Cansu Akalın
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Ankara, Turkey
| Cansu Akalın | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Born |
25 August 1998 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
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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]
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]
