Kseniya Poznyak (née Kovalenko; born 21 November 1986) is a Belarusian-born

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i former professional

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player. She represented Azerbaijan women's national team on international level and was part of the squad at the

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FIVB World Championships, as well as 6 editions of the European Championship (

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Career

Azerbaijani Volleyball Clubs

Koçyiğit's professional career debuted in 2003 with

Azerrail Baku Azerrail Baku ('' az, Azərreyl Bakı'') is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club based in Baku. Azerrail is a three-time champion of Azerbaijan Superleague and the winner of CEV Cup in 2002 and Challenge Cup in 2011. History Azerrail was foun ...

. She won five Azerbaijan Championships and also played at the 2006–2007 Champions League where she won the ''Best Blocker'' award. She stayed with the club until 2008. In 2009, she transferred to Lokomotiv Baku and played with the team for two years. The club won bronze and silver medals at the 2009 and 2010 seasons respectively. She won the ''Best Blocker'' award in both tournaments. The squad also joined the 2011

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and won the silver medal. In 2013, she joined

again. She stayed with the club for a year then transferred to

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where she played at the 2014 Azerbaijan Super League and won the silver medal. In 2015, she returned to

and won the championship at the 2016 Azerbaijan Super League.

Foreign Volleyball Clubs

Koçyiğit started to play outside

in 2011, where she joined the

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volleyball club, Parma Volley, that used to play in the Serie A1. In 2017, she joined the Turkish volleyball club,

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, that plays in the

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. The team finished at 7th place. In 2018, she went to

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and joined

Leningradka Saint Petersburg Leningradka (''russian: Ленингра́дка'') is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Saint Petersburg and plays in the Super League, the top Russian league. Previous names * Spartak Leningrad (1935–1977) * TTU Leningrad (1978–19 ...

, a club that plays in the

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. The team finished at 7th place. In 2019, she went to the

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and joined Generika-Ayala Lifesavers, a volleyball club that plays in the

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. She currently plays in the Grand Prix Conference.

National Team

Koçyiğit has been part of the Azerbaijan national volleyball team since 2004. The squad participated at the 2006 World Championship and 2009 European Championship. The national team won the championship at the 2016 European Volleyball League, Azerbaijan's first European League title.

Clubs

(2003–2009) * Lokomotiv Baku (2009–2011) * Parma Volley (2011–2012) *

(2013) *

(2013–2015) *

(2015–2016) *

(2017) *

(2017–2018) * Generika-Ayala Lifesavers (2019)

Awards

Individuals

* ''2006–2007 Champions League "Best Blocker"'' * ''2008–2009 Azerbaijan Super League "Best Blocker"'' * ''2009–2010 Azerbaijan Super League "Best Blocker"'' * ''2009–2010 Azerbaijan Cup "Best Blocker"'' * ''2010 Supergirls of Azerbaijan "Best Blocker"''

National Team

* 2016 European Volleyball League – ALTIN

Champion, with

Azerbaijan Women's National Volleyball Team The Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team ( az, Azərbaycan qadın milli voleybol komandası) is formed by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation (AVF) and represents Azerbaijan in international CEV and FIVB tournaments. Competitive rec ...