Alexia Căruțașu

Aleksia Karutasu (Turkified name from the Romanian original "Alexia Ioana Căruțașu", born 10 June 2003) is a Turkish professional volleyball player who currently plays for VakıfBank Istanbul. Her plans to play for the Turkey national team were shattered as Turkey has also naturalized Cuban opposite player Melissa Vargas, and the rules of the FIVB only allow one naturalized player in a national team. The Turkish Volleyball Federation itself denied having ever had any plans to recruit Karutasu for the national team.

Aleksia Karutasu
Personal information
Full nameAleksia Karutasu
NationalityTurkey Turkish Romania Romanian
Born (2003-06-10) 10 June 2003
Bucharest, Romania
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Spike3.00 m (118 in)
Block2.77 m (109 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubVakıfBank S.K.
Numbern/a
Career
YearsTeams
2016–2018Romania CSM București
2018–2019Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul
2019–2021Turkey Sistem9 Yeşilyurt Istanbul
2021–2022Turkey Galatasaray
2022–Turkey VakıfBank Istanbul
National team
Romania Romania
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Turkey
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place2019 BakuTeam

Career

She 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]

Karutasu 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

On 14 May 2021 she signed a contract with Galatasaray.[3]

Achievements

Individual awards

Personal life

Karutasu's parents Andreea and Virgil Căruțașu were both basketball players.[6] She speaks some Turkish and in December 2021 got Turkish citizenship.[7]

References
  1. "Competition". cev.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  2. Performanță incredibilă reușită de o sportivă din România! A debutat în prima divizie de volei la doar 13 ani și 4 luni
  3. "Alexia Ioana Carutasu Galatasaray'da". galatasaray.org (in Turkish). 14 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. Yılın voleybolcusu Alexia!
  5. Sistem9 Yesilyurt ISTANBUL triumph at #CEVChallengeCupW
  6. 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)
  7. Aleksia Karutasu Yanıtladı! Türk Pasaportu, İdolü, Hedefleri... | Set Sayısı (28.12.2021) (In Turkish), retrieved 2022-01-10
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