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Cansu Özbay for Vakıfbank Istanbul (April 2018)
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| Full name | Cansu Özbay | ||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||
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| 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.
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 BelediyesporinBursa, 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 ChampionshipinKobe, Japan.
| Club | Years |
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| Göztepe
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2011–2012 |
| Arkas Spor
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2012–2014 |
| Beşiktaş JK
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2014–2016 |
| Nilüfer BS
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2015 |
| Vakıfbank Istanbul
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2016– |
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]
Bronze Medal
Silver Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Bronze Medal
Gold Medal Gold Medal
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Best Setter of FIVB Nations League 2018 |
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Turkey squads
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