Zehra Güneş (born 7 July 1999) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) tall at 84 kg (185 lb) and plays in the middle blocker position. Currently, she plays for Vakıfbank Istanbul and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Club In the 2016–17 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season, Güneş was loaned out to Beşiktaş J.K., another women's volleyball team. The next season, she returned to her home club. She enjoyed her first league champion title in the 2017–18 season with Vakıfbank Istanbul. She was awarded the "Vestel Special Prize" of the 2017–18 Vestel Venus Sultans League, which is the Turkish top-level volleyball league sponsored by Vestel.
She participated at the 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League with her team Vakıfbank Istanbul, which became champion.
International Güneş played at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival held in Georgia. She took part at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Peru, and was awarded the Best Middle Blocker title. Güneş played at the 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix. She was a member of the Turkey women's U20 team, and took part at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Mexico, where she was named one of the Best Middle Blockers. She played for the Turkey women's U23 team at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship in Slovenia, where her team won a champion title.
In January 2017, she was invited to the Turkey women's team, and was admitted to the team in March 2018. She played at the very first 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League as part of the Turkish team, which won silver. She was also part of the Turkish squad at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which finished in fifth place.
Honours VakıfBank S.K. 2017 Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup 2017 FIVB Club World Championship – Med 1.png Gold Medal 2018 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup – Gold Cup icon.svg Gold Cup 2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Med 1.png Gold Medal 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League – Med 1.png Gold Medal 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Med 1.png Gold Medal 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Med 3.png Bronze Medal 2020 Turkish Super Cup – Gorm silver cup.jpg Silver Cup 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League – Med 2.png Silver Medal 2021 FIVB Club World Championship – Med 1.png Gold Medal 2021–22 CEV Women's Champions League – Med 1.png Gold Medal 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship - Med 2.png Silver Medal National team 2017 U23 World Championship – Med 1.png Gold Medal 2018 Nations League – Med 2.png Silver Medal 2019 European Championship – Med 2.png Silver Medal 2021 Nations League – Med 3.png Bronze Medal 2021 European Championship – Med 3.png Bronze Medal Individual Most Valuable Player: 2021–22 Turkish Women's Volleyball League
Best Middle Blocker:
2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship 2019 FIVB Women's Club World Championship 2021 FIVB Women's Club World Championship 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship Vestel Special Prize: 2017–18 Vestel Venus Sultans League
She's going for this helper, Leather, and she's missed two shots early.
There we go. No more service has been resumed.
Which way out is the good pick up?
It's a free ball. Slashy go again.
Oh, too good. Too good. And they were just waiting for that pipe attack.
Short serve. They've used it a few times, but unfortunately when the ball comes in that accurate, it's going to be a straight ball feed.
Caradello ignores the boos.
Jansu goes middle. Well touched by Courtney.
Better chance now, maybe.
Not happening. Zera blocks Igonu.
And now it is match point. It's gold medal point for Vakifek.
And now Zera gets a go in the middle as well.
Wow, what a block, Zera. And what a stare down as well.
Tested again. No, Dalgaloglu's hit with the serve.
And Zeragun gets enough extension on that to send it free on the arm swings.
Ball apiece.
She's always just moving left, right, left, right, dancing on her feet, ready for the ball.
And makes a good pass. Excellent. Zera, so quick.
Played all of her pro career in Turkey as Kansu.
She's got another one.
It's not worked for Fedor Antseva.
It's a block for Zera and the set goes away of Vakifek.
Oh, well up, Gabi.
Oh, well up, Gizem.
Play behind, play behind. Yes, Fedor Antseva.
She's also not scoring. Nice. Great block.
Oh, this is incredible volleyball.
Are you kidding me? Another block from Zera.
But with that, we saw the last rally shorted, but the plays were exquisite.
The defense was amazing.
Kidapova can put it in court.
Nicely done.
Nice little change up there, running a few different plays.
And a combination attack from Kansu with Zera and Gabi confusing the block is good enough to take.
Really good insight into what's going on other than what we're just seeing here.
Another chance to put that ball to Gabi, not taken, but now surely.
If it's not going to Gabi, I will do something.
I don't have.
But they run a combination and that just threw it right to Fenerbahce.
That's called the block. Play on.
This time high and wide and Gabi still can't find the floor.
What a rally.
Fedor Antseva just could roll the line only.
Gabi this time.
No, maybe hack.
Oh, brilliant.
Into her jam.
Oh, I say, we had everything.
You're absolutely right.
I have to stand.
Wow.
We're all standing, the crowd are clapping.
That was the rally of this tournament.
She hasn't had a hit for a while.
Might get a second go here.
She does.
This time block though.
I mean, it has to be a perfect set because of the block she's up against.
They have to push more to break her.
That's a good start from her.
Decent ball in from Barcakli.
And that means the middle is able to be worked.
Zera does what she does best.
Test in this second set.
Again, Igonu gets the ball.
She blocked this time.
Kansu fires it to the middle.
Zeregunas puts it away.
There's that graphic between sets.
One and two shoulders.
The options for Vakifan are played.
Messy instead of cooking.
We'll see if this solution is working.
What a block from Zera.
It's all very well putting another hitter in.
But the problem is not in the hitting.
It's getting the ball to someone who can then set the ball up for it.
Start of the club.
Kuranic.
One set to nil.
They demolished them in the first.
Just like that ball was demolished.
By Zera.
Too good.
It wasn't a short serve.
Very well dealt with by H.O.
DiGennaro starting to apply her personality to the game.
She gets so many touches.
On this occasion, it doesn't go their way.
That would normally be dealt with by the second referee.
So away we go then with the second set.
And it's a perfect start for Vakifan.
Change of plan here for Kansu.
The Spikers.
In the hole, the ball goes over the baseline out.
And this is on the limit, this pass.
So if you play that low, it can be whistled.
I say!
Well, that's getting whistled.
A pass from Gimalic.
Very clever.
Very comfortable hit from the youngster, Zeregunic.
Has matured into a fabulous middle player.
They can focus much more against Minas.
And now are coming the next changes of course.
The middle has to be run, doesn't it?
Everyone's making their movements.
The block's completely spread for Alte.
Really nice build up of the hole then.
Just nowhere for Alte to go.
That's a really big block from Zera.
You have to use the hands.
Well played, nice and quick.
Zera was almost in the air waiting for that.
This is a show that the Swedish Volleyball Federation have put on here in Antalya.
Vakifan will be delighted by Zeregunic.
Another ace for him.
Ace is served.
Hack for the game.
Not just yet.
Well played.
Eye catch.
Great pancake.
Oh, it's still alive!
Not anymore!
Down it goes!
That's the end of the game.
Vakifan take the set.
25-18, they have beaten Itembe Minas Tennis Club by three sets to nothing.
And that means Vakifan...
