Cansu Özbay

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Cansu Özbay
Cansu Özbay 3 Vakıfbank SK TWVL 20180426 (cropped).jpg
Cansu Özbay for Vakıfbank Istanbul (April 2018)
Personal information
Born (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 25)
Turkey
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike285 cm (112 in)
Block284 cm (112 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubTurkey Vakıfbank Istanbul
National team
2013Turkey girls' U18
2015Turkey women's U20
2017–Turkey
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Turkey
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Turkey Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia Team
FIVB Nations League
Silver medal – second place 2018 Nanjing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rimini Team

Cansu Özbay (born 17 October 1996) is a Turkish women's volleyball player. She is 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) tall at 75 kg (165 lb),[1] and plays in the setter position. Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul.[2] She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Playing career[]

Club[]

Cansu Özbay started her volleyball career in the youth development team of Arkas Spor at her hometown in Izmir. She then transferred to the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş .K.[3] In January 2015, Özbay was loaned out from her club Beşiktaş JK to Nilüfer Belediyespor in Bursa, where she played the second half of the 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season.[1] At the end of the season, she returned to her relegated club to play in the 2015–16 Second League season. Her team finished the season as champion, and was promoted to the First League. For the 2016–17 League season, she was transferred by Vakıfbank Istanbul.[3][4] She succeeded Naz Aydemir Akyol as setter in the team.[5][6] She enjoyed her team's league champion title in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 League seasons. She was awarded the title of "Best Setter" of the 2017–18 season's final series.[7]

Özbay participated at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship held in Metro Manila, Philippines, where her team Vakıfbank Istanbul placed third. The next year, her team became champion of the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Kobe, Japan.

Club From To
Turkey Arkas Spor 2009–2010 2013–2014
Turkey Beşiktaş JK 2014–2015 2014–2015
Turkey Nilüfer BS 2015 2015
Turkey Beşiktaş JK 2015–2016 2015–2016
Turkey Vakıfbank Istanbul 2016–2017

International[]

Özbay was part of the Turkey girls' U18 team at the 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship – Girls held in Serbia[8] and at the 2013 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship held in Thailand.[9]

She was a member of the Turkey women's U20 team, and played at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship held in Puerto Rico.

She competed at the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship held in Azerbaijan and Georgia,[10] where the Turkey women's team ranked third. She was part of the national team at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League,[11] which became silver medalist after losing to the United States in the final.[12]

Honours[]

Club[]

Champions (4)
2015–16 Turkish Women's Second Volleyball League (Beşiktaş JK),
2016–17 Turkish Women's Volleyball League (Vakıfbank Istanbul),
2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship (Vakıfbank),
2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League (Vakıfbank Istanbul)
2021 FIVB Club World Championship – Simple cup icon.svg with VakıfBank
Third places (1)
2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship (Vakıfbank Istanbul)
2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Med 3.png Bronze medal, with VakıfBank

National team[]

Individual[]

Best Setter (2)
2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League Final series (Vakıfbank Istanbul)
2018 FIVB Nations League (Turkey National Team)
Most Valuable Player (1)
2020 Turkish Super Cup Final series (Vakıfbank Istanbul)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Cansu Özbay Nilüfer Belediyespor'da imzayı attı". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  2. ^ "Teams: Vakıfbank Istanbul – Cansu Ozbay". Women's Club World Championship – Manila 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  3. ^ a b "Hoş geldin Cansu Özbay" (in Turkish). Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  4. ^ "Cansu Özbay Vakıfbank^ta". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  5. ^ "Cansu Ozbay for WoV – "I am learning and improving myself because of Naz"". World of Volleyball. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  6. ^ İleri, Aslı (2018-05-13). "Cansu Özbay: Bu yaşımda burada olabildiğim için çok mutluyum". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  7. ^ "Vakıfbank 10. kez Şampiyon!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  8. ^ "Titleholder Turkey edge past Serbia to take first place in Pool II". CEV 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship – Girls. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  9. ^ "Girls' U18 World Championship – Thailand 2013 – Team Comğosition: Turkey". FIVB. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  10. ^ "2017 CEV Volleyball European Championship – Women – Team Roster: Turkey". CEV European Championship Women. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  11. ^ "Turkey reveal women's squad for upcoming season". FIVB. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  12. ^ "Son dakika: A Milli Kadın Voleybol Takımı gümüş madalyada kaldı". Sabah (in Turkish). 2018-07-01. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
Awards
Preceded by
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 Best Setter of
FIVB Nations League
2018 		Succeeded by


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