Héléna Cazaute
French volleyball player (born 1997)
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Héléna Cazaute (born 17 December 1997) is a French volleyball player. She is 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) tall, and plays in the Outside Hitter position for the Istanbul-based club VakıfBank in the Sultans League, and the France national team.
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Narbonne, France
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Héléna Cazaute of VakıfBank (April 2026) | |||||||||
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| Born | 17 December 1997 Narbonne, France | ||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||
| Spike | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||
| Block | 285 cm (112 in) | ||||||||
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| Position | Outside Hitter / Opposite | ||||||||
| Current club | VakıfBank[ | ||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||
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Club career
France
As the daughter of volleyball player father and mother, who was also coach of the France girls's national youth volleyball team,[1] Cazaute started playing volleyball at the age of fourteen, in the local club VC Gruissan's reserve team. In her first playing year, she won the French Cadets Championships with her team, and was named the "Best Player" of the final tournament.[2]
The experienced hitter played then for VC Gruissan, France Avenir, Béziers Volley.[3][4] At the age of nineteen, while playing for Béziers Volley, she suffered rupture of cruciate ligaments .[5] Later, she was with RC Cannes and ASPTT Mulhouse in her country.[3][4] With RC Cannes, she won the 2017–18 French Cup, and was mamed the "Best Spiker". With ASPTT Mulhouse, she won the 2021 LNV Ligue A Féminine, and was named "Most Valueable Player" (MVP) and the "Best Spiker", she won as well as the 2020–21 French Cup and was named MVP.[3][4]
Italy
Cazaute then moved to Italy to join Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76,[3][6] and Numia Vero Volley Milano.[3][7][4] Cazaute won two French Leagues and two French Cups, won one CEV Challenge Cup as well as one silver and one bronze medal in the CEV Champions League.[3]
Turkey
In June 2025, she went to Turkey and transferred to VakıfBank.[4] She won the 2025–26 Turkish Women's Volleyball League and the 2025–26 CEV Women's Champions League with her team.[8]
International career
France girls' national youth team
Cazaute's success in the first year of her career drew the attention of the French national team's selection committee. She was admitted in the France girls' national youth volleyball team for two years,[2] and debuted at the 2013 CEV Youth Volleyball European Championship - Women.[9]
France women's national team
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Cazaute is a member of the France women's national volleyball team, and serves as their captain.[10] She played at the EuroVolley in 2019,[11] and 2021,[12] won one gold at the 2022 European Gold League,[3] and one gold at the 2023 Challenger Cup,[3][13]. She took part in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.[3][14] She played at the FIVB Nations League in 2024 and 2025 as well as at the 2025 FIVB World Championship.[15]
Wşth the national team, she became chapion at the 2023 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, and was named the "Best Attacking Player" and the "Best Defendşng Player".[3]
Personal life
Honours
International
France
Individual
- Most Valuable Player
- ASPTT Mulhouse (2021 LNV Ligue A, 2020–21 French Cup)
- Best Spiker
- RC Cannes (2017–18 French Cup),
- ASPTT Mulhouse (2021 LNV Ligue A)
- Best Attacking Player
- France (2023 FIVB Challenger Cup)
- Best Defending Playet
- France (2023 FIVB Challenger Cup)
