Kaan Gürbüz (born 16 August 2001) is a Turkish international volleyball player. He is left handed[1] and plays as outside hitter for Fenerbahçe of the AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi and the CEV Champions League.[3]

Career

Born in 2001, the young outside hitter started playing volleyball at Fabrika Voleybol at a young age. He then played at TVF Spor Lisesi in 2015, played there for 4 years.[4] He also succeeded in wearing the A Team jersey in the 1st League.

Kaan, who started playing in the 1st League team TFL Altekma in the 2019-2020 season,[5] had a share in TFL Altekma's promotion to the Efeler League. He had a successful season at TFL Altekma in the 2020-2021 season.

On 2 August 2021, he joined Fenerbahçe.[6] On 1 February 2025, he scored 44 points against Galatasaray HDI Sigorta in league derby match, which they won 3-2 in away game.[7]

National team

He wore the national jersey in the junior age categories, won the Balkan Championship with the Junior National Team in 2016. Gürbüz, who came third in the 2017 U17 Men's Balkan Championship and won the championship in the 2018 U18 and 2019 U19 Men's Balkan Championships, won the Best Outside Hitter award in these 3 years. Kaan Gürbüz, who finished third in the 2017 CEV U17 European Championship, won the MVP award with his performance.[2]

He wore the A National Team jersey for the first time in 2021, experienced Championship success with the National Team in the 2021 CEV European League.[8]

On 13 August 2021, he scored 41 points against Iran in 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games group match, which they won 3-2 then qualified to the semi final.[9]

Awards

Club[1]

TFL Altekma
  • Turkish 1st League - 2019–20
Fenerbahçe

National team

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "Player Profile at VolleyBox.net". VolleyBox.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Player Profile at FenerBahce.org". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Kaan Gürbüz: Avrupa Altın Ligi'ne İyi Bir Başlangıç Yapmak İstiyoruz". TVF.org.tr (in Turkish). 28 September 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Milli voleybolcu Kaan Gürbüz kimdir?". gazetebirlik.com (in Turkish). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ^ "TFL Altekma'da iki imza". VoleybolAktuel.com (in Turkish). 5 August 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Hoş geldin Kaan Gürbüz". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). 2 August 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Galatasaray HDI Sigorta 2-3 Fenerbahçe Medicana". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Kaan Gürbüz, Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta'da!". NTVspor.net (in Turkish). 2 August 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Kaan Gürbüz: Muhteşem bir geri dönüşle maçı kazanmayı bildik". TVF.org.tr (in Turkish). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Filenin Efeleri'nden Büyük Başarı: Tarihimizde İlk Kez Milletler Ligi'ndeyiz". TVF.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Filenin Efeleri, Avrupa Altın Ligi'ni İkinci Sırada Tamamladı". TVF.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Filenin Efeleri, Üst Üste 2. Kez Namağlup Avrupa Altın Ligi Şampiyonu!". TVF.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Filenin Efeleri, Avrupa Altın Ligi'ni İkinci Sırada Tamamladı". TVF.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  14. ^ a b c "Filenin Efeleri, İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nı Bronz Madalya ile Tamamladı". TVF.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 20 February 2025.
Awards
Preceded by MVP of
European Golden League
2023 		Succeeded by
Ukraine Yevhenii Kisiliuk
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaan_G%C3%BCrb%C3%BCz
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