Indonesian women’s volleyball team player Aprilia Manganang has been identified as male. This news has shocked the sports world of the archipelago country.

Yesterday, the Indonesian sports world received shocking news. Accordingly, former female volleyball player, Aprilia Manganang, was identified as male. The information was personally revealed to the press by Chief of Staff Andika Perkasa.

Indonesian female volleyball player discovered to be... male - 1Female volleyball player (now soldier), Aprilia Manganang has been found out to be male.

At this time, Aprilia Manganang was a TNI soldier with the rank of Sergeant (female). However, Mr. Andika Perkasa discovered many abnormalities in Aprilia Manganang’s physical condition, so he decided to examine her. The results showed that Aprilia Manganang was a male, with more male parts.

After this information was released, Aprilia Manganang requested corrective surgery to transform herself into a woman. Mr. Andika Perkasa said Aprilia Manganang had hypospadias (a condition related to congenital genitourinary malformations). Due to limited testing conditions, Aprilia Manganang has been identified as female for many years.

In fact, Aprilia Manganang has been suspected of being gay many times in the past. In 2011, during her first season as a professional volleyball player, she was suspected of being gay. It happened again at the 2015 SEA Games. However, no one discovered the real gender of the athlete born in 1992.

Indonesian female volleyball player discovered to be... male - 2Aprilia Manganang was once an excellent female volleyball player of Indonesia.

Aprilia Manganang was born into a poor family. Since childhood, this athlete had to work hard to earn a living. Therefore, Aprilia Manganang’s physical condition is highly appreciated.

Aprilia Manganang used to play badminton and basketball before starting to play professional volleyball in 2011. Due to her physical advantage over her “female colleagues”, she has made great strides.

She has won the Indonesian volleyball championship 4 times, was the player with the most points of the season twice, won the title of Best Player of VTV Women’s Volleyball Tournament, and won the title of Best Player of Indonesian Women’s Volleyball Tournament twice.