TEAM COMPOSITION

TUR / Turkey - Team Composition

Team manager	SHIMONSKY Nilufer Basak
Head coach	MOTTA Marco Aurelio
Assistant coach	ERDOGUS Alper
Doctor	YANMIS Ibrahim
Therapist / trainer	KAHYALIOGLU Sibel
Journalist

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
	1	Güldeniz	ÖNAL	ÖNAL	25.03.1986	178	67	296	290
L	2	Gülden	KAYALAR KUZUBASIOGLU	KUZUBASIOGLU	05.12.1980	167	57	281	275
L	3	Gizem	GURESEN	GURESEN	14.01.1987	178	70	250	270
L	4	Nihan	YELDAN GUNEYLIGIL	YELDAN GUNEYLIGIL	07.02.1982	170	60	280	276
	5	Ergul	AVCI	AVCI	24.07.1987	190	75	300	285
	6	Polen	USLUPEHLIVAN	USLUPEHLIVAN	27.08.1990	193	65	308	300
	7	Ayse Gokcen	DENKEL ZOP	DENKEL ZOP	02.08.1985	193	80	320	315
	8	Bahar	TOKSOY	TOKSOY	06.02.1988	190	68	315	305
	9	Ozge	YURTDAGULEN	YURTDAGULEN	06.08.1993	193	67	290	285
	10	Gozde	KIRDAR SONSIRMA	SONSIRMA	26.06.1985	183	70	297	292
	11	Naz	AYDEMIR	AYDEMIR	14.08.1990	186	68	304	300
C	12	Esra	GÜMÜS	GÜMÜS	02.10.1982	181	76	305	297
	13	Neriman	OZSOY	OZSOY	13.07.1988	188	76	310	291
	14	Eda	ERDEM DÜNDAR	DÜNDAR	22.06.1987	187	75	308	302
	15	Meryem	CALIK	CALIK	03.02.1988	194	63	315	305
	16	Nedime Elif	ONER	ONER	10.02.1984	186	72	292	290
	17	Neslihan	DARNEL	DARNEL	09.12.1983	187	72	315	306
	18	Asuman	KARAKOYUN	KARAKOYUN	16.07.1990	180	72	300	290
	19	Seda	TOKATLIOGLU	TOKATLIOGLU	25.06.1986	192	80	312	304
	20	Büsra	CANSU	CANSU	16.07.1990	185	69	296	285
	21	Nilay	OZDEMIR	OZDEMIR	24.10.1985	179	67	286	280
	22	Yeliz	ASKAN BASA	BASA	13.08.1987	187	75	308	302
	23	Selime	ILYASOGLU	ILYASOGLU	18.11.1988	183	68	310	300
L	24	Hatice Gizem	ORGE	ORGE	26.04.1993	170	59	270	260
	25	Ezgi	DAGDELENLER	DAGDELENLER	03.11.1993	184	69	290	269

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

Volleyball in Turkey was born following World War I when the American Dr. Deaver brought the sport to the country. However it was only in the 1960s when they started to participate globally, playing in their first tournament in 1963.

The Turkish women’s team has been growing gradually, finishing second at the 1997 and 2001 Mediterranean Games, in Italy and Tunisia respectively. Their progress continued until they finally won gold at the 2005 Almeira Mediterranean Games.

However Turkey’s biggest success came in 2003 where they picked up silver in the European Championships, also finishing seventh at the World Cup in the same year. In 2006 they went on to finish 10th in an incredible performance at the FIVB Women’s World Championship before finishing seventh at the 2008 World Grand Prix. Then in 2010 they picked up another continental medal, this time in the European League where they came third and won bronze.

Turkish women’s Volleyball now commands respect around the world and they will be looking for more success at the London 2012 Olympic Games later this year.

Coach profile

Marco Aurelio Motta became coach of the Turkish women's team in 2011. He began his career with Brazil in 1984, winning his first World Championship as a coach in 1987. He then worked as technical director for Italy between 1991 and 1995 before becoming Brazil coach again.