Kaan Gürbüz (born 16 August 2001) is a Turkish international

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. He is left handed and plays as outside hitter for Fenerbahçe of the AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi and the

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tota ...

Career

Born in 2001, the young outside hitter started playing volleyball at Fabrika Voleybol at a young age. He then played at TVF Spor Lisesi in 2015, played there for 4 years. He also succeeded in wearing the A Team jersey in the 1st League. Kaan, who started playing in the 1st League team TFL Altekma in the 2019-2020 season, had a share in TFL Altekma's promotion to the Efeler League. He had a successful season at TFL Altekma in the 2020-2021 season. On 2 August 2021, he joined Fenerbahçe. On 1 February 2025, he scored 44 points against Galatasaray HDI Sigorta in

league League or The League may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Leagues'' (band), an American rock band * ''The League'', an American sitcom broadcast on FX and FXX about fantasy football * ''League of Legends'', a 2009 multiplayer online battle a ...

derby match, which they won 3-2 in away game.

National team

He wore the national jersey in the junior age categories, won the Balkan Championship with the Junior National Team in 2016. Gürbüz, who came third in the 2017 U17 Men's Balkan Championship and won the championship in the 2018 U18 and 2019 U19 Men's Balkan Championships, won the Best Outside Hitter award in these 3 years. Kaan Gürbüz, who finished third in the 2017 CEV U17 European Championship, won the

MVP MVP most commonly refers to: * Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition * Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering MVP may also refer to: ...

award with his performance. He wore the A National Team jersey for the first time in 2021, experienced Championship success with the National Team in the 2021 CEV European League. On 13 August 2021, he scored 41 points against

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

2021 Islamic Solidarity Games ‌The 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games () were the 5th edition of the event held from 9 to 18 August 2022 at Konya, Turkey under the aegis of Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF). It was the first time in history that the event was organise ...

group match, which they won 3-2 then qualified to the semi final.

Awards

Club

Source: ;TFL Altekma * Turkish 1st League - 2019–20 ;Fenerbahçe *

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

- 2023–24 *

Turkish League Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

- 2023–24 2021–22, 2022–23 *

Turkish Cup The Turkish Cup () is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası''. Now Ziraat Bankası is ...

- 2024–25 2022–23 2023–24

National team

* Challenger Cup:

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

* European Golden League:

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

Islamic Solidarity Games The Islamic Solidarity Games () is a multinational, multi-sport event. Managed jointly by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), the Games involve elite athletes of the OIC competing in a ...

Individual

* ''2016 U16 Men's Balkan Championship - "Best Outside Hitter"'' * ''2017 U17 Men's Balkan Championship - "Best Outside Hitter"'' * ''2019 U19 Men's Balkan Championship - "Best Outside Hitter"'' * '' 2017 CEV U17 European Championship - "MVP"'' * '' 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games - "Best Outside Hitter"'' * '' 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games - "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2023 European Volleyball League - "MVP"''

Career

National team

Awards

Club

National team

Individual

References

External links