Naz Aydemir

Naz Aydemir Akyol (born 14 August 1990) is a Turkish volleyball player, widely regarded as one of the best setters in international volleyball. She is 186 cm tall and plays as setter for Fenerbahçe and the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She has won two league championships with Fenerbahçe and three with Eczacıbaşı Zentiva. She also has two CEV Champions League championships, winning the 2011–2012 edition with Fenerbahçe and the 2012–2013 edition with Vakıfbank.

Naz Aydemir
Aydemir with Vakıfbank in 2018
Personal information
Full nameNaz Aydemir Akyol
NationalityTurkish
Born (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990
Istanbul, Turkey
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spike303 cm (119 in)
Block300 cm (118 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubFenerbahçe
Number11
Career
YearsTeams
2004–2009
2009–2012
2012–2018
2019–		Eczacıbaşı
Fenerbahçe
Vakıfbank
Fenerbahçe
National team
2008–Turkey
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Turkey
World Grand Prix
2012 Ningbo
European Championships
2019 TurkeyTeam
2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia
2011 Italy/Serbia
European Games
2015 Baku Team
Montreux Volley Masters
2015 MontreuxTeam
European League
2009 Kayseri
2010 Ankara
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinTeam

Career

She has played more than 200 times for all levels of the Turkish national team. She achieved an unprecedented record by playing in the CEV Euro Volley Championship Quarter Finals 10 times in a row.[1] She has played for the senior level club volleyball since the 2004–05 season. She was the captain of the youth national team of Turkey who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championship. In the 2008 edition of the Junior European Championship, she led the Turkish team to a bronze medal and won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the tournament. In the 2011-12 edition and 2012-13 edition of the CEV Champions League, Aydemir won the Best Setter award consecutively and the competition championships, with her clubs Fenerbahçe and Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü.

Aydemir won her first FIVB Women's Club World Championship gold medal at the 2010 Club World Championship. Fenerbahçe was the first Turkish team to win a FIVB Women's Club World Championship gold medal. VakıfBank also won gold, three years after Fenerbahçe's achievement. Aydemir won her second gold medal at the Women's Club World Championship at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[2]

Aydemir won the silver medal in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League when her Turkish club VakıfBank İstanbul defeated Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul 3-1 in the semifinal[3] but then lost 0-3 to the Russian Dinamo Kazan in the Championship match.[4] She was the recipient of the tournament's Fair Play special award.[4]

Aydemir won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano 3-0[5] and she was also awarded Best Setter.[6]

After spending four years at Vakıfbank İstanbul, she took a break from her volleyball career due to her pregnancy. After giving birth to her child, she returned to her old club Fenerbahçe Opet in the 2019-2020 season.

Personal life

Aydemir's cousin İlkay Gündoğan is a footballer for Manchester City and the German national team.[7] On 21 August 2013, Naz Aydemir married national basketball player and member of Acıbadem Üniversitesi, Cenk Akyol.[8] On 6 November 2018, the couple had a son, Pamir.

Awards

Individuals

National team

Youth team

Junior team
  • 2008 Junior European Championships - Bronze Medal

Senior team

Club

See also

References
  1. https://www.fanatik.com.tr/naz-aydemir-akyol-un-10-dortlu-final-i-1368614
  2. "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to her first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  3. "VakifBank to defend its Champions League title in Sunday's final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  4. "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  5. "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  6. "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  7. "Ten things about Ilkay Gündogan". bundesliga.com. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  8. "Genç çift dünyaevine girdi". Radikal (in Turkish). 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
Awards
Preceded by
Özge Kırdar Çemberci
Carli Lloyd		 Best Setter of
CEV Women's Champions League
2011-12
2012-13
2016-17		 Succeeded by
Nootsara Tomkom
Joanna Wołosz
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