Naz Aydemir

Naz Aydemir
Aydemir with Turkey in 2013
Personal information
Full name Naz Aydemir Akyol
Nationality Turkish
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990
Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Spike 303 cm (119 in)
Block 298 cm (117 in)
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current club Vakıfbank Istanbul
Number 11
Career
YearsTeams
2004–2009
2009–2012
2012–		Eczacıbaşı
Fenerbahçe
Vakıfbank
National team
2008–Turkey
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Turkey
World Grand Prix
2012 Ningbo
European Championships
2011 Italy/Serbia
2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia
European League
2009 Kayseri
2010 Ankara
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinTeam

Naz Aydemir Akyol (born 14 August 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 186 cm tall and plays as setter for Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü and Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won two league championships with Fenerbahçe and three with Eczacıbaşı Zentiva. She also has two CEV Champions League championships, winning the 2011–2012 edition with Fenerbahçe and the 2012–2013 edition with VakıfBank.

Career

She has played over 100 times for all the levels of the national team. She has played for the senior team of her club since the 2004–05 season. She was the captain of the youth national team of Turkey who won the silver medal in the World Championship. In the 2008 edition of the Junior European Championship, she led the Turkish team to a Bronze medal and won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award of the tournament. In the 2011-12 edition and 2012-13 edition of the CEV Champions League, Aydemir won the Best Setter award consecutively and the competition championships, with her clubs Fenerbahçe and Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü.

Aydemir won her first FIVB Women's Club World Championship gold medal at the 2010 Club World Championship (Gold Medalist = Fenerbahce Acibadem - Istanbul, Silver Medalist = Sollys Osasco - Brazil, Bronze Medalist = Norda Foppapedretti Bergamo).

The Women's Volleyball TEAM of 108-year-old FENERBAHCE Sports Club from Istanbul Turkey is the First Turkish Volleyball team that has won a FIVB Women's Club World Championship gold medal, Vakif bank Istanbul Turkey has been able to achieve this title three years after the accomplishment of FENERBAHCE.

Aydemir won the gold medal (her second club's world title after her first one with Fenerbahce) at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[1]

Aydemir won the silver medal in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League when her Turkish club VakıfBank İstanbul defeated 3-1 to Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul in the semifinal[2] but lost 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the Championship match.[3] She was the recipient of the tournament's Fair Play special award.[3]

Aydemir won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano 3-0[4] and she was also awarded Best Setter.[5]

Personal life

Aydemir's cousin İlkay Gündoğan is a footballer for Manchester City and the German national team.[6] On 21 August 2013, Naz Aydemir married to national basketball player and member of Acıbadem Üniversitesi Cenk Akyol.[7]

Awards

Individuals

National team

Youth team

Junior team

  • 2008 Junior European Championships - Bronze Medal

Senior team

Club

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to her first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  2. ↑ "VakifBank to defend its Champions League title in Sunday's final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  3. 1 2 "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  4. ↑ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  5. ↑ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  6. ↑ "Ten things about Ilkay Gündogan". bundesliga.com. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Genç çift dünyaevine girdi". Radikal (in Turkish). 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
Awards
Preceded by
Turkey Özge Kırdar Çemberci
United States Carli Lloyd		 Best Setter of
CEV Women's Champions League
2011-12
2012-13
2016-17		 Succeeded by
Thailand Nootsara Tomkom
Poland Joanna Wołosz
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