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Born | [1] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1] | January 28, 2000 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Kisy Nascimento, better known by her first name Kisy, (born 28 January 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian volleyball player and world championship silver medalist who plays as a opposite striker for the Brazil women's national volleyball team and Lokomotiv Kalingrad. [4]
She began her career with São Caetano in 2013, remaining with the club until 2019. In the 2020–21 season, she transferred to Barueri coached by the Brazilian national team head coach José Roberto Guimarães. [2]
She was announced as a new signing for Minas Tênis Clube in the 2021–22 season, where she finished as runner-up in the 2021 Minas State Championship, the 2021 Brazilian Super Cup, and the 2022 Brazilian Cup, while also reaching the semifinals of the 2021 FIVB Club World Championship in Ankara.
In the 2021–22 Brazilian Superliga A, she became a starter in the final series and was one of the key players in the team's championship victory, earning the MVP of the final. At the end of the season, she competed in the 2022 South American Club Championship in Uberlândia, where her team won the gold medal and she was named Best Opposite and Most Valuable Player (MVP). [5]
On April 21, 2024, after winning the 2023–24 Brazilian Superliga A, she was once again selected as the MVP. And in the next season, she won the Best Opposite os 2024-25 Brazilian Superliga A.
In May 2025, Kisy was announced by Russian team Lokomotiv Kaliningrad. [6]
She has been called up to the Brazilian national team since her youth years. [7]
On July 17, 2022, Kisy became a silver medalist with Brazil after losing the final of the 2022 FIVB Nations League to Italy by 3 sets to 0 in Ankara, Turkey. The set scores were 25–23, 25–22, 25–22. [8]
On October 15, 2022, Kisy once again became a silver medalist with Brazil after losing the final of the 2022 World Championship to Serbia by 3 sets to 0 in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. The set scores were 26–24, 25–22, 25–17. [9] She was also part of the Brazilian team in the 2023 VNL. [10]
At the 2025 VNL, Kisy once again won the silver medal with Brazil, after losing another final to Italy.