Çağla Akın (born 19 January 1995 in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, Turkey) is a Turkish female

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with

Nilüfer Belediyespor Nilüfer Belediyespor is a multi-sports club in the Nilüfer district of Bursa Province, Turkey. The club's most prominent sections are football, men's handball, and women's volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of s ...

Personal information

She is tall at . Her parents were national handball players.

Career

She played for the

VakıfBank Türk Telekom VakıfBank is the second largest bank in Turkey in terms of asset size, established with an initial capital of TL 50 million on January 11, 1954 and later started operating on April 13, 1954. Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih has been selected as the CEO ...

before she transferred in 2012 to

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

. Akın was a member of the girls' youth national team and the women's junior national team. Akın won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.

Clubs

Junior (2009-2011) *

(2011-2012) *

Junior (2012-2013) * Vakıfbank Istanbul (2013-2014) *

(2014-2017) * Fenerbahçe (2017-2018) *

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other dep ...

(2018-2021)

Awards

National team

2011 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship The 2011 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontine ...

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2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival The 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Trabzon, Turkey, between 23 and 29 July 2011. Sports There were nine sports at the 2011 Festival, two branches, table tennis and water polo, less than compared with the 2007 Youth Olym ...

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2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship The 2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship was played in Ankara, Turkey from August 18 to 26, 2012. Turkey won the championship before Serbia and Italy, and qualified to the 2013 Women's Junior World Championship. Participating ...

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2014 Women's European Volleyball League The 2014 Women's European Volleyball League was the sixth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries. Turkey defeated Germany 6–2 in the final, which ...

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2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 19 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament. Competition formula The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of ...

Clubs

* 2013 Club World Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul

References

1995 births Volleyball players from Istanbul Living people Turkish women's volleyball players VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers Beşiktaş volleyballers European Games gold medalists for Turkey European Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players 21st-century Turkish women {{Turkey-volleyball-bio-stub

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