Raydel Hierrezuelo

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Raydel Hierrezuelo
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Raydel Hierrezuelo – Cuban volleyball player, 2016
Personal information
Born (1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 37)
Havana, Cuba
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Spike340 cm (134 in)
Block335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current club Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
Number5
Career
YearsTeams
2011–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2023
2023–
Flag of Cuba.svg La Habana
Flag of Indonesia.svg Surabaya BIN Samator
Flag of Italy.svg Exprivia Molfetta
Flag of Italy.svg Volley Piacenza
Flag of Turkey.svg Halkbank Ankara
Flag of Argentina.svg Bolívar Voley
Flag of Turkey.svg Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Flag of Italy.svg Gas Sales Piacenza
Flag of Greece.svg Foinikas Syros
Flag of Greece.svg Panathinaikos
Honours
Men's Volleyball
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Italy Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Japan Team
America's Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Cuiaba Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Manaus Team
NORCECA Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Bayamòn Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Anaheim Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team

Raydel Hierrezuelo Aguirre (born 14 July 1987, in Havana) is a volleyball player from Cuba who plays as a setter for the Greek club Panathinaikos.

Hierrezuelo won a silver medal with the Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB World Championship. With the national team, he has appeared in four World League tournaments (2007-2010). In 2009, he received the award of the best player of the championship.

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