Alexia Căruțașu
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| Full name | Alexia Ioana Căruțașu | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Romanian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 2003 Bucharest, Romania | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Spike | 3.00 m (118 in) | |||||||||||||
| Block | 2.77 m (109 in) | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | |||||||||||||
| Current club | Galatasaray | |||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||
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Alexia Ioana Căruțașu (born 10 June 2003) is a Romanian professional volleyball player who currently plays for Galatasaray and the Romania national team.
Career[]
She competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, where Romania ranked sixth. She also competed at the 2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship, where the Romanian team placed fifth.[1]
Căruțașu is the youngest debutant (13 Years, 4 Months) in the Divizia A1 history. She made her Romanian top-flight debut with CSM București in October 2016, coming on as a substitute against CSM Volei Alba Blaj.[2]
Galatasaray[]
On 14 May 2021 she signed a contract with Galatasaray.[3]
Achievements[]
- Divizia A1:
- Winner: 2018
- Cupa României:
- Winner: 2018
- CEV Challenge Cup:
- Winner: 2021
- European Youth Olympic Festival:
- Silver Medalist: 2019
Individual awards[]
- Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year: 2021[4]
- CEV Challenge Cup Top Scorer (128 points): 2021[5]
Personal life[]
Căruțașu's parents Andreea and Virgil Căruțașu were both basketball players.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Competition". cev.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ Performanță incredibilă reușită de o sportivă din România! A debutat în prima divizie de volei la doar 13 ani și 4 luni
- ^ "Alexia Ioana Carutasu Galatasaray'da". galatasaray.org (in Turkish). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Yılın voleybolcusu Alexia!
- ^ Sistem9 Yesilyurt ISTANBUL triumph at #CEVChallengeCupW
- ^ VIDEO Povestea Alexiei Căruțașu: la 16 ani a fost transferată de campioana Europei » „Vreau să joc până când nu voi mai putea sări”. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian)
External links[]
Categories:
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bucharest
- Romanian women's volleyball players
- Opposite hitters
- VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers
- Yeşilyurt volleyballers
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey