Jakarta –
Aprilia Manganang known as the top female pevoli during her career. But now Aprilia is a male soldier with the rank of Second Sergeant in Indonesian Army.
The timeline got excited when Chief of Army Staff (KSAD) General Andika Perkasa held a conference about viral conversations about former female volleyball athlete Sgt Dua (Serda) Aprilia Manganang.
Aprilia, who used to be Indonesia’s top female athlete, now has the status of an AD Army officer. His style is now very masculine when looking at his instagram account @Manganang92.
Andika also tried to explain that Aprilia was indeed born as a man with a hypospadias disorder. The Indonesian Army in this case is helping Aprilia in terms of corrective surgery twice. Currently, Manganang has undergone the first stage of surgery and is still undergoing recovery at the Jakarta Army Hospital.
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Aprilia Manganang, formerly a female pevoli, now a male soldier Photo: Instagram @ manganang92– |
Of course this became even more crowded because during her career as a Volleyball player, Aprilia often doubted her femininity by the opposing teams at both the national and international levels. However, Aprilia always passes the femininity test and appears with her peers.
Regardless of the controversy that accompanies her current life, Aprilia is still famous in the eyes of Indonesian volleyball enthusiasts and of course her colleagues.
Born in Tahuna, North Sulawesi, on April 27, 1992, Aprilia and her older sister, Amasya, have been pursuing volleyball since junior high school.
Starting his career with Alco Bandung, Aprilia moved clubs from Jakarta BNI 46, to Manokwari Valeria. The peak of his career was when he won three Proliga titles with Jakarta Elektrik PLN.
He increased his pro-league title to four when he brought PGN Popsivo Polwan to be the champion. Aprilia has also been MVP three times in 2016, 2017 and 2019.
Not only a career in the country, Aprilia has also strengthened the Thai club Generali Supreme Chonburi E-Tech. He led his club to become the champion of the Thai-Danish Super League 2019 and was selected as MVP.
On the international stage, Aprilia Manganang presented bronze medals for the 2015 and 2019 SEA Games and silver for the 2017 SEA Games, and was included in the 2018 Asian Games squad. Aprilia made a surprising decision when she was at the peak of her career.
Aprilia decided to retire from the world of volleyball in August 2020 or when the corona virus pandemic stopped national sports activities.
Now Aprilia Manganang take on a new task as a national army that is ready to protect the sovereignty of the country. Good luck, Aprilia!
(wad/wad)
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