Naz Aydemir


Naz Aydemir Akyol is a Turkish volleyball player. She plays as a setter for Galatasaray Daikin and the Turkey women's national [volleyball team].
She has won a total of nine Turkish League championships, four with Vakıfbank, three with Eczacıbaşı and two with Fenerbahçe. She has four CEV Champions League championships, winning three with Vakıfbank and one with Fenerbahçe. She also has three FIVB Volleyball Women's [Club World Championship|FIVB Club World Championship], winning two with Vakıfbank and one with Fenerbahçe. She was part of the Turkey national team at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Career

Aydemir has played more than 200 times for all levels of the Turkish national team. She has played 16 seasons of CEV Champions League and achieved an unprecedented record by playing in the CEV Champions League final fours 10 times in a row. She has played for the senior level club volleyball since the 2004–05 season. She was the captain of the youth national team of Turkey who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championship. In the 2008 edition of the Junior European Championship, she led the Turkish team to a bronze medal and won the Most Valuable Player award for the tournament.
In the CEV Champions League 2011–12|2011–12 edition] and 2012–13 edition of the CEV Champions League, Aydemir won the championships and Best Setter awards consecutively, with her clubs Fenerbahçe and Vakıfbank.
Aydemir won her first FIVB Women's Club World Championship gold medal at the 2010 Club World Championship. Fenerbahçe was the first Turkish team to win the FIVB Women's Club World Championship. She won her second gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank which became the second Turkish team to win the Club World Championship.
Aydemir won the silver medal in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League when her club VakıfBank defeated Eczacıbaşı VitrA in the semifinal but then lost to Dinamo Kazan in the Championship match. She was the recipient of the tournament's Fair Play special award.
Aydemir won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank when her team defeated the Imoco Volley Conegliano. She was also individually awarded Best Setter.
After spending six years at Vakıfbank Istanbul, she took a break from her volleyball career due to her pregnancy. After giving birth to her child, she returned to her old club Fenerbahçe Opet in the 2019–2020 season.
Aydemir was selected for Roster 100 by FIVB as one of the 100 most influential volleyball players between 2010 and 2020, being one of the six female setters in the selection.
She signed a 1-year contract with Galatasaray on June 12, 2025.

Personal life

Aydemir's cousin İlkay Gündoğan is a footballer for Galatasaray and Germany national team.
On 21 August 2013, Naz Aydemir married national basketball player and member of Galatasaray, Cenk Akyol.
On 6 November 2018, the couple had a son, Pamir.

Awards

Individuals

2003 Turkish Youth Championship "Best Setter"2004 Youth Balkan Cup "Best Setter"2005 Youth European Championship Qualifiers "Most Valuable Player" & "Best Setter"2006 Youth Balkan Cup "Most Valuable Player" & "Best Setter"2006 Junior Balkan Cup "Best Setter"2007 European Youth Olympic Festival "Player with Best Fundamental"2007 Youth Black Sea Games "Best Setter"2008 Junior European Championship "Most Valuable Player"2009–10 Turkish League Final Series "Best Setter"2010–11 Turkish League Final Series "Best Setter"2011–12 CEV Champions League "Best Setter"2012–13 CEV Champions League "Best Setter"2012–13 Turkish League Final Series "Best Setter"2013–14 CEV Champions League "Fair Play Award"2014–15 Turkish League Final Series "Best Setter"2015 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Setter"

National team

Youth team

Junior team

Senior team

Club