Leiner Apontsa Karambali will continue his career in Orestiada’s Athlos. The Akrites have announced the signing of the 22-year-old Colombian winger for this season to strengthen their attack.
Last season, Karabali was competing in the Indonesian league with the Pertamax shirt.
In detail, the announcement:
“The administration of TAA Athos Orestiada is pleased to announce the start of cooperation with the international athlete of Colombia, Leiner Aponza Carabali, in view of the Volleyleague season 2023-2024. The new acquisition of our team is expected this evening in Orestiada to be officially placed under the instructions of the Romanian coach, Cristian Citigoi, and to strengthen our club in its quest for distinction this year.
It should be noted that Karabali will have the right to participate from December 15, 2023, specifically from the eighth matchday when, however, Athlos has a day off.
Liner Aponza Carambali was born on August 27, 2001 in Bogotá, he is 2.00m tall and plays as a winger. Despite his young age, in addition to the Colombian championship, where he was crowned champion in 2021 with Vallecaucana, he has already competed in three more foreign championships (Bahrain, Finland, Indonesia). This season will be his ‘maiden’ presence in the Greek stadiums. He also has a twin brother, international center Daniel Aponza, who last year played for Slovenian side Calcit Kamnik.
The newly acquired international ace of the Orestiada team is the captain of the U23 team of Colombia, with which he took fourth place in the 2021 Pan American Games, while he himself emerged as the tournament’s top scorer. In 2022 in the organization of the 12th South American Games Men won the silver medal, while in the 2023 South American Men’s Championship he took the bronze medal in the organization of Brazil.
In addition to his offensive gifts, the left-handed winger stands out for his strength and leap, as he nails at 3.70m and blocks at 3.50.
In his first official statements as an Athlos athlete, Leiner Aponza stated the following on the athlosorestiadas.gr website: “I am coming to Orestiada to help my new team achieve all the high goals it has set for this year. I am grateful to the club and the administration for the opportunity it gives me to compete in the strong and competitive Greek league. I hope that with the sports world we will experience many beautiful moments this year and I will personally give 101% of my abilities to give them victories. Let’s try it!”
His career
2022-2023: Jakarta Pertamina Pertamax (Indonesia)
2021-2022: Nabih Saleh (Bahrain)
2021-2022: Team Lakkapaa (Finland)
2021: Vallecaucana (Colombia) 1st place in the Championship
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2021 U23 Pan American Games: Tournament’s leading scorer
12th South American Games 2022: 2nd place
South American Championship 2023: 3rd place
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