Melissa Vargas

Melissa Teresa Vargas Abreu (born 16 October 1999) is a Cuban-born Turkish volleyball player,[1] who plays for Fenerbahçe Opet and the Turkey women's national volleyball team .[2]

Melissa Vargas
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Teresa Vargas Abreu
NicknameVargas Airlines
Nationality Cuba  Turkey
Born (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999
Cienfuegos, Cuba
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Spike326 cm (128 in)
Block315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker / opposite spiker
Current clubFenerbahçe Opet
Number4 (national team), 44 (club)
Career
YearsTeams
2011–2015
2015–2016
2017–2018
2018–2021
2021
2021–2022
2022–
2022–
Cienfuegos
Agel Prostějov
Volero Zürich
Fenerbahçe Opet
Tianjin Bohai Bank
Fenerbahçe Opet
Tianjin Bohai Bank
Fenerbahçe Opet
National team
2013–2017
2023–		Cuba Cuba
Turkey Turkey
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Cuba
U23 Pan-American Cup
Bronze medal – third place2014 IcaTeam
Representing  Turkey
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 TokyoTeam
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place2023 ArlingtonTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2023 Belgium/Italy/Estonia/GermanyTeam

She was a member of the Cuba women's national volleyball team and was part of the Cuban national team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy.[3] Since 2023, she has been playing in the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[4]

Personal life

Melissa Vargas was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba on 16 October 1999.[5] In 2021, she acquired Turkish citizenship.[4]

Club career

International career

Cuba

She won the Best Opposite award in the 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup[6] as well as Best Outside Hitter at Central American Caribbean Games 2014, Pan American Cup and Games 2015, Best Scorer at Final Four Cup 2015, NORCECA Pan American Cup Final Six 2015, and Champions League 2018/2019. Vargas also won Best Server at Pan American Cup 2015, Turkey Volleyball Women's League 2018 and 2019, and Chinese League 2021 and 2022.[7]

Turkey

After her naturalization for Turkey in 2021, she had to wait two years to be included in the Turkey women's national volleyball team. In 2023, she started to play for the Turkey national team, and participated at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.[4]

Awards

Club

International

Club

International

References
  1. "Kubanska zvezda dobila srpsko državljanstvo".
  2. Vargas set to join back to Fenerbahçe
  3. "Team Roster – Cuba". italy2014.fivb.org. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. "Filenin Yeni Sultanı: Melissa Vargas kimdir". En Son Haber (in Turkish). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. "Melissa Vargas kimdir, kaç yaşında? Melissa Vargas hangi takımlarda oynadı?". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). 7 March 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  6. "Dominican Brayelin Martinez elected the MVP of the Women's U-23 Pan-Am Cup". Ica, Peru: NORCECA. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  7. "Melissa Vargas » awards".
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