Yael Castiglione

{{short description|Argentine volleyball player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Yael Castiglione

| image = Yael_Castiglione_2015_03.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|9|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

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| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| spike = {{convert|295|cm|in|abbr=on}}

| block = {{convert|281|cm|in|abbr=on}}

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| position = Setter

| currentclub = MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza

| currentnumber = 18 (club and national team)

| years1 = 2005–2006 |team1 = CV Millenium Cermel

| years2 = 2006–2007 |team2 = Volley Bellinzona

| years3 = 2007–2009 |team3 = Cecell Lleida

| years4 = 2009–2010 |team4 = Boca Juniors

| years5 = 2010–2011 |team5 = İqtisadçı Bakı

| years6 = 2011–2012 |team6 = CS Dinamo București

| years7 = 2012–2012 |team7 = Hainaut Volley

| years8 = 2012–2013 |team8 = SVS Post Schwechat

| years9 = 2013–2014 |team9 = Maranhão Vôlei

| years10 = 2014–2015 |team10 = Rio do Sul Vôlei

| years11 = 2015–2016 |team11 = BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała

| years12 = 2016–2017 |team12 = MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza

| years13 = 2019 |team13 = Valinhos

| years14 = 2020-21 |team14 = Pinheiros

| years15 = 2021-22 |team15 = Arenal Emevé

| nationalyears = 2004–2022

| nationalteam = Argentina

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| updated = 18 January 2017

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Yael Castiglione (born 27 September 1985) is a retired Argentine volleyball player.

Career

Castiglione has represented the Argentina national team in various tournaments since 2004,{{cite web |title=Gran nivel de las "extranjeras" |url=http://www.elpopular.com.ar/diario/2011/05/31/nota.html?idnota=107134 |language=es |work=elpopular.com.ar |date=31 May 2011 |access-date=14 January 2017}} including the Pan-American Volleyball Cup (in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),{{cite web |title=Profile – Toronto 2015 |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/volleyball/athlete-profile-n10161321-castiglione-yael.htm |publisher=Toronto 2015 Pan Am |access-date=18 January 2017}} the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),{{cite web |title=Profile – World Grand Prix 2016 |url=http://worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com/en/group2/competition/teams/arg-argentina/players/yael-castiglione?id=51208 |publisher=FIVB |access-date=18 January 2017}} the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup (in 2011, 2015),{{cite web |title=Profile – World Cup 2011 |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldCup/2011/Women/Players.asp?Tourn=WWC2011&Team=ARG&No=112619 |publisher=FIVB |access-date=18 January 2017}}{{cite web |title=Profile – World Cup 2015 |url=http://worldcup.2015.women.fivb.com/en/competition/teams/arg-argentina/players/yael-castiglione?id=47906 |publisher=FIVB |access-date=18 January 2017}} the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,{{cite web |title=Profile – Italy 2014 |url=http://italy2014.fivb.org/en/competition/teams/arg-argentina/players/yael-castiglione?id=41556 |publisher=FIVB |access-date=18 January 2017}} the 2015 Pan American Games in Canada, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.{{cite web |title=Profile – Rio 2016 |url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/volleyball/women/teams/arg-argentina/players/yael-castiglione?id=53225 |publisher=FIVB |access-date=18 January 2017}} During the Olympics she married the retired Brazilian volleyball player Marcus Eloe in a Buddhist ceremony.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/blame-it-on-rio-love-conquers-all-at-the-olympic-village |title=Blame it on Rio: Love conquers all at the Olympic Village |access-date=2016-08-19 |archive-date=2016-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819035742/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/blame-it-on-rio-love-conquers-all-at-the-olympic-village |url-status=dead }}

At club level she played for Millenium, Bellinzona, Lleida, Boca Juniors, Igtisadchi Baku, Dinamo București, Hainaut, Post Schwechat, Maranhão Vôlei, Rio do Sul and Bielsko-Biała before moving to MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish Orlen Liga in May 2016.{{cite web |title=Yael Castiglione w Tauronie MKS Dąbrowie Górniczej |url=http://www.orlenliga.pl/news/id/28148.html |language=pl |work=Orlen Liga |date=18 May 2016 |access-date=18 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://eurosport.onet.pl/siatkowka/orlen-liga/orlen-liga-yael-castiglione-siatkarka-tauronu-mks-dabrowa-gornicza/zwr6t5 |title=Orlen Liga: Yael Castiglione siatkarką Tauronu MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza - Sport |website=eurosport.onet.pl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526061758/http://eurosport.onet.pl/siatkowka/orlen-liga/orlen-liga-yael-castiglione-siatkarka-tauronu-mks-dabrowa-gornicza/zwr6t5 |archive-date=2016-05-26}} She took a sabbatical after 2017 after giving birth to twins with former player Marcus Eloe. Castiglione then decided to return playing in her husband's Brazil, first for Valinhos and then Pinheiros.{{cite web|access-date=14 September 2022|date=7 September 2019|title=Historias entrelazadas: Yael Castiglione|url=https://www.somosvoley.com/notas/historias-entrelazadas-yael-castiglione/}}{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Fabricio|title=Yael Castiglione: "Nunca imaginé que iba a jugar después de ser madre"|url=https://www.ole.com.ar/voley/yael-castigione-madre-mellizos-voley_0_M98dFRp1R.html|date=24 December 2020|access-date=14 September 2022}} After a season in Spain playing for Arenal Emevé, Castiglione announced her retirement in 2022.{{cite web|access-date=14 September 2022|title=La argentina Yael Castiglione pone fin a su carrera|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2022/03/19/la-argentina-yael-castiglione-pone-fin-a-su-carrera/}}

Clubs

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