Beyza Arıcı

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| name = Beyza Arıcı

| image = Beyza Arıcı 4 Eczacıbaşı SK WV 20250409 (2) (cropped).jpg

| nationality = Turkish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|7|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = İzmir, Turkey

| nickname =

| hometown =

| height = 1.92 m

| weight = 82 kg

| spike = 302 cm

| block = 293 cm

| position = Middle Blocker

| currentclub = Eczacıbaşı VitrA

| currentnumber = 4

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2008 |team1 = Işıkkent

| years2 = 2008–2015 |team2 = Vakıfbank

| years3 = 2013–2014 |team3 = → Seramiksan (loan)

| years4 = 2014–2015 |team4 = → Sarıyer Belediyesi (loan)

| years5 = 2015–2016 |team5 = Trabzon İdmanocağı

| years6 = 2016–2017 |team6 = Çanakkale Belediyesi

| years7 = 2017– |team7 = Eczacıbaşı VitrA

| nationalyears = 2017–

| nationalteam = Turkey

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{TUR}}}}

}}

Beyza Arıcı (born 27 July 1995) is a Turkish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Eczacıbaşı VitrA and the Turkish national team.

Club career

Arıcı started playing volleyball at İzmir Işıkkent, later moved to Vakıfbank in 2008 and played youth teams of Vakıfbank until 2013. As a youngster, she struggled to break into the senior team at her club and was loaned to the second division team Seramiksan for the 2013–14 season,{{cite web |title=Kuğulardan çifte imza |url=https://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?cid=09&id=17461 |website=voleybolunsesi.com |publisher=Voleybolun Sesi |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625071040/https://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?cid=09&id=17461 |url-status=dead}} and the first division team Sarıyer Belediyesi for the 2014–15 season.{{cite web |title=Genç oyuncu Sarıyer Belediyesi'nde |url=https://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?cid=08&id=20891 |website=voleybolunsesi.com |publisher=Voleybolun Sesi |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish |archive-date=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626080638/https://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?cid=08&id=20891 |url-status=dead}}

After two seasons on loan, Arıcı signed with Trabzon İdmanocağı in July 2015.{{cite web |title=Filenin yeni Paçisi Beyza Arıcı |url=https://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?cid=08&id=20891 |website=voleybolunsesi.com |publisher=Voleybolun Sesi |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish |archive-date=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626080638/https://www.voleybolunsesi.com/content.php?cid=08&id=20891 |url-status=dead}} With her new club, Arıcı reached the final at the CEV Challenge Cup where İdmanocağı were defeated by CSM București after losing both legs of the final.{{cite web |title=C.S.M. Bucuresti claim Romania's first European Cup title! |url=https://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=884&NewsID=22930&TagType=0&TagContent=0&NewsType=0&Paging=0&Sd=1/1/1900&Ed=1/1/1900 |website=cev.lu. |publisher=European Volleyball Confederation |accessdate=24 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414174356/http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=884&NewsID=22930&TagType=0&TagContent=0&NewsType=0&Paging=0&Sd=1%2F1%2F1900&Ed=1%2F1%2F1900 |archive-date=14 April 2016 |url-status=dead}} Despite the good performance in the Challenge Cup, İdmanocağı underperformed in the domestic competition and only just avoided relegation by finishing in tenth place in the Turkish League.

In May 2016, Arıcı agreed on a one-year contract with Çanakkale Belediyespor.{{cite web |title=Çanakkale Boğazı'na Yeni Bir Sultan.. Beyza Arıcı |url=https://www.voleybolunadresi.com/canakkale-bogazina-yeni-bir-sultan-beyza-arici/ |website=voleybolunadresi.com |publisher=Voleybolun Adresi |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817172956/http://www.voleybolunadresi.com/canakkale-bogazina-yeni-bir-sultan-beyza-arici/ |archive-date=17 August 2018 |url-status=dead}} She had a very successful season with her team in terms of both her individual performance and the performance of the team. Çanakkale Belediyespor finished the regular season in club's highest sixth place while Arıcı was named as the third best middle blocker of the season behind Eda Erdem Dündar and Milena Rašić.{{cite web |title=2016-2017 Vestel Venüs Sultanlar Ligi |url=https://tvf-web.dataproject.com/CompetitionHome.aspx?ID=19 |website=tvf-web.dataproject.com |publisher=Turkish Volleyball Federation |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish}} In the playoffs, Çanakkale Belediyesi lost to Eczacıbaşı VitrA in the quarter-final stage.{{cite web |title=Eczacıbaşı VitrA ve Fenerbahçe Yarı Finalde |url=http://www.tvf.org.tr/haberler/eczacibasi-vitra-ve-fenerbahce-yari-finalde/ |website=tvf.org.tr |publisher=Turkish Volleyball Federation |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish}} At the end of the season, Arıcı joined Eczacıbaşı VitrA.{{cite web |title=Eczacıbaşı VitrA'dan transfer hamlesi |url=https://www.eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/haber/eczacibasi-vitradan-transfer-hamlesi |website=eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr |publisher=Eczacıbaşı VitrA |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish |archive-date=21 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521044245/https://www.eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/haber/eczacibasi-vitradan-transfer-hamlesi |url-status=dead}}

In her first season with Eczacıbaşı, Arıcı helped her team to win the CEV Cup,{{cite web |title=Eczacıbaşı VitrA Istanbul claim CEV Cup with perfect performance |url=https://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?ID=1037&NewsID=27040&TagType=0&TagContent=0&NewsType=0&Paging=0&Sd=1/1/1900&Ed=1/1/1900 |website=cev.lu. |publisher=European Volleyball Confederation |accessdate=24 April 2018}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and reach the Turkish Cup final where Eczacıbaşı lost to Vakıfbank.{{cite web |title=Bayanlar Kupa Voley'de Şampiyon VakıfBank |url=http://www.tvf.org.tr/kupa-voley/bayanlar-kupa-voleyde-sampiyon-vakifbank/ |website=tvf.org.tr |publisher=Turkish Volleyball Federation |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish}} In the Turkish League, Eczacıbaşı topped the league in the regular season{{cite web |title=Eczacıbaşı normal sezonu lider tamamladı |url=http://www.trtspor.com.tr/haber/voleybol/vestel-venus-sultanlar-ligi/eczacibasi-normal-sezonu-lider-tamamladi-155531.html |website=trtspor.com.tr |publisher=TRT Spor |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish}} and eliminated Nilüfer Belediyesi and Fenerbahçe en route to the final in the playoffs.{{cite web |title=Eczacıbaşı VitrA, set vermeden yarı finalde |url=http://www.eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/haber/eczacibasi-vitra-set-vermeden-yari-finalde |website=eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr |publisher=Eczacıbaşı VitrA |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish |archive-date=27 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427184841/http://www.eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/haber/eczacibasi-vitra-set-vermeden-yari-finalde |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Eczacıbaşı VitrA, Vestel Venus Sultanlar Ligi'nde finalde |url=http://www.eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/haber/eczacibasi--sultanlar-liginde-finalde |website=eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr |publisher=Eczacıbaşı VitrA |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish |archive-date=28 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328013047/http://www.eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/haber/eczacibasi--sultanlar-liginde-finalde |url-status=dead}} In the final series against Vakıfbank, Eczacıbaşı had a 2–1 lead in the series but suffered two consecutive losses despite having a home court advantage in both matches and lost the series 3–2.{{cite web |title=Vestel Venus Sultanlar Ligi Final Etabı'nda Dördüncü Karşılaşma Oynandı |url=http://www.tvf.org.tr/ligler/vestel-venus-sultanlar-ligi-final-etabinda-dorduncu-karsilasma-oynandi/ |website=tvf.org.tr |date=24 April 2018 |publisher=Turkish Volleyball Federation |accessdate=27 April 2018 |language=Turkish}}{{cite web |title=2017-2018 Voleybol Sezonu Vestel Venus Sultanlar Ligi Şampiyonu VakıfBank |url=http://www.tvf.org.tr/ligler/2017-2018-voleybol-sezonu-vestel-venus-sultanlar-ligi-sampiyonu/ |website=tvf.org.tr |publisher=Turkish Volleyball Federation |accessdate=27 April 2018 |language=Turkish}} Arıcı was voted the "best blocker" of the series and she was the only Eczacıbaşı player that was awarded.{{cite web |title=Final serisinin MVP'si Ting Zhu |url=http://www.trtspor.com.tr/haber/voleybol/vestel-venus-sultanlar-ligi/final-serisinin-mvpsi-ting-zhu-159614.html |website=trtspor.com.tr |publisher=TRT Spor |accessdate=24 April 2018 |language=Turkish}}

International career

Arıcı made her international debut with the Turkish national volleyball team in a World Grand Prix match against Brazil on 9 July 2017. She was the member of the Turkey U23 team that won the gold medal at the 2017 FIVB U23 World Championship in Slovenia,{{cite web |title=Merciless Turkey Scatter Slovenia for Women's U23 World Gold |url=http://u23.women.2017.volleyball.fivb.com/en/news/merciless-turkey-scatter-slovenia-for-womens-u23?id=73010 |website=fivb.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Volleyball |accessdate=24 April 2018}} and was selected for the dream team of the championship as the "best middle blocker".{{cite web |title=Turkey's Hande Baladın Honoured with U23 World Championship MVP Award |url=http://u23.women.2017.volleyball.fivb.com/en/news/turkeys-hande-baladin-honoured-with-u23-world?id=73012 |website=fivb.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Volleyball |accessdate=24 April 2018}}

Awards

=Individuals=

=Clubs=

2015–16 CEV Challenge Cup - 16px Runner-Up, with Trabzon İdmanocağı
2017–18 Turkish Cup - 16px Runner-Up, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2017–18 CEV Cup - 16px Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2017–18 Turkish League - 16px Runner-Up, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2018 Turkish Super Cup - 16px Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2018 FIVB Club World Championship - Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2018–19 Turkish Cup - 16px Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2018–19 Turkish League - 16px Runner-Up, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2019 Turkish Super Cup - 16px Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
2020 Turkish Super Cup - 16px Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA

=National team=

2017 FIVB U23 World Championship - Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal
2018 FIVB Nations League - Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal
2018 Montreux Volley Masters - Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200927075309/https://www.eczacibasisporkulubu.org.tr/Eczacibasi_Vitra_Takimi_Detay/beyza-arici Eczacıbaşı VitrA profile] (archived) {{in lang|tr}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180412132814/http://worldgrandprix.2017.fivb.com/en/group1/competition/teams/tur-turkey/players/beyza-arici?id=59994 FIVB profile] (archived)
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/beyza-arici_1888013 Beyza Arıcı] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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