Ceren Kapucu (née Kestirengöz, born 19 July 1993 in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

) is a Turkish

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player. She is 194 cm and plays as hitter. She is part of the

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. She was born on 19 July 1993 in Istanbul to former volleyball player parents. She has a brother. Kestirengöz began with volleyball at the age of eleven and entered Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta's

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. She graduated from

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in Istanbul. In the 2013–14 term, she begins to study Business Administration at

Bahçeşehir University Bahçeşehir University (BAU) is a private educational institution in Turkey, located around the Bosporus in Istanbul. The Turkish National Assembly authorized the establishment of the University of Bahçeşehir by the Bahçeşehir Uğur Educatio ...

. Ceren Kestirengöz played one season in the A-team of Vakıfbank and then was sent to Sarıyer Belediyesi on loan in the 2012–13 season. For the 2013–14 season, she was transferred by the Yeşilyurtspor. Kestirengöz debuted in the youth national team in 2008, which won the gold medal at the Girls' Youth Balkan Volleyball Championship held in

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. The next year, she was again part of the youth national team, which became runner-up at the Balkan Championship in

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. In 2011, she won the bronze medal with the national team at the

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held in

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. Kapucu played for the national team at the

2012 Women's European Volleyball League The 2012 Women's European Volleyball League was the fourth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries. A preliminary league round was played from June 1 ...

, which placed 8th.

Awards

; National team * 2008 Girls' Youth Balkan Volleyball Championship – * 2009 Girls' Youth Balkan Volleyball Championship – *

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– *

2015 Women's European Volleyball League The 2015 Women's European Volleyball League was the seventh edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League and featured women's national volleyball teams from six European countries. Hungary won their first title after defeating Turkey ...

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* 1993 births Living people Volleyball players from Istanbul Turkish women's volleyball players Turkey women's international volleyball players VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers Yeşilyurt volleyballers Bahçeşehir University alumni Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil Expatriate volleyball players in Indonesia Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games St. Joseph High School Istanbul alumni {{Turkey-volleyball-bio-stub

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