Alexia Căruțașu (Turkish: Aleksia Karutasu; (born 10 June 2003) is a professional volleyball player who plays for Galatasaray and the Turkey national team. Born in Romania, she previously played for the Romania national team.
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| Full name | Alexia Ioana Căruțașu | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Turkish  Romanian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 2003 Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 3.00 m (118 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 2.77 m (109 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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Career
editShe competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, where Romania ranked sixth. She also competed at the 2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship, where the Romanian team placed fifth.[1]
She is the youngest debutant (13 Years, 4 Months) in the Divizia A1 history. She made her Romanian top-flight debut with CSM București in October 2016, coming on as a substitute against CSM Volei Alba Blaj.[2]
Galatasaray
editOn 14 May 2021 she signed a contract with Galatasaray, on loan from VakıfBank S.K. for one season. [3]
It was announced that she returned to the Galatasaray team on 13 May 2024.[4] The signed contract is for 2 years.[5]
Achievements
edit- Divizia A1:
- Winner: 2018
- Cupa României:
- Winner: 2018
- CEV Challenge Cup:
- Winner: 2021
- European Youth Olympic Festival:
- Silver Medalist: 2019
Individual awards
edit- Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year: 2021[6]
- CEV Challenge Cup Top Scorer (128 points): 2021[7]
Personal life
editHer parents Andreea and Virgil Căruțașu were both Romanian basketball players.[8] She speaks some Turkish and in December 2021 got Turkish citizenship.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Competition". cev.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ Performanță incredibilă reușită de o sportivă din România! A debutat în prima divizie de volei la doar 13 ani și 4 luni
- ^ "Alexia Ioana Carutasu Galatasaray'da". galatasaray.org (in Turkish). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Alexia Carutasu yeniden Galatasaray Daikin'de!". Galatasaray S.K. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Alexia Carutasu ile 2 yıllık sözleşme imzalandı". Galatasaray S.K. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Yılın voleybolcusu Alexia!
- ^ Sistem9 Yesilyurt ISTANBUL triumph at #CEVChallengeCupW
- ^ VIDEO Povestea Aleksia Karutasu: la 16 ani a fost transferată de campioana Europei » „Vreau să joc până când nu voi mai putea sări”. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian)
- ^ Aleksia Karutasu Yanıtladı! Türk Pasaportu, İdolü, Hedefleri... | Set Sayısı (28.12.2021) (In Turkish), retrieved 2022-01-10