Cansu Özbay

Cansu Özbay (Turkish pronunciation: [d͡ʒɑnsu ˈœzbɑj] ^ⓘ; born 17 October 1996) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the setter position. Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul.^[1] She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Born17 October 1996 (age 29)
İzmir, Turkey

Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Spike285 cm (112 in)

Block284 cm (112 in)

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Cansu Özbay

Cansu Özbay for Vakıfbank Istanbul (April 2025)

Personal information

Born

17 October 1996 (age 29)
İzmir, Turkey

Height

182 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Spike

285 cm (112 in)

Block

284 cm (112 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Setter

Current club

Vakıfbank Istanbul

Number

3

Career

Years	Teams
2012–2014	Arkas Spor
2014–2016	Beşiktaş
2015	→ Nilüfer Belediyespor (loan)
2016–	Vakıfbank Istanbul

National team

2013	Turkey girls' U18
2015	Turkey women's U20
2017–	Turkey

Honours

Women's volleyball

Representing Turkey
FIVB World Championship
	2025 Thailand	Team
FIVB Nations League
	2018 Nanjing	Team
	2021 Rimini	Team
	2023 Arlington	Team
	2026 Macau	Team
European Championship
	2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia	Team
	2019 Turkey	Team
	2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania	Team
	2023 Belgium/Italy/Estonia/Germany	Team

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Playing career

Club

Cansu Özbay started her volleyball career in Göztepe than continued in the youth development team of Arkas Spor at her hometown in İzmir. She then transferred to the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş .K.^[2] In January 2015, Özbay was loaned out from her club Beşiktaş JK to Nilüfer Belediyespor in Bursa, where she played the second half of the 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season.^[3] At the end of the season, she returned to her relegated club to play in the 2015–16 Second League season. Her team finished the season as champion, and was promoted to the First League. For the 2016–17 League season, she was transferred by Vakıfbank Istanbul.^[2]^[4] She succeeded Naz Aydemir Akyol as setter in the team.^[5]^[6] She enjoyed her team's league champion title in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 League seasons. She was awarded the title of "Best Setter" of the 2017–18 season's final series.^[7]

Özbay participated at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship held in Metro Manila, Philippines, where her team Vakıfbank Istanbul placed third. The next year, her team became champion of the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Kobe, Japan.

She won the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Volleyball League with VakıfBank, and was named MVP.^[8]

More information Club, Years ...

Club	Years
Göztepe	2011–2012
Arkas Spor	2012–2014
Beşiktaş JK	2014–2016
Nilüfer BS	2015
Vakıfbank Istanbul	2016–

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International

Özbay was part of the Turkey girls' U18 team at the 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship – Girls held in Serbia^[9] and at the 2013 FIVB Girls' U18 World Championship held in Thailand.^[10]

She was a member of the Turkey women's U20 team, and played at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship held in Puerto Rico.

She competed at the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship held in Azerbaijan and Georgia,^[11] where the Turkey women's team ranked third. She was part of the national team at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League,^[12] which became silver medalist after losing to the United States in the final.^[13]

Cansu Özbay made her Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2021 Games.^[14]

Özbay was part of the squad that won both the 2023 FIVB Nations League and European Championship. She was named best Setter of the 2023 European Championship.^[15] She was also named to the Paris 2024 Olympics where the team finished fourth.^[16]