played for Millenium, Bellinzona, Lleida, Boca Juniors, Igtisadchi Baku, Dinamo București, Hainaut, Post Schwechat, Maranhão Vôlei, Rio do Sul and Bielsko-Biała before moving to MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish Orlen Liga in May 2016.[9][10] She took a sabbatical after 2017 after giving birth to twins with former player Marcus Eloe. Castiglione then decided to return playing in her husband's Brazil, first for Valinhos and then Pinheiros.[11][12] After a season in Spain playing for Arenal Emevé, Castiglione announced her retirement in 2022.[13]

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "Gran nivel de las "extranjeras"". elpopular.com.ar (in Spanish). 31 May 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Profile – Toronto 2015". Toronto 2015 Pan Am. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Profile – World Grand Prix 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Profile – World Cup 2011". FIVB. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Profile – World Cup 2015". FIVB. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Profile – Italy 2014". FIVB. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Profile – Rio 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Blame it on Rio: Love conquers all at the Olympic Village". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  9. ↑ "Yael Castiglione w Tauronie MKS Dąbrowie Górniczej". Orlen Liga (in Polish). 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Orlen Liga: Yael Castiglione siatkarką Tauronu MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza - Sport". eurosport.onet.pl. Archived from the original on 2016-05-26.
  11. ↑ "Historias entrelazadas: Yael Castiglione". 7 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  12. ↑ Silva, Fabricio (24 December 2020). "Yael Castiglione: "Nunca imaginé que iba a jugar después de ser madre"". Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "La argentina Yael Castiglione pone fin a su carrera". Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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