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Turkish volleyball player (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zehra Güneş (Turkish pronunciation: [zehɾɑː ɟyˈneʃ] ; born 7 July 1999) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the middle blocker position.[1] Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[2]
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| Full name | Zehra Güneş | ||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1999 Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||
| Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||
| Spike | 319 cm (126 in) | ||||||||
| Block | 310 cm (120 in) | ||||||||
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| Position | Middle Blocker | ||||||||
| Current club |  Vakıfbank Istanbul | ||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||
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In the 2016–17 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season, Zehra Güneş was loaned out to Beşiktaş J.K., another women's volleyball team. The next season, she returned to her home club.[3][1] She enjoyed her first league champion title in the 2017–18 season with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[4][5] She was awarded the "Vestel Special Prize" of the 2017–18 Vestel Venus Sultans League, which is the Turkish top-level volleyball league sponsored by Vestel.[6]
She participated at the 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League with her team Vakıfbank Istanbul, which became champion.[7]
| Club | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Vakıfbank Istanbul |
2011 - 2012 | 2013 - 2014 |
| Istanbul BBSK |
2014 - 2015 | 2014 - 2015 |
| Vakıfbank Istanbul |
2015 - 2016 | 2015 - 2016 |
| Beşiktaş J.K. |
2016 - 2017 | 2016 - 2017 |
| Vakıfbank Istanbul |
2017 - 2018 | - |
Zehra Güneş played at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Georgia. She took part at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Peru, and was awarded the Best Middle Blocker title.[8] Zehra Güneş played at the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix. She was a member of the Turkey women's U20 team that took part in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Mexico, where she was named one of the Best Middle Blockers.[9] She played for the Turkey women's U23 team at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship in Slovenia, where her team won a champion title.[7]
In January 2017, she was invited to the Turkey women's team;[1] she was admitted to the team in March 2018.[10] She played at the very first 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League as part of the Turkish team, which won silver.[11] She was also part of the Turkish squad at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which finished in fifth place.[12][13]
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