Five people, including Leo, Villena, Russell, and Victoria, renewed their contracts, and Hyundai Engineering & Construction gave up its mother
Five people, including Leo, Villena, Russell, and Victoria, renewed their contracts, and Hyundai Engineering & Construction gave up its mother
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Last season, all the teams ranked first to third in the men's regular league renewed their contracts with existing foreign players.
The Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) unveiled its renewal list at midnight on the 9th, the deadline for renewing contracts with existing foreign players, while trying out foreign players for the 2025-26 season in Turkiye.
Leonardo Leyva Martinez (registered Leo, Hyundai Capital), Kyle Russell (registered Russell, copyright), and Andres Villena (registered name Villena, KB Insurance) have successfully renewed their contracts.
Leo, who led Hyundai Capital to the treble (cup championship, first place in regular league, championship game) during the 2024-25 season, will play in the V-League for eight seasons. He ranked second in scoring (682 points) and fourth in overall offense (52.95 percent success rate) in the 2024-25 season, and was named MVP of the championship game. "I want to retire from Korea no matter what," Leo told this newspaper.
Villena, the top scorer in the men's division (846 points) of last season, will play for KB Insurance for four consecutive seasons. Including the days of copyright (2019-2021), her career in the V-League will be extended to six seasons.
Russell, who joined copyright in the sixth round of the regular season, also renewed his contract.
In the women's division, Gisele Silva (registered name Silva, GS Caltex) who is the top scorer (1008 points) confirmed the renewal early, and Victoria Danchak (registered name Victoria) also signed the contract again.
Victoria ranked second in scoring (910 points) in the 2024-25 season and sixth in success rate (39.97%).
The men's renewal player's annual salary is $550,000 (770 million won) and the women's team is $300,000 (420 million won). 토토사이트
Woori Card, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Korea Electric Power Corp., OK Savings Bank, and Heungkuk Life Insurance, Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Jung Kwan-jang, Korea Expressway Corporation, and Per Savings Bank in the men's division will select new foreign players to play in the 2025-26 season through a differential probability lottery according to last season's performance on the 9th.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction gave up after considering renewing its contract with Letizia Moma Vasoko (registered Moma), who accompanied it for two seasons as a winning member of the 2023-24 season. Kim Yeon-kyung retired, and Heungkuk Life Insurance, which newly appointed manager Tomoko Yoshihara, also decided not to accompany Tutku bourgeois Yuzgenk (registered name Tutku).