Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç
Turkish volleyball player (born 1999)
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Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç (born 15 January 1999) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the opposite hitter position for Kuzeyboru, and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[1]
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| Born | 15 January 1999 Ankara, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 300 cm (118 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Kuzeyboru | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Club career
Yüzgenç started her voleyball playing career in the Gazi Üniversitesi Sports Club in her hometown. At the age of sixteen only, she was included in the A team of Halkbank Ankara, where she played four seasons. In the next two seasons, she was in Ankara with PTT Spor and Karayolları.[2][3][4] In April 2021, she transferred to Fenerbahçe.[5][4] In June 2022, she moved to Germany,[6] and played two seasons for Palmberg Schwerin.[7] In 2024, she went to South Korea, and signed with Pink Spiders, which finished the 2024–25 season as champion.[8] In June 2025, she moved to Greece to play for AEK Athens.[9] After one season, she returned home, and joined the Aksaray-based club Kuzeyboru.[10]
She plays in the opposite hitter position, and is 192 cm (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb). She has 310 cm (120 in) spike and 300 cm (120 in) block height.[1]
International career
With the Turkey women's U18 team, Yüzgenç became champion at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia.[11]
In 2016, she played at the CEV Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship in Slovakia, and took the bronze medal as captain of the Turkey women's U19 team.[2]
She was part of the Turkey women's national volleyball team, which won the silver medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria.[12] She was included in the broad squad of the national team for participation at the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.[9][10]
Personal life
Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç was born in Ankara, Turkey,[4] on 15 January 1999.[1]
,== Honours == [13]
Club
- PTT Spor
- Turkish Women's Volleyball First League
(1): 2018–19
- Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
(1): 2021–22
- Palmberg Schwerin
- German Women's Volleyball League
- (1): 2023/2024
(1): 2022/2023
- German Women's Volleyball Cup
- (1): 2022/2023
- German Women's Volleyball Super Cup
- (1): 2023/2024
- AEK Athens
- Balkan Women's Volleyball Club Cup
- (1): 2025–26
International
- Turkey U19
- CEV Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship
- (1): 2016
- Turkey
- Mediterranean Games
- (1): 2022
Individual
- Best Opposite hitter (1)
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- 2016 Balkan Women's U16 Volleyball Championship Cup (Turkey U16)
- Best Outside hitter (1)
