Melissa Vargas (born 16 October 1999) is a Cuban-born Turkish

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player who plays for Fenerbahçe Opet. She was a member of the

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and was part of the Cuban national team at the

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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 https://women.volleybox.net/melissa-vargas-p1385/awards

Clubs

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) * Agel Prostějov (2015-2016) * Fenerbahçe (2018-2021) *

Tianjin Bohai Bank Tianjin Bohai Bank Volleyball Club is a professional women's volleyball club based in Tianjin that plays in the Chinese Volleyball League. Founded in 1993, the team has become a symbolic image of Tianjin Sports and the most successful women’s v ...

(2021) * Fenerbahçe Opet (2021-present)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 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 {{Turkey-volleyball-bio-stub