Gyselle Silva | |
Fullname: | Gyselle de la Caridad Silva Franco |
Nickname: | Yiyi |
Nationality: | Cuba Azerbaijan |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1991 |
Birth Place: | Santiago de Cuba |
Hometown: | Santiago de Cuba |
Height: | 1.90 m |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Spike: | 317 cm |
Block: | 309 cm |
Position: | Outside Hitter |
Currentnumber: | 17 |
Years: | 2009–2012 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2021–2022 2022–2023 2023– |
Teams: | Santiago de Cuba Rabita Baku Halkbank Ankara Yunnan University Dianchi College Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri Grupa Azoty Chemik Police IŁ Capital Legionovia Legionowo AEK Athens GS Caltex Seoul KIXX |
Nationalyears: | 2009–2012 |
Nationalteam: | Cuba |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Gyselle de la Caridad Silva Franco (born 29 October 1991) is a Cuban volleyball player. She is currently playing for the South Korean club GS Caltex Seoul KIXX in the V-League. She was part of the Cuba women's national volleyball team.
She participated at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.[1] She played with Santiago de Cuba.
Dubbed as "Volleyball Goddess" and "Queen of Gravity" by Filipino fans.
She tallied the fourth-best scoring record in the whole world in a single match. She scored 56 points highlighted by 53 attacks and 3 aces on a lost cause after succumbing against the Cocolife Asset Managers last April 7, 2018, in a five-set conquest in a match in the inaugural Philippine Super Liga (PSL).
In May 2022, she signed a one-year contract with AEK Athens.[2]