Ceyda Aktaş

Ceyda Aktaş
Ceyda Aktaş
Personal information
Born	August 18, 1994 (age 27); Ankara, Turkey
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Spike	295 cm (116 in)
Block	287 cm (113 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing spiker
Current club	TED Ankara Kolejliler
Number	7
Career
2004-2009; 2009-2011; 2011-2012; 2012-2013;	Ankara VakıfBank; TVF Sport High School; VakıfBank Türk Telekom; TED Ankara Kolejliler;
National team
2011; 2012-present;	; Women's junior;
Honours
Women’s Volleyball
Representing Turkey
Girls Youth World Championship

Ceyda Aktaş (born August 18, 1994 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 189 cm (6.20 ft) tall at 77 kg (170 lb) and plays in the wing spiker position.

Ceyda describes herself as having been hyperactive in her childhood. For this, her parents canalized her to performing sports and dancing. She first began with playing basketball, but left it because she was not interested anymore. Ceyda then learned and performed Latin dances, participating at dance competitions as well. Due to her physique, she was discovered by volleyball coaches Zeycan Acar and Taner Atik, who visited her class in the school while searching for potential volleyballers. At the age of ten, Ceyda began playing volleyball in 2004 as a member of Ankara VakıfBank's girls team.^[1]

After having played for TVF Sport High School between 2009-2011, she transferred to the Istanbul club VakıfBank Türk Telekom in the 2011-12 season. She returned to her hometown to study at TED University. Ceyda is currently with the TED Ankara Kolejliler. Aktaş debuted in the in 2011 and is currently a member of the Turkey women's junior national volleyball team. She wears number 7.^[2]

Clubs[]

Ankara VakıfBank (2004-2009)
TVF Sport High School (2009-2011)
VakıfBank Türk Telekom (2011-2012)
TED Ankara Kolejliler (2012-2013)
Beşiktaş J.K. (2013-2014)
(2014-2015)
Halkbank Ankara (2015-2016)
Nilüfer Belediyespor (2016-2017)
Beylikdüzü (2017-2018)
Beşiktaş J.K. (2018-2019)
(2019-2020)
(2020-2021)

Awards[]

Individuals[]

2013 FIVB Junior World Championship "Best Opposite"

National team[]

- Gold
2011 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship - Gold
2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship - Gold

References[]

^ Tüfekçiler, Metin Timur (2012-08-31). "Ceyda Aktaş" (in Turkish). Voleybol Magazin. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
^ "Ceyda Aktaş A Takımda" (in Turkish). Volleybol Magazin. 2012-07-22. Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-11-03.

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[vm1-1] Tüfekçiler, Metin Timur (2012-08-31). "Ceyda Aktaş" (in Turkish). Voleybol Magazin. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-11-03.

[2] "Ceyda Aktaş A Takımda" (in Turkish). Volleybol Magazin. 2012-07-22. Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-11-03.

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