Yao Di completes the setter department for the 2026-27 season: Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano welcomes the 182 cm Chinese playmaker born in 1992. She will be the vice-Wolosz and will wear the number 12 shirt.
CARD- 7 Chinese championships and 2 Asian Champions Leagues: Yao Di’s palmares with the Tianjin shirt is full of team and individual awards. In 14 years of militancy with the Chinese club, the experienced director has obtained a flurry of awards: 4 times best setter in the local league, in 2011, 2012 and 2017 she is MVP in her role also at the continental level. Yao Di has already played in Italy in the 2022-23 season with the Scandicci jersey, with whom he won the CEV Cup.
NATIONAL TEAM – Gold in the 2019 World Cup, gold in the 2017 Grand Champions Cup. Yao Di’s career is studded with successes with the Chinese national team both as an under and with the senior: in total, 6 golds, 1 silver and 4 bronzes shine in the trophy cabinet, including the World Cup in Japan in 2018.
STATEMENTS – “Conegliano has always been my only choice for this season, I like the Palaverde and its fans: Prosecco DOC is one of the best clubs in the world, I am very happy to play in an extraordinary team that is making history. Finding a compatriot on the roster like Zhu Ting will help me settle in quickly, maybe she will be my translator…! I already know Italy and the championship after my experience in Scandicci, the context is not foreign to me, plus last year I spent some time in Conegliano and I experienced first-hand the great quality of the team’s work and the passion of the public. I want to live the season 100%, enjoying every day to the fullest and absorbing everything that comes to me like a sponge and having fun with the new team and the new fans. I have already spoken with coach Santarelli and with some of my teammates: they have all been warm towards me, the first dialogue was fruitful. I can’t wait to play at the Palaverde: the fans manage to maintain an overwhelming enthusiasm throughout the match, supporting the team until the end”.