Alexia Căruțașu ( tr, Aleksia Karutasu; (born 10 June 2003) is a professional

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 plays for Galatasaray and the Turkey national team. Born in Romania, she previously played for the

Romania national team Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and t ...

Career

She competed at the

2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship is the sixteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 18 of the members of the ' (FIVB), the sport's global go ...

, where Romania ranked sixth. She also competed at the 2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship, where the Romanian team placed fifth. She is the youngest debutant (13 Years, 4 Months) in the Divizia A1 history. She made her Romanian top-flight debut with

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Sport of athletics, Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Jud ...

in October 2016, coming on as a substitute against

CSM Volei Alba Blaj Clubul Sportiv Municipal Volei Alba Blaj, commonly known as CSM Volei Alba Blaj, is a professional women's volleyball club based in Blaj, Transylvania, Romania, that competed in the CEV Cup. History In 2018, Alba reached the CEV Champions L ...

Galatasaray

On 14 May 2021 she signed a contract with Galatasaray, on loan from

VakıfBank S.K. 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 ...

for one season. It was announced that he returned to the Galatasaray team on 13 May 2024. The signed contract is for 2 years.

Achievements

* Divizia A1: **''Winner'': 2018 *Cupa României: **''Winner'': 2018 *

CEV Challenge Cup The CEV Challenge Cup is the third tier official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. It started in the 1980–81 season under the name CEV Cup. In 2007 it was renamed CEV Challenge Cup. History * CEV Cup (1980– ...

: **''Winner'': 2021 *

European Youth Olympic Festival The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is a biennial multi-sport event for youth (14 to 18 years old) athletes from the 50 member countries of the association of European Olympic Committees. The festival has a summer edition, held for the fir ...

: **''Silver Medalist'':

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Individual awards

* Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year: 2021 *

Top Scorer (128 points): 2021

Personal life

Her parents Andreea and Virgil Căruțașu were both Romanian basketball players. She speaks some Turkish and in December 2021 got Turkish citizenship.

References

External links

CEV profileThe Next Big Thing in Volleyball
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karutasu, Alexia 2003 births Living people Volleyball players from Bucharest Turkish women's volleyball players Romanian women's volleyball players Opposite hitters VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers Yeşilyurt volleyballers Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players Turkish people of Romanian descent