Neriman Özsoy

Neriman Özsoy (born 13 July 1988 in Razgrad, Bulgaria)^[4] is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 188 cm (6.17 ft) tall 76 kg (168 lb) who recently last played as an outside hitter in Turkey for Türk Hava Yolları.^[5]

Neriman Özsoy
Personal information
Nationality	Turkish/Bulgarian[1]
Born	(1988-07-13) 13 July 1988 (age 37)[2] Razgrad, Bulgaria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Spike	311 cm (122 in)
Block	306 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	13
Career
Years Teams 1999–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007–2010 2010–2012 2010–2012 2012 2012–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2022–2023 2023–2024 Eczacıbaşı VC Uralochka DYO Karşıyaka Eczacıbaşı Despar Perugia → Atom Trefl Sopot (loan) → Dynamo Krasnodar (loan) Galatasaray Daikin Imoco Volley Conegliano Eczacıbaşı VitrA Liu Jo Nordmeccanica Toyota Auto Body Queenseis NEC Red Rockets Itambé/Minas Denso Airybees Türk Hava Yolları
National team
2007–2017[3] Turkey
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Turkey European Games 2015 Baku Team European Championships 2011 Italy/Serbia 2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia

Neriman Özsoy playing for Atom Trefl Sopot.

Career

She started her career in Eczacıbaşı Zentiva, and after then she also played for DYO Karşıyaka and Galatasaray Daikin in Turkey, played for VC Uralochka and Dynamo Krasnodar in Russia, played for Despar Perugia and Imoco Volley Conegliano, Liu Jo Nordmeccanica in Italy, played for Atom Trefl Sopot in Poland, played for Toyota Auto Body Queenseis, NEC Red Rockets and Denso Airybees in Japan and played for Itambé/Minas in Brazil.^[6]

• 1999-06 Eczacıbaşı
• 2005-06 VC Uralochka
• 2006-07 DYO Karşıyaka
• 2007-10 Eczacıbaşı
• 2010-12 Despar Perugia
• 2010-12 → Atom Trefl Sopot (loan)
• 2012 → Dynamo Krasnodar (loan)
• 2012-14 Galatasaray Daikin
• 2014-15 Imoco Volley Conegliano
• 2015-16 Eczacıbaşı VitrA
• 2016-17 Liu Jo Nordmeccanica
• 2017-20 Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
• 2020-21 NEC Red Rockets
• 2021-22 Itambé/Minas
• 2022-23 Denso Airybees
• 2023-24 Türk Hava Yolları

Awards

National team

• European League 2011 2010
• European Championship 2011, 2017
• FIVB World Grand Prix : 2012
• European Games : 2015

Clubs

Eczacıbaşı

• FIVB Club World Championship: 2015
• CEV Cup: 2004-05
• Turkish Volleyball League : 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2007-08 2003-04, 2004-05, 2009-10, 2015-16
• Turkish Cup: 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09 2009–10
• Turkish Super Cup: 2009–10

DYO Karşıyaka

• Turkish Volleyball League : 2006-07

Atom Trefl Sopot

• Polish Volleyball League – 2011-12 2010-11
• Polish Cup: 2012

Galatasaray

• Turkish Cup: 2012-13
• Turkish Super Cup: 2012

Liu Jo Nordmeccanica

• Italian Volleyball League: 2016-17
• Coppa Italia: 2016-17

Toyota Auto Body Queenseis

• Emperor's Cup: 2017 2018

Minas Tênis Clube

• South American Club Championship: 2022
• Brazilian Volleyball Super League: 2021
• Brazilian Cup: 2021
• Brazilian Super Cup: 2021
• Minas Gerais State Championship: 2021

Individuals

• 2014 World Grand Prix "Best Scorer"^[1]
• 2016 European Olympic Qualification "Best Outside Hitter"^[1]
• 2017–18 V.Premier League "Best Opposite"^[7][1]
• 2017–18 V.Premier League "Best Scorer"^[1]
• 2019–20 V.Premier League "Best Outside Hitter"^[1]
• 2019–20 V.Premier League "Best Scorer"^[1]
• 2021–22 Brazilian Volleyball Super League "Best Outside Hitter"^[1]
• 2021–22 South American Club Championship "Best Receiver"^[1]

Personal life

On 9 July 2017, she married former basketball player Deniz Gençyürek.^[8]

See also

• Turkish women in sports