Ceyda Aktaş (born August 18, 1994 in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...

, Turkey) is a Turkish

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. She is tall at and plays in the wing spiker position. Ceyda describes herself as having been

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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

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s, 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. After having played for TVF Sport High School between 2009-2011, she transferred to the Istanbul club

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 ...

in the 2011-12 season. She returned to her hometown to study at TED University. Ceyda is currently with the

TED Ankara Kolejliler TED Ankara Kolejliler Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as TED Ankara Kolejliler is a professional basketball team from the city of Ankara in Turkey. Their home arena is the Ankara Arena with a capacity of 10,400 seats, which was opened in Ap ...

. Aktaş debuted in the Turkey girls' youth national volleyball team in 2011 and is currently a member of the

Turkey women's junior national volleyball team Turkey women's junior national volleyball team ( tr, Türkiye Genç Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı) is the women's under-20 and under-19 national team formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) representing Turkey in international junior ...

. She wears number 7.

Clubs

* Ankara VakıfBank (2004-2009) * TVF Sport High School (2009-2011) *

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(2012-2013) *

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(2013-2014) *

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(2014-2015) * Halkbank Ankara (2015-2016) * Nilüfer Belediyespor (2016-2017) *

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(2017-2018) *

(2018-2019) * Kuzeyboru Spor Club (2019-2020) *

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(2020-2021)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2013 FIVB Junior World Championship "Best Opposite"''

National team

2011 CEV Girls Youth Volleyball European Championship Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''El ...

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2011 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship The 2011 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 21 August 2011. 16 teams participated in the tournament. Qualification process Competing nations The following national teams have qualified: Ven ...

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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 ...

References

1994 births Volleyball players from Ankara Living people Turkish women's volleyball players VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers {{Turkey-volleyball-bio-stub

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

National team

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