Cansu Çetin (born 26 May 1993 in
Ankara
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, Turkey) is a Turkish
volleyball
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player for
SL Benfica
(), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
Founded on 28 February 1904, as ''Sport Lisboa'', Benfica is one of the " B ...
,
The Last Champion of the
Campeonato Nacional de Voleibol. She is tall at .
Personal life
After attending Ankara Esenevler Anadolu Highschool for three years, she continued at Ä°stanbul Yeni Levent Highschool, where she graduated from. Currently, she is a student of psychology at
Özyeğin University
Özyeğin University is a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey.
History
Established in 2007 by the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, Özyeğin University is an entrepreneurial research university focused on global impact ...
.
Career
Clubs
Cansu Çetin began her sports career at the age of 13 in Çankaya Belediyespor in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
. Between 2008 and 2010, she played in the youth, junior and senior teams of
İller Bankası. In 2010, she transferred to
Eczacıbaşı VitrA
Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. As of 2023, the Group's 50 companies employ more than 13,500 people, operate 40 production plants, and generate a combined net turnover of TL 33 billion.
Group
E ...
.
Her club loaned out her between 2011 and 2014 to
Sarıyer Belediyesi
Sarıyer () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 177 km2 and its population is 350,454 (2022). It is on the northeastern part of Istanbul's European side. Sarıyer also administers the Black Sea coast to t ...
, which became champion in the 2011–12 season, and was so promoted to
Turkish Women's Volleyball League
Sultanlar Ligi (''Sultans League''), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 ...
.
For the 2014–15 season, she was loaned out to
YeÅŸilyurt.
She officially joined
Fenerbahçe in August 2020.
National team
She was called up to the
Turkey women's national volleyball team
The Turkey women's national volleyball team () is formed by the Turkish Volleyball Federation (TVF) and represents Turkey in international CEV and FIVB organizations.
The team is the most successful national sports team in the country and h ...
, and played at the
2014 Women's European Volleyball League
The 2014 Women's European Volleyball League was the sixth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries.
Turkey defeated Germany 6–2 in the final, which ...
that won the gold medal.
Awards
Club
;İller Bankası
*
BVA Cup
The BVA Cup ( Balkan Volleyball Association Cup) is a volleyball competition contested by the respective national volleyball championship winning teams of nations in the Balkans. The tournament was founded in 2008 under the auspices of the Balkan V ...
: 2010
;Eczacıbaşı VitrA
*
Turkish Women's Volleyball League
Sultanlar Ligi (''Sultans League''), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 ...
: 2010–11
*
Turkish Cup
The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...
: 2010–11
*
Turkish Super Cup
The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...
: 2011
;Sarıyer Belediyesi
* Turkish Women's Volleyball League 2: 2011–12
;VakıfBank
*
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
The FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...
:
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
*
CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification
A tota ...
:
2016–17 2015–16
*
Turkish Women's Volleyball League
Sultanlar Ligi (''Sultans League''), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 ...
:
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
;Galatasaray HDI Sigorta
*
Turkish Women's Volleyball League
Sultanlar Ligi (''Sultans League''), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 ...
:
2017–18,
2018–19
;Fenerbahçe Opet
*
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship
The FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international women's club volleyball competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...
:
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
*
CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification
A tota ...
:
2021–22,
2022-23
*
Turkish Women's Volleyball League
Sultanlar Ligi (''Sultans League''), known for sponsorship reasons as Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Federation and began with the 1984–85 season. 14 ...
:
2022–23
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,
2023–24 2020-21,
2021-22
*
Turkish Cup
The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...
:
2022–23
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2021–22, 2022–23
*
Turkish Super Cup
The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...
: 2022 2023
;SL Benfica
*
Portuguese Volleyball League: 2024–25
*
Portuguese Super Cup: 2024
National team
*
2014 Women's European Volleyball League
The 2014 Women's European Volleyball League was the sixth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries.
Turkey defeated Germany 6–2 in the final, which ...
- champion
See also
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Turkish women in sports
Turkish women have an active participation in many sports branches and have won several important trophies, especially in Athletics (sport), athletics, Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting, combat sports, volleyball and basketball.
Participati ...
References
External links
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Living people
1993 births
21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Volleyball players from Ankara
Özyeğin University alumni
Turkish women's volleyball players
İller Bankası volleyballers
Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players
Sarıyer Belediyesi volleyballers
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ volleyballers
VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers
Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players
Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) players
S.L. Benfica volleyball players
Expatriate volleyball players in Portugal
Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
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