Wilfredo Leon
Polish President signed a relevant document, through which nearly a 22-year-old Cuban Leon has become a Polish citizen. Now he is closer to obtain the possibility of wearing a white-and-red jersey of Polish national team.
“I declare that I will do everything that is in my power to deserve the honor to play in the Polish National Team. By obtaining the Polish citizenship I gained a tremendous motivation to be the best in any upcoming tournament and to make impression to the head coach of Poland. Therefore, I clearly stress that my goal to receive the Polish citizenship was not led by financial considerations, but only by life and sports. I will continue living in this country with my fiance and continue making investments. In consideration of my situation I would ask all not to look for any political overtones associated with Cuba. I am a native Cuban, I’ve got my family there and my trip was related only to personal matters. Greetings to all volleyball fans in Poland and those who support me on my way in sports and in life,“ Leon sent a statement to the media.
Don’t forget what coach Stéphane Antiga said about Leon situation.
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I hope they’ll give him a chance to play in NT in the 2016 Olympics. It would be awesome. Poland will be strong with him, no doubt about it.
Well what can I say… R.I.P volleyball
@Blueredwhite Sorry to say, but you are a petty (wo)man, blueredwhite. First of all, you are not in a position to judge anyone or to express such ridiculous opinions. It was Leon’s own choice and I believe it was not an easy one, and he deserves some respect! No one asked him to do it and no one made him do it, he was the one who decided to play for Poland and he explained clearly why. Secondly, I have an impression that if it was not the case of Leon, one of the best – if not the best – players in the world, no one would make a fuss about it. In the meantime, there is a really good player, who WANTS TO play for a really strong team, and suddenly people have problem with that, even though it is NOTHING new is sports. Maybe the regulations should be changed, but for now, they are what they are, so why the heck do you care blueredwhite? Write a complaint to FIVB if you disagree or sth, but stop making offensive comments. Leon is a young player, who, for various reasons, cannot play for Cuba, and he made a difficult decision to play for another country. Respect that. Whether it will happen or not is a different matter, becasue it is the coach who makes the final decision and it is the team that will have to accept him. Not you. Cheers.
It’s a robbery from Cuba . imagine one day Cuba plays against Poland. from now on there is no difference between Qatar and Poland and Italy (in case Juantorena plays for them) i’m ok with him playing for Poland if he had not previously played for another national team but he has played for Cuba. My words are to Leon , Hey man you are a Cuban you can change citizenship but u can’t change your blood.no one can trust Polish Volleyball federation, corruption in hosting WCH has not been forgotten yet. anyway even if Poland uses Leon they should put a side a polish player that will make their team weak in long term, not bad for other teams 😉
Wow. What butthurt for Poland you have. Ease up on your venom. No one cares about your opinion, Leon will play for Poland and I’m sure it will be great for the team and for him as he can’t play for Cuba anymore.
Go to match of Poland or Italy and tell straight to Leon or Juantorena’s face ‘it’s a robbery’.Tell it to their Polish or Italian wifes, babies.
BLUEREDWHITE@
You are a hypocrite and jealous man. I remember once you wrote that it would be better for Leon if he chose Russia, not Poland. You slander Polish team for a long time and talking stupidity. The reason is probably that your team not won with the Poles since last year. Somewhere you have to unload irritation.
… and who is robbing whom and of what, exactly?:) is there any kind of ownership? You’re being ridiculous. Fortunately, we live in the times when people (usually) have their own free will and they can decide what they want to do with their lives. My point is: no one – and definitely not you – is to judge someone else’s decisions. They should be respected. That’s all. As for you comparing this situation to what happened in Qatar… Man, you really don’t know what you’re talking about. Furthermore, referring here to the corruption thing is just low as it has nothing to do with this case. Anyway, relax blueredwhite. You get excited too easily and unnecessarily.
Leon should have waited and i think he is not well advised. Unlike Juantorena he is still young and things are slowly moving in Cuba and there could be a chance to play for Cuba again.
It is really hard to accept how these morons in cuban federation destroyed their great National team. They could have been such a good flagship for Cuba and cuban sport 🙁
I respect your comments since you want your national team to win all titles at any cost but even if you naturalize 10 Leon and find them polish girlfriends 🙂 you wont be able to do that since they wont play with their hearts This will be bad thing for volleyball, this is a transfer , transfer is for clubs so Poland is a club not a national team.
Why can’t you understand that it’s not Poland who made him play for our team but it’s He himself who wanted to play for Poland and represent the country. If no one made him do it that means that is what he wants to do himself so why wouldn’t he give 100% of himself. He said that he wants to win any gold medal posible with Polish team in the future and that’s his dream and motivation.
Juantorena isn’t old. He’s 29 years old and everything is ahead of him with Italian national team. Unlike to Leon he has a huge experience.
Wow!!! Poland has now grown to number 1 in the upcomig Olympics!! Leon&Kurek will destroy everyone!!
Poland still will loses from Bulgaria
Poland is world champion while Bulgaria…. I’m so sorry….
Leon or Juantorena haven’t girlfriends. They have wifes, Juantorena baby. Again it’s your lack of respect for their private life.
What is the relation between Leon’s wife and his manager?
When come Kaziyski and Sokolov and Bratoev you will see who will be world champion
Yes! POLAND TEAM ITS STRONG TEAM!
I’m not Men,but little Woman!
Cool, someone is using my Nickname to put comment here, I never said Poland is a weak team but Poland is not a top team and it will be proved to everyone when they use a naturalized player like Qatar, does not matter if Leon want this or Polish Federation, Poland should not accept it otherwise it means they themselves believe their team is weak and need a naturalized player.moreover I know the difference between ‘Man’ and ‘Men ‘ but you don’t 😉 Don’t act like losers
Wild people from east Balkans are working well as I see. So shameful.