Cansu Özbay (; born 17 October 1996) is a Turkish professional

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player. She plays in the setter position. Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul. She is a member of the

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Playing career

Club

Cansu Özbay started her volleyball career in Göztepe than continued in the youth development team of Arkas Spor at her hometown in

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. She then transferred to the

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-based club Beşiktaş .K. In January 2015, Özbay was loaned out from her club Beşiktaş JK to Nilüfer Belediyespor in

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, where she played the second half of the 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season. At the end of the season, she returned to her relegated club to play in the 2015–16 Second League season. Her team finished the season as champion, and was promoted to the First League. For the 2016–17 League season, she was transferred by Vakıfbank Istanbul. She succeeded

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Akyol as setter in the team. She enjoyed her team's league champion title in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 League seasons. She was awarded the title of "Best Setter" of the 2017–18 season's final series. Özbay participated at the

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held in

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, Philippines, where her

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Vakıfbank Istanbul placed third. The next year, her

became champion of the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in

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, Japan. She won the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League with VakıfBank, and was named MVP.

International

Özbay was part of the Turkey girls' U18 team at the 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship – Girls held in Serbia and at the 2013 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship held in Thailand. She was a member of the Turkey women's U20 team, and played at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship held in

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. She competed at the

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held in Azerbaijan and Georgia, where the Turkey women's team ranked third. She was part of the national team at the

2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former FIVB Volleyba ...

, which became silver medalist after losing to the

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in the final.

Honours

Club

:; ''Champions'' (8): * 2015–16 Turkish Women's Second Volleyball League (Beşiktaş JK), *

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( VakıfBank) * 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship ( VakıfBank) * 2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( VakıfBank) * 2021 FIVB Club World Championship ( VakıfBank) * 2021–22 Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( VakıfBank) * 2021–22 CEV Women's Champions League ( VakıfBank) * 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( VakıfBank) :; ''Third places'' (2): *

( VakıfBank) * 2019 FIVB Club World Championship ( VakıfBank)

National team

* 2017 European Championship - Bronze medal 2006 OG

Bronze Medal * 2018 Nations League - Silver medal 2006 OG

Silver Medal * 2019 European Championship - Silver medal 2006 OG

Silver Medal * 2021 Nations League - Bronze medal 2006 OG

Bronze Medal * 2021 European Championship - Bronze medal 2006 OG

Bronze Medal * 2023 Nations League - Gold medal 2006 OG

Gold Medal * 2023 European Championship – Gold medal 2006 OG

Gold Medal

Individual

:; ''Best Setter'' (2): * 2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League Final series ( VakıfBank) * 2018 FIVB Nations League (Turkey National Team) :; ''Most Valuable Player'' (2): * 2020 Turkish Super Cup Final series ( VakıfBank), * 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( VakıfBank)

References

External links

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Cansu Ozbay
at the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozbay, Cansu 1996 births Living people Volleyball players from İzmir Turkish women's volleyball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Beşiktaş volleyballers Nilüfer Belediyespor volleyballers VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers Turkey women's international volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Turkey Setters (volleyball) Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics