Cansu Özbay
Turkish volleyball player (born 1996)
Cansu Özbay (Turkish pronunciation: [d͡ʒɑnsu ˈœzbɑj] ; born 17 October 1996) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She plays in the setter position. Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Playing career
Club
Cansu Özbay started her volleyball career in Göztepe than continued in the youth development team of Arkas Spor at her hometown in İzmir. She then transferred to the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş .K. In January 2015, Özbay was loaned out from her club Beşiktaş JK to Nilüfer Belediyespor in Bursa, where she played the second half of the 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season. At the end of the season, she returned to her relegated club to play in the 2015–16 Second League season. Her team finished the season as champion, and was promoted to the First League. For the 2016–17 League season, she was transferred by Vakıfbank Istanbul. She succeeded Naz Aydemir Akyol as setter in the team.
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