Cherry Rose Nunag (born October 22, 1992) is a Filipino professional

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player.

Early life

Cherry Rose Nunag was born on October 22, 1992 in Floridablanca,

Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ; ), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, ...

. She took up volleyball in high school.

Career

Collegiate

Unlike typical top volleyball players in the Philippines, Nunag did not play in either the

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or the

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. Instead she was a player for the team of

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. She started playing in the V-League in 2013 as part of the De La Salle Lady Patriots.

Club

The now-defunct

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had Nunag at its player. She joined the PSL in 2015, playing for

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and the

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. She later moved to the

Premier Volleyball League The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is the top-level professional women's volleyball league in the Philippines organized by the Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The PVL was established in 2004 as the inter-collegiate Shakey's V-League (SV ...

(PVL) and became part of Petro Gazz Angels and

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. She joined the

Choco Mucho Flying Titans The Choco Mucho Flying Titans are a Filipino professional women's volleyball team playing in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The team is owned by food company Rebisco. History The team was created by Rebisco for the 2019 Premier Volle ...

in November 2021 ahead of the PVL's 2022 season.

National team

Nunag became part of the Philippines women's national team which took part at the

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and the

2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup The 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup was the fifth and last edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, an annual women's international volleyball tournament contested by eight national teams that acted as a qualifier for th ...

References

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