Nilay Karaağaç

Nilay Karaağaç (born 24 October 1985 in Salihli, Manisa Province, Turkey, is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall and plays as setter. She plays for Galatasaray and wears jersey number 11. She played 124 times for the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Nilay Karaağaç
Personal information
Full name	Nilay Özdemir Karaağaç
Born	(1985-10-24) October 24, 1985 (age 39) Salihli, Manisa Province, Turkey
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Spike	236 cm (93 in)
Block	231 cm (91 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Career
Years Teams 2000–2004 2005–2007 2007–2008 2008–2010 2010–2012 2012–2014 2014–2015 2015 2015–2016 2017–2018 2019–2022 Karşıyaka Emlak TOKİ Türk Telekom Beşiktaş VakıfBank Fenerbahçe Eczacıbaşı VitrA Volero Zurich Eczacıbaşı VitrA Bursa BB Galatasaray
National team
0000 Turkey

Career

Özdemir played with Fenerbahçe in the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship held in Doha, Qatar and helped her team to win the bronze medal after defeating Puerto Rico's Lancheras de Cataño 3-0.^[1]

Clubs

• 2000-2004 Karşıyaka
• 2005-2007 Emlak TOKİ
• 2007-2008 Türk Telekom Ankara
• 2008-2010 Beşiktaş JK
• 2010-2012 Vakifbank Türk Telekom
• 2012-2014 Fenerbahçe
• 2014-2015 Eczacıbaşı VitrA^[2][3]
• 2015 Volero Zurich^[4]
• 2015-2016 Eczacıbaşı VitrA^[5][6]
• 2017-2018 Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor
• 2019-2022 Galatasaray^[7]

Awards

Clubs

• 2012 FIVB Women's Club World Championship – Bronze Medal, with Fenerbahçe
• 2012-13 CEV Cup - Silver Medal, with Fenerbahçe
• 2013-14 CEV Cup - Champion, with Fenerbahçe

National Team

• 2011 European Championship -  Bronze
• 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix -  Bronze

See also

• Turkish women in sports

References

1. "Fenerbahce defeat Lancheras for women's bronze medal". Doha, Qatar: FIVB. October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
2. "Eczacıbaşı'ndan flaş transferler" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
3. "Nilay Özdemir Eczacıbaşı VitrA'ya transfer oldu" (in Turkish). Voleybolunsesi. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
4. "Nilay Özdemir Volero Zurich'te" (in Turkish). Voleybolx. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
5. "Nilay Özdemir yeniden Eczacıbaşı'nda" (in Turkish). Fotospor. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
6. "Eczacıbaşı Vitra. Nilay Özdemir". Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü (in Turkish). Retrieved April 6, 2023.
7. "Nilay Karaağaç ile sözleşme yenilendi" (in Turkish). Galatasaray.org. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

External links

• Player profile at Galatasaray.org