Aylin Acar (born July 21, 1995) is a Turkish 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. She is tall and plays as libero. She is part of the

Turkey women's national volleyball team The Turkey women's national volleyball team ( tr, Türkiye Kadın Voleybol Milli Takımı) is formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) and represents Turkey in international CEV and FIVB organizations. The team is one of the most ...

Personal life

Aylin Sarıoğlu was born in

Aydın Aydın ( ''EYE-din''; ; formerly named ''Güzelhisar'', Ancient and Modern Greek: Τράλλεις /''Tralleis''/) is a city in and the seat of Aydın Province in Turkey's Aegean Region. The city is located at the heart of the lower valley of B ...

, Turkey on July 21, 1995. Currently, she is a student at the Sports Academy of

Uludağ University Uludağ (), the ancient Mysian or Bithynian Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος), is a mountain in Bursa Province, Turkey, with an elevation of . In Turkish, ''Uludağ'' means "great mountain". In ancient times the range of which it is a part, ext ...

in Bursa.

Playing career

Club

Sarıoğlu started to play volleyball at the age of nine joining her hometown club Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor. In the 2011–12 season, she was admitted o the senior team, and became professional. She enjoyed her team's promotion to the

Turkish Women's Volleyball League The Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol 1. Ligi) officially called the Sultans League (Turkish: Sultanlar Ligi), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Fe ...

, and played at the

CEV Women's Challenge Cup The CEV Women's Challenge Cup, formerly (from 1980 to 2007) known as CEV Women's Cup is the third official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized by the Confédération Européenne de Volley ...

in 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18 with her team. She enjoyed her team's twice gold (2014–15, 2016–17), once silver (2017–18) and once bronze medal (2015–16). After Bursa BB folded in 2018, Sarıoğlu signed with another

Bursa ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the ...

-based club, Nilüfer BS, for the 2018–19 season.

International

Sarıoğşu was admitted to the

first time in 2018. She played at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World Grand ...

with the national team, which won the silver medal.

Honours

Club

:; Champions (2):

2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup The 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 35th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup". Format The tournament was played on a knockout format, originally a total of 51 teams were to participa ...

(Bursa BB), ::

2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup The 2016–17 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 37th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup". Format The tournament was played on a knockout format, with 32 teams participating. On 30 June 2016, a d ...

(Bursa BB) :; Runners-up (1):

2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup The 2017–18 CEV Women's Challenge Cup was the 38th edition of the European Challenge Cup volleyball club tournament, the former "CEV Cup". Format The tournament is played on a knockout format, with 37 teams participating. Initially 10 teams pl ...

(Bursa BB) :; Third places (1): 2015–16 CEV Women's Challenge Cup (Bursa BB)

International

:; Runners-up (1):

References

Living people 1995 births Sportspeople from Bursa Bursa Uludağ University alumni Turkish women's volleyball players Nilüfer Belediyespor volleyballers Turkey women's international volleyball players VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers {{Turkey-volleyball-bio-stub