Çağla Akın (born 19 January 1995 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish volleyball player who won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship and now playing with Türk Hava Yolları.
| Çağla Akın | |||||
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| Born | 19 January 1995 Istanbul, Turkey | ||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 285 cm (112 in) | ||||
| Block | 275 cm (108 in) | ||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||
| Current club | Türk Hava Yolları | ||||
| Number | 7 | ||||
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| Last updated: 13 October 2013 | |||||
Personal information
editShe is 178 cm (5.84 ft) tall at 60 kg (130 lb). Her parents were national handball players.[1]
Career
editShe played for the VakıfBank Türk Telekom[2][1] before she transferred in 2012 to Beşiktaş.[3] Akın was a member of the girls' youth national team and the women's junior national team.
Akın won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[4]
Clubs
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VakıfBank Türk Telekom Junior (2009–2011)- VakıfBank Türk Telekom (2011–2012)
- Beşiktaş Junior (2012–2013)
- Vakıfbank Istanbul (2013–2014)
- Beşiktaş (2014–2017)
- Fenerbahçe (2017–2018)
- Galatasaray (2018–2021)
Awards
editNational team
edit- 2011 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship –
Gold - 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival –
Bronze - 2012 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship – Gold
- 2014 Women's European Volleyball League – Gold
- 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship –
Silver
Clubs
edit- 2013 Club World Championship –
Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Milli pasör Çağla Akın çok mutlu". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- ^ "Gençler Ligi Kadrosu" (in Turkish). Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- ^ "Çağla Akın" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- ^ "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2013-10-13. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
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