Zehra Güneş

Zehra Güneş
Zehra Güneş in 2024
Personal information
Full nameZehra Güneş
Born (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999
Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey
Height197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Block310 cm (122 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle Blocker
Current club Vakıfbank Istanbul
Number18
Career
YearsTeams
2011–2014 Vakıfbank Istanbul
2014–2015 Istanbul BBSK
2015–2016 Vakıfbank Istanbul
2016–2017 Beşiktaş J.K.
2017– Vakıfbank Istanbul
National team
2015–2016Turkey U18
2017Turkey U20
2017Turkey U23
2018–Turkey
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Turkey
FIVB World Championship
2025 Thailand Team
European Championships
2019 Turkey Team
2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania Team
2023 Belgium/Estonia/Germany/Italy Team
FIVB Nations League
2023 Arlington Team
2018 Nanjing Team
2021 Rimini Team
Women's U23 World Championship
2017 Ljubljana Team

Zehra Güneş (Turkish pronunciation: [zɛhɾ̞ɑː ɟyˈneʃ] ⓘ; born 7 July 1999) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the middle blocker position.[1] Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[2]

Playing career

Club

In the 2016–17 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season, Zehra Güneş was loaned out to Beşiktaş J.K., another women's volleyball team. The next season, she returned to her home club.[3][1] She enjoyed her first league champion title in the 2017–18 season with Vakıfbank Istanbul.[4][5] She was awarded the "Vestel Special Prize" of the 2017–18 Vestel Venus Sultans League, which is the Turkish top-level volleyball league sponsored by Vestel.[6]

She participated at the 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League with her team Vakıfbank Istanbul, which became champion.[7]

It was announced that Zehra Güneş would be the new Captain of Vakifbank for the 2024/2025 Season [8]

International

Zehra Güneş played at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Georgia. She took part at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Peru, and was awarded the Best Middle Blocker title.[9] Zehra Güneş played at the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix. She was a member of the Turkey women's U20 team that took part in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Mexico, where she was named one of the Best Middle Blockers.[10] She played for the Turkey women's U23 team at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship in Slovenia, where her team won a champion title.[7]

In January 2017, she was invited to the Turkey women's team;[1] she was admitted to the team in March 2018.[11] She played at the very first 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League as part of the Turkish team, which won silver.[12] She was also part of the Turkish squad at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which finished in fifth place.[13][14]

In 2023, Günes was a part of the 14 player roster that won the Volleyball Nations League.[15] She contributed 14 points to help Turkey defeat USA 3-1, and 9 points in the 3-1 victory against China for Gold.[16] She was later recognized as the best Middle Blocker of the tournament [17]

She also helped Turkey achieve their first European Championship in 2023, and was recognized as one of the best Middle Blockers of the tournament.[18]

Güneş was once again named to the Paris 2024 Olympic Roster.[19] The team was able to advance to the semi finals and finishing 4th place [20][21]

Honours

VakıfBank S.K.

National team

Individual

Most Valuable Player
Best Middle Blocker
Vestel Special Prize

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hepsi Sultan olacak". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Teams: Turkey – Zehra Gunes". FIVB Women's U20 World Championship. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ^ Yücekök, Murat Mert (29 May 2017). "Tuğba ve Zehra yeni sezonda VakıfBank'ta". Voleybol Plus (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Zehra Güneş: "Şampiyonluk için çok mutluyum"". Voleybol Extra (in Turkish). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. ^ "VakıfBank ipi göğüsledi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Zehra Güneş: "Şampiyonluk İçin Çok Mutluyum"". Milliyet (in Turkish). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. ^ a b "2016 CEV U19 Volleyball European Championship – Women – Zehra Güneş". CEV 2016 European Championship U19 Women. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  8. ^ "TUR W: New Captain for VakıfBank - Zehra Güneş WorldOfVolley". 9 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Year in Review: Italy move up a notch in Girls' U18 World Championship". FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship- Perı 2015. 24 December 2015. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  10. ^ "China's Hanyu Yang named Women's U20 World Championship MVP". 24 July 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Voleybolda kadın millilerin aday kadrosu açıklandı". Sabah (in Turkish). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Zehra Gunes". Volleyball National League. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Türkiye women's volleyball team for Tokyo Olympics announced". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Volleyball Women Results". Olympics.com.
  15. ^ "Türkiye shine the brightest and secure their first-ever VNL gold".
  16. ^ "Gunes Zehra - VNL 2023 - Players".
  17. ^ "Everything to know about Turkish women's volleyball team's star blocker Zehra Gunes".
  18. ^ "Everything to know about Turkish women's volleyball team's star blocker Zehra Gunes".
  19. ^ "TUR W: Turkey Announces Women's Squad for Paris 2024 Olympics WorldOfVolley". 8 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Şahsiyet dizisi ikinci sezonuyla geri dönüyor: Agâh Beyoğlu'nun maceraları devam ediyor... - Son Dakika Kültür-Sanat Haberleri | Cumhuriyet". November 2023.
  21. ^ "GUNES Zehra". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. (alternate link)
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