Neriman Özsoy (born 13 July 1988 in

Razgrad Razgrad ( ) is a city in Northeastern Bulgaria in the valley of the Beli Lom river that falls within the historical and geographical region of Ludogorie (Deliorman). It is an administrative center of Razgrad Province. Etymology The suffix "gra ...

, Bulgaria) is a 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. She is tall who recently last played as an outside hitter in Turkey for

Türk Hava Yolları Turkish Airlines ( Turkish: ''Türk Hava Yolları''), or legally Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı, is the flag carrier of Turkey. , it operates scheduled services to 352 destinations (including cargo) in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and ...

Career

She started her career in

Eczacıbaşı Zentiva Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. As of 2023, the Group's 50 companies employ more than 13,500 people, operate 40 production plants, and generate a combined net turnover of TL 33 billion. Group E ...

, and after then she also played for DYO Karşıyaka and Galatasaray Daikin in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, played for VC Uralochka and Dynamo Krasnodar in

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

, played for Despar Perugia and

Imoco Volley Conegliano Imoco Volley is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Conegliano in Northern Italy and currently playing in the Italian Women's Volleyball League, Serie A1. On the global stage, the team is a world champion (current) winning th ...

, Liu Jo Nordmeccanica in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, played for

Atom Trefl Sopot Atom Trefl Sopot was a Polish women's volleyball club based in Sopot and playing in the Orlen Liga. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Trefl Gdynia (2008–2009) * Trefl Sopot (2009–2010) * ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, played for Toyota Auto Body Queenseis,

NEC Red Rockets is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner of the team is NEC. The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC's corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challen ...

and

Denso Airybees is a women's volleyball team based in Kōriyama, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The club was founded in 1972. The owner of the team is Denso. Honours Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League *Runners-up (1): 2007-2008 Business League ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

and played for Itambé/Minas in

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. * 1999-06

Eczacıbaşı Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. As of 2023, the Group's 50 companies employ more than 13,500 people, operate 40 production plants, and generate a combined net turnover of TL 33 billion. Group E ...

* 2005-06 VC Uralochka * 2006-07 DYO Karşıyaka * 2007-10

* 2010-12 Despar Perugia * 2010-12 →

(loan) * 2012 → Dynamo Krasnodar (loan) * 2012-14 Galatasaray Daikin * 2014-15

* 2015-16

Eczacıbaşı VitrA Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. As of 2023, the Group's 50 companies employ more than 13,500 people, operate 40 production plants, and generate a combined net turnover of TL 33 billion. Group E ...

* 2016-17 Liu Jo Nordmeccanica * 2017-20 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis * 2020-21

* 2021-22 Itambé/Minas * 2022-23

* 2023-24

Awards

National team

* European League

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called FIVB Volleyball World League, World League. This event should not be confused with the other intern ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committ ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Clubs

; Eczacıbaşı * FIVB Club World Championship:

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 ...

: 2004-05 * Turkish Volleyball League : 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2007-08 2003-04, 2004-05, 2009-10, 2015-16 *

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 ...

: 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09 2009–10 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

: 2009–10 ; DYO Karşıyaka * Turkish Volleyball League : 2006-07 ; Atom Trefl Sopot *

Polish Volleyball League The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 14 teams league from Oc ...

– 2011-12 2010-11 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2012 ; Galatasaray *

: 2012-13 *

: 2012 ; Liu Jo Nordmeccanica *

Italian Volleyball League The Lega Pallavolo Serie A is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is ''SuperLega'' (formerly ''Serie A1''). Since the early 1980s, many among the best volleyball players in the world play in Superlega and the overall ...

: 2016-17 *

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

: 2016-17 ; Toyota Auto Body Queenseis *

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...

: 2017 2018 ; Minas Tênis Clube * South American Club Championship: 2022 * Brazilian Volleyball Super League: 2021 * Brazilian Cup: 2021 * Brazilian Super Cup: 2021 * Minas Gerais State Championship: 2021

Individuals

* '' 2014 World Grand Prix "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2016 European Olympic Qualification "Best Outside Hitter"'' * '' 2017–18 V.Premier League "Best Opposite"'' * ''2017–18 V.Premier League "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2019–20 V.Premier League "Best Outside Hitter"'' * ''2019–20 V.Premier League "Best Scorer"'' * ''2021–22 Brazilian Volleyball Super League "Best Outside Hitter"'' * ''2021–22 South American Club Championship "Best Receiver"''

Personal life

On 9 July 2017, she married former basketball player Deniz Gençyürek.

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