Zehra Güneş

Zehra Güneş (Turkish pronunciation: [zɛhɾ̞ɑː ɟyˈneʃ] ^ⓘ; born 7 July 1999) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the middle blocker position.^[1] Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.^[2]

FullnameZehra Güneş

Born7 July 1999 (age 26)
Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey

Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)

Weight93 kg (205 lb)

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Personal information

Full name

Zehra Güneş

Born

7 July 1999 (age 26)
Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey

Height

198 cm (6 ft 6 in)

Weight

93 kg (205 lb)

Spike

320 cm (126 in)

Block

310 cm (122 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Middle Blocker

Current club

Vakıfbank Istanbul

Number

18

Career

Years	Teams
2011–2014	Vakıfbank Istanbul
2014–2015	Istanbul BBSK
2015–2016	Vakıfbank Istanbul
2016–2017	Beşiktaş J.K.
2017–	Vakıfbank Istanbul

National team

2015–2016	Turkey U18
2016–2017	Turkey U20
2017–2018	Turkey U23
2018–	Turkey

Honours

Women's volleyball

Representing Turkey
FIVB World Championship
	2025 Thailand	Team
European Championships
	2019 Turkey	Team
	2021 Serbia/Bulgaria/Croatia/Romania	Team
	2023 Belgium/Estonia/Germany/Italy	Team
FIVB Nations League
	2023 Arlington	Team
	2018 Nanjing	Team
	2021 Rimini	Team
Women's U23 World Championship
	2017 Ljubljana	Team

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Playing career

Club

In the 2016–17 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season, Zehra Güneş was loaned out to Beşiktaş J.K., another women's volleyball team. The next season, she returned to her home club.^[3]^[1] She enjoyed her first league champion title in the 2017–18 season with Vakıfbank Istanbul.^[4]^[5] She was awarded the "Vestel Special Prize" of the 2017–18 Vestel Venus Sultans League, which is the Turkish top-level volleyball league sponsored by Vestel.^[6]

She participated at the 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League with her team Vakıfbank Istanbul, which became champion.^[7]

It was announced that Zehra Güneş would be the new Captain of Vakifbank for the 2024–25 Season ^[8]

International

Zehra Güneş played at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Georgia. She took part at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Peru, and was awarded the Best Middle Blocker title.^[9] Zehra Güneş played at the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix. She was a member of the Turkey women's U20 team that took part in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Mexico, where she was named one of the Best Middle Blockers.^[10] She played for the Turkey women's U23 team at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship in Slovenia, where her team won a champion title.^[7]

In January 2017, she was invited to the Turkey women's team;^[1] she was admitted to the team in March 2018.^[11] She played at the very first 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League as part of the Turkish team, which won silver.^[12] She was also part of the Turkish squad at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which finished in fifth place.^[13]^[14]

In 2023, Günes was a part of the 14 player roster that won the Volleyball Nations League.^[15] She contributed 14 points to help Turkey defeat USA 3–1, and 9 points in the 3–1 victory against China for Gold.^[16] She was later recognized as the best Middle Blocker of the tournament ^[17]

She also helped Turkey achieve their first European Championship in 2023, and was recognized as one of the best Middle Blockers of the tournament.^[18]

Güneş was once again named to the Paris 2024 Olympic Roster.^[19] The team was able to advance to the semi finals and finishing 4th place ^[20]^[21]

^[22]s.^[23] Her sisters, İrem Nur and Mina, are also volleyball players.^[24]