Zhuang Yushan
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| Full name | Zhuang Yushan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 2003 Fujian, China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 310 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outsite hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Göztepey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhuang Yushan (Chinese: 庄宇珊; born 28 April 2003 in Fujian) is a Chinese volleyball player. She is an outside hitter.[1] She played for the Chiana national U21 and Chiana national teams. She plays in the topflight Turkish Volleyball League for Göztepe.[2]
Club career
Zhuang started her volleyball career with Fujian Anxi Tiekuanyin in the 2021–22 Chinese Super League season.[1] After three seasons, she moved to Italy, and signed a deal with Honda Olivero S.Bernardo Cuneo in February 2024 valid for the remainder of the 2023–24 Italian League season until the end of the season.[3] Returned home, she rejoined her hometown club Fujian Anxi Tiekuanyin.[1] In November 2025, she went to Italy again, and signed with Omag-Mt San Giovanni in Marignano for the 2025–26 Italian League season.[4] In April 2026, Zhuang moved to Turkey and signed with the İzmir-based club Göztepe to play in the topflight Volleyball League.[2]
International career
China U19
In 2019, she was called up to the national U19 team, and played at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Egypt ranking fourth.[5]
China U21
In 2022, she played for the national U21 team that won the 2023 FIVB Women's U21 World Championship in Mexico,[6] where she was named both MVP and "Best Outside Hitter".[7]
China
In 2022, she received her first call-ups to the senior national team that same year, she won the silver medal at the 2022 AVC Cup for Women in Pasig, Philippines. She captured the gold medal at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, which was held in 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[8] She played at the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League of 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand (fifth place),[9] 2025 in Łódź, Poland (fifth place),[10] 2026 in Macau, China (fourth place),[11] as well as at the 2025 FIVB World Championship in Thailand (ninth place).[12]
Personal life
Zhuang Yushan was born in Fujian, Zhangzhou, China on 28 April 2003.[1]
Honours
Internatiomal
- Chiana U21
Champions (1):
- China
Champions (1)- 2021 Summer World University Games
Runners-up (1)- 2022 AVC Cup
Individual
- Most Valuable Player (1)
- 2023 FIVB Women's U21 World Championship
- Best Outside Hitter (1)
- 2023 FIVB Women"s U21 World Chaöpipnshio
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Yushan Zhuang" (in Turkish). Women Volleybox. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- 1 2 "#Transfer: Göztepe'mize Hoş Geldin Yushan Zhuang" (in Turkish). Göztepe Spor Kulübü. 24 April 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "La schiacciatrice cinese Yushan Zhuang firma con la Honda Olivero S.Bernardo" (in Italian). Lega Volley Femminile. 3 February 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Yushan Zhuang, una Zia in arrivo dalla Cina" (in Italian). Volley San Giovanni. 26 November 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "2019 FIVB Women's U18 World Championship in Egypt". Inside Volleyball. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Valiant China grind to secure U2 world title". FIVB. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "Captain Zhuang leads China to gold with MVP award". Volleyball World. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "China and Italy triumph as World University Games champions". FIVB. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "VNL Volleyball Nations League 2024 - Women's China Players". Volleyball World. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "VNL Volleyball Nations League 2025 - Women's China Players". Volleyball World. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "VNL Volleyball Nations League 2026 - Women's China Players". Volleyball World. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Thailand 2025 FIVB - Women's China Players". Vollyeball World. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
External links
- Zhuang Yushan at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
- Zhuang Yushan at InterSportStats