Melissa Vargas (born 16 October 1999) is a Cuban-born Turkish
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
Fenerbahçe Opet.
She was a member of the
Cuba women's national volleyball team and was part of the Cuban national team at the
2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
Fourteen or 14 may refer to:
* 14 (number), the natural number following 13 and preceding 15
* one of the years 14 BC, AD 14, 1914, 2014
Music
* 14th (band), a British electronic music duo
* ''14'' (David Garrett album), 2013
*''14'', an unrele ...
in Italy.
Career
She won the Best Opposite award in the
2014 U23 Pan-American Cup. as well as Best Outside Hitter at the Pan American Cup and Games in 2015, Best Scorer at Final Four Cup 2015, Central American Caribbean Games 2014, NORCECA Pan American Cup Final Six 2015 and Champions League 2018/2019. Vargas also won Best Server at Chinese League 2021 and 2022, Turkey Kadinlar Voleybol Ligi 2018 and 2019 and Pan American Cup 2015
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Clubs
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Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especial ...
(2011-2015)
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Agel Prostějov (2015-2016)
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Fenerbahçe (2018-2021)
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Tianjin Bohai Bank (2021)
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Fenerbahçe Opet (2021-present)
Awards
Individuals
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2014 U23 Pan-American Cup "Best opposite"''
References
1999 births
Living people
Cuban women's volleyball players
Turkish women's volleyball players
Turkish people of Cuban descent
Place of birth missing (living people)
Volleyball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
Opposite hitters
Outside hitters
Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
Expatriate volleyball players in the Czech Republic
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