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Cansu Akalın

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Born (1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 (age 27)
Ankara, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Pivot
Cansu Akalın
Personal information
Born (1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 (age 27)
Ankara, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Adasokağı
Number 8
Senior clubs
Years Team
2013–2016
Çankaya Bld. Anka
2016–2021
Muratpaşa Bld.
2021–2022
Kastamonu Bld.
2022–2023
Konyaaltı Bld.
2023–2024
Kastamonu Bld.
2024–
Adasokağı
National team
Years Team
–
Turkey
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Handball
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2021 KonyaTeam

Cansu Akalın (born 25 August 1998) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as pivot for Adasokağı in the Turkish Super League and the Turkey national team.[1]

Cansu Akalın was born in Ankara, Turkey on 125 August998.[2][3]

Her twin sister, Selen Akalın, is a handball goalkeeper and national team member.[4][5]

Club career

Akalın is 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) tall at 73 kg (161 lb). She plays in the pivot position.[6]

Çankaya Bld. Anka

Cansu played seven seasons in her hometown club Çankaya Anka Bld. GSK together with her twin sister Selen, who is a goalkeeper.[4] She took part in the 2013–14 EHF Cup.[7]

Muratpaşa Bld.

For the 2016–17 Turkish Super League season, she went together with her sister to Antalya to join Muratpaşa Bld. SK.[4] She was with Muratpaşa Bld. SK including the 2020–21 season.[8] She played in the 2016–17 EHF Cup,[9] 2018–19 EHF Champions League,[10] 2018–19 EHF Cup,[11] 2019–20 EHF Cup,[12] and 2020–21 EHF European Cup.[13]

Kastamonu Bld.

In the 2021–22 season, she transferred to Kastamonu Bld..[2] She played in the 2021–22 EHF Champions League.[2][14]

Konyaaltı Bld.

In 2022, she signed a deal with the Antalya-based club Konyaaltı Bld., played in the 2022–23 EHF European Cup,[15] and experienced her team's champion title of the cup.[16] She was named Golden Seven (Turkish: Altın Yedi) member of the 2022–23 Super League season by the Turkey Handball Federation.[17]

Kastamonu Bld.

After one season, she returned to her former club Kastamonu Bld. in the 2023–24 Super League season.[18]

Adasokağı

She transferred to the Adana-based club Adasokağı for the 2024–25 Super League season.[19] Her team became runner-up defeated by defending champion Yalaıkavak in the play-off finals by 3-1.[20]

International career

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