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"Volleyball player 'devastated' by gender investigation in Albania"/ Nayara Ferreira speaks to DW: They didn't treat me like this even in Saudi Arabia!

2025-11-07 09:59:00Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

A Brazilian volleyball player in Albania has been forced to undergo a gender determination test after concerns were raised by rival teams. Nayara Ferreira says she feels shocked and devastated.

Brazilian volleyball player Nayara Ferreira has stated that the decision of the Albanian Volleyball Federation (FSHV) to perform a gender test on her and suspend her from the game has deeply shocked her.

“ I feel like I'm devastated, like I'm losing my mind, because I think a lot about why this happened to me, why they did this to me ,” said Ferreira, who plays in the first category of women's volleyball in Albania.

" Every day in my room I ask myself this and until now I don't know the answer. I don't understand why I'm in this situation ," she told DW.

" They asked me to take a gender test. I've played in seven countries, including Saudi Arabia. I've never been asked that question before ."

Ferreira was suspended in October by the FSV after two rival teams submitted documents and requested a review of the case. One of the FSV's requests states that "relevant analyses will be carried out to verify the natural physical performance and determine the gender of the Dinamo team player, Estephanie Goulart Ferreira Nayara."

Her club, Dinamo in Albania, has called the decision absurd and an insult to a veteran player with a distinguished career. The Brazilian has been suspended for three weeks, missing three matches, and says she has faced total silence throughout.

" I don't have words to describe exactly how I feel, " she added. "Why are you doing this [FSHV] to me? Just because you look at my face, just because you look at my hair?"

Support from the team

Ferreira confirmed that he took the test willingly, but only to help the club.

" I don't need to prove to anyone that I'm a woman, because I am a woman. That's 100% ." ??Dinamo team captain Elena Bego said that the situation has been very difficult for the team.

"It was partly my duty to break the news to the other girls. We were all shocked – this case is so scandalous," Bego told DW.

"We have supported Nayara the whole time because we know she is a girl."

Dinamo coach Orlando Koja added that Nayara's absence had also had a major sporting impact, as the team was left lacking in important matches without a key player.

For Ferreira, this situation has had a personal impact, but she thinks it is also something bigger than her individual case.

"I think that after this situation we need to reflect on what respect means. Because with things like this they destroy women in sports," she said.

The issue of gender identity in women's sport has become an increasingly sensitive topic in recent years, particularly following the global controversy surrounding Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer who won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics last summer.

This year, the World Athletics Federation also decided that gender tests would be mandatory for all women competing./ DW


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