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Wilavan Apinyapong

Wilavan Apinyapong
วิลาวัณย์ อภิญญาพงศ์
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Personal information
Full name Wilavan Apinyapong
Nickname Gift
Born (1984-06-06) June 6, 1984 (age 32)
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Spike 314 cm (124 in)
Block 305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Supreme Chonburi
Number 10
National team
2001–present Thailand Thailand

Wilavan Apinyapong (Thai: วิลาวัณย์ อภิญญาพงศ์; RTGS: Wilawan Aphinyaphong, born June 6, 1984) is a Thai professional volleyball player who plays for Azerbaijan Club Igtisadchi Baku in the Azerbaijan Super League and the Thai National Team as an Outside Hitter. She has been the captain for the Thailand women's national volleyball team since 2008. Apinyapong led the Thai team to win the first gold medal at 2009 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship beaten China 3-1 for the first time in history and repeated again in 2013 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship where she also received the MVP award of the event.

Apinyapong signed with the Spanish professional club IBSA Club Voleibol for the 2007-2008 season of the Spanish Superliga, playing with her countrymate Nootsara Tomkom. The 2 following seasons she and some of her Thai teammates such as Malika Kanthong, Amporn Hyapha signed with the Turkish club Ereğli Belediye and had a successful club career there.

In 2010 she signed with the Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande under the coach Jenny Lang Ping. Along with the Olympics MVP Feng Kun, Yang Hao, Logan Tom, Jovana Brakočević but most of the time sat on the bench throughout the season because of the limitation of foreigner players, only 2 allowed on the court.


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