Cansu Özbay
Turkish women's volleyball player (born 1996)
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| Born | (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 27) İzmir, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 285 cm (112 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 284 cm (112 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Volleyball information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Setter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Vakıfbank Istanbul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cansu Özbay (Turkish pronunciation: [dʒɑnsu ˈœzbɑj] ⓘ; born 17 October 1996) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the setter position. Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul.[1] She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Playing career
Club
Cansu Özbay started her volleyball career in Göztepe than continued in the youth development team of Arkas Spor at her hometown in Izmir. She then transferred to the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş .K.[2] 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.[3] 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.[2][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 | Years |
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| Göztepe | 2011–2012 |
| Arkas Spor | 2012–2014 |
| Beşiktaş JK | 2014–2016 |
| Nilüfer BS | 2015 |
| Vakıfbank Istanbul | 2016– |
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 (7)
- 2015–16 Turkish Women's Second Volleyball League (Beşiktaş JK),
- 2016–17 Turkish Women's Volleyball League (VakıfBank)
- 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship (VakıfBank)
- 2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League (VakıfBank)
- 2021 FIVB Club World Championship (VakıfBank)
- 2021–22 Turkish Women's Volleyball League (VakıfBank)
- 2021–22 CEV Women's Champions League (VakıfBank)
- Third places (2)
- 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship (VakıfBank)
- 2019 FIVB Club World Championship (VakıfBank)
National team
- 2017 European Championship -
Bronze Medal - 2018 Nations League -
Silver Medal - 2019 European Championship - Silver Medal
- 2021 Nations League - Bronze Medal
- 2021 European Championship - Bronze Medal
- 2023 Nations League -
Gold Medal - 2023 European Championship – Gold Medal
Individual
- Best Setter (2)
- 2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League Final series (VakıfBank)
- 2018 FIVB Nations League (Turkey National Team)
- Most Valuable Player (1)
- 2020 Turkish Super Cup Final series (VakıfBank)
References
- ^ "Teams: Vakıfbank Istanbul – Cansu Ozbay". Women's Club World Championship – Manila 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Hoş geldin Cansu Özbay" (in Turkish). Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Cansu Özbay Nilüfer Belediyespor'da imzayı attı". Voleybolun Sesi (in Turkish). 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Cansu Özbay Vakıfbank^ta". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Cansu Ozbay for WoV – "I am learning and improving myself because of Naz"". World of Volleyball. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ İleri, Aslı (13 May 2018). "Cansu Özbay: Bu yaşımda burada olabildiğim için çok mutluyum". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Vakıfbank 10. kez Şampiyon!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Titleholder Turkey edge past Serbia to take first place in Pool II". CEV 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship – Girls. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Girls' U18 World Championship – Thailand 2013 – Team Comğosition: Turkey". FIVB. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "2017 CEV Volleyball European Championship – Women – Team Roster: Turkey". CEV European Championship Women. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Turkey reveal women's squad for upcoming season". FIVB. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Son dakika: A Milli Kadın Voleybol Takımı gümüş madalyada kaldı". Sabah (in Turkish). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cansu Özbay.
- Cansu ÖZBAY at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Cansu OZBAY at Olympics.com
- Cansu Özbay at Olympedia
- Cansu Özbay at the Turkish National Olympic Committee
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| Preceded by - | Best Setter of FIVB Nations League 2018 | Succeeded by |
