Yasmina Akrari

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Yasmina Akrari
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Personal information
Born (1993-08-31) 31 August 1993 (age 32)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current club Pinerolo
Number18
Career
YearsTeams
2009–2017 Lilliput
2017–2020 Chieri '76
2020– Pinerolo
National team
2024– Italy
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Thailand Team

Yasmina Akrari (born 31 August 1993) is an Italian volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Pinerolo and the Italy national team.

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Career

Clubs

Akrari, who was born to an Italian mother and a Moroccan father, [1] began her career in the 2009–10 season at Lilliput of Settimo Torinese in Serie B2, a club she remained with for eight seasons, playing in Serie B1 from the 2010–11 season and in Serie A2 from the 2015–16 season.

In the 2017–18 season, Akrari was signed by Chieri '76 [2] in Serie A2. With the Piedmontese team, at the end of the season, the team was promoted to Serie A1, a category in which she has played beginning at the 2018–19 season.

In the 2020–21 season, Akrari returned to play in the second division, moving to Pinerolo, with whom, at the end of the 2021–22 season, the team was promoted to Serie A1, [1] [3] where she has played, with the same club, since the 2022–23 season.

National team

In 2024, Akrari received her first call-ups to the Italian national team, with which, in 2025, she won the gold medal at the World Championship. [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "PRIMO GRANDE COLPO DI MERCATO: A PINEROLO ARRIVA YASMINA AKRARI". 18 May 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "Yasmina Akrari nuova centrale del Fenera Chieri '76" (in Italian). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. "Vivo Serie A2 femminile, festa Pinerolo: è Serie A1!" (in Italian). 4 April 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  4. "Volleyball Nations League: le 14 azzurre convocate per la pool di Antalya" (in Italian). 10 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship 2025 P-2 Match result Final 1-2 (Places 1 and 2)" (pdf). Retrieved 7 September 2025.