Aprilio Manganang Explained

Aprilio Manganang
Fullname:Aprilio Perkasa Manganang
Nickname:April
Nationality:Indonesian
Birth Name:Aprilia Santini Manganang
Birth Date:April 27, 1992
Hometown:Tahuna, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Height:170 cm
Weight:76 kg
Position:Outside hitter
Currentclub: Bandung BJB Pakuan
Currentnumber:16
Years1:2011-2012
Team1: Alko Indramayu
Years2:2012-2013
Team2: Jakarta BNI Taplus
Years3:2013-2014
Team3: Manokwari Valeria Papua Barat
Years4:2014-2017
Team4: Jakarta Elektrik PLN
Years5:2018-2019
Team5: Supreme VC
Years6:2018-2019
Team6: Jakarta PGN Popsivo
Years7:2017-2020
Team7: Bandung BJB Pakuan

Aprilio Perkasa Manganang (born Aprilia Santini Manganang; April 27, 1992, in Tahuna, North Sulawesi) is an Indonesian volleyball player who competed as a woman but was later determined to be an intersex male post-retirement. He was a member of Indonesia women's national team.[1] He played in 2019 Women's Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League for the Supreme Volleyball Club as an import player.[2]

Early life

Manganang was born in Tahuna, North Sulawesi in Indonesia. He was born with hypospadias, but due to the lack of medical facilities in his hometown he would only be aware of this condition later in life after his volleyball career. He was assigned as female at birth and was raised as a girl. Manganang reportedly felt different than girls of his age.[3]

Career

Club

Manganang played in multiple local club teams in Indonesia and received various tournament awards. With his vertical leap and powerful attacks, he received awards in the Vietnam-based tournament named VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup.[4] He played as an import in Thailand for the Supreme Volleyball Club and won the championship and Most Valuable Player award.[3]

National team

Manganang represented Indonesia in international volleyball tournaments including the Southeast Asian Games and the 2018 Asian Games. At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the Philippine national team filed a protest which disputed Manganang's gender but was cleared by the FIVB.[5]

Post-retirement

Manganang announced his retirement from volleyball in September 2020 at age 28.[6] He then entered the Indonesian Army after retiring. It was in February 2021, that he learned of his biological sex and his hypospadias condition. He underwent corrective surgery[3] and had his legal gender changed from female to male, and change his name from "Aprilia Santini" to "Aprilio Perkasa". The Indonesian Volleyball Federation also agreed to not strip the women's volleyball titles won by Manganang saying that he has no fault.[7]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

Notes and References

  1. News: PH volleyball team loses to Indonesia to settle for eighth place.
  2. News: Supreme Chonburi end Hisamitsu Seiyaku Springs' unbeaten run. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502000422/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/01/c_138027843.htm. dead. May 2, 2019.
  3. News: Nanda Perdana. Putra. TNI AD Pastikan Aprilia Manganang Tentara dan Atlet Voli Perempuan Adalah Laki-Laki. 9 March 2021. Liputan 6. id.
  4. News: VTV Cup: Timnas Putri Indonesia Menang Mudah atas Thailand.
  5. News: Valderrama . Aeron Paul . Palou says Romasanta should have supported gender test on Manganang in 2015 . 16 March 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 16 March 2021.
  6. News: Agcaoli . Lance . Indonesia volleyball star Aprilia Manganang announces retirement at age 28 . 16 March 2021 . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . 11 September 2020 . en.
  7. News: Aprilia Reborn as a Man after 28 Years . 26 March 2021 . Jakarta Globe . 26 March 2021.