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Vietnamese girl to play for Japan volleyball club

Japanese volleyball club Denso Airy Bees has announced that it has completed contract talks with Vietnam spiker, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy.
Vietnamese girl to play for Japan volleyball club ảnh 1Vietnamese spiker Tran Thi Thanh Thuy
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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Japanese volleyball club Denso Airy Beeshas announced that it has completed contract talks with Vietnamspiker, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy.

Accordingly, the 21-year-old girl from Binh Dien Long An Club will wear the No 22 jersey to compete for thenew team in Japan V.League 1 which will start on October 12.

“I like Japanese players as they play very aggressively.Japan is leading Asia in volleyball. Competing in the Japan V.League 1 is agood chance for me to hone my skills,” said Thuy.

Thuy’s salary in theJapanese club is about 4.2 billion VND (182,600 USD)per year.

Before competing for Denso Airy Bees, who ranked fifth inJapan last season, Thuy played for Thailand’sBangkok Glass and Attack Line of Chinese Taipei.

Despite playing for Denso Airy Bees, Thuyis allowed to return home to join the national team to compete in the upcomingSoutheast Asian Games to be held in the Philippines later this year.

Thuy is 1.93m, thetallest female player in Vietnam, with her verticalreach hitting 3.04m. She has been a member of the national team since2014 when she was 16.

She hit an impressive volley speedof 86km per hour during the semi-final of the Chinese Taipei Tournament whenshe played for Attack Line in January./.
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