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Turkey and World champion VakıfBank, CEV Champions League in the Super Final Imoco Volley Conegliano‘ by 3-1 to become the CEV European Champions League Champion.
Thus, VakıfBank became the champion of the European Champions League for the 5th time in its history. The yellow-black team is in the position of “Turkey’s team that has won the most international trophies” with its 11th international championship. In addition, VakıfBank holds the title of being the team that wins these tournaments the most, with 4 world championships and 5 European championships.
This season, VakıfBank won the Spor Toto Champions Cup, FIVB Clubs World Championship, AXA Sigorta Cup Voley and Misli.com Sultans League, respectively.
INCREDIBLE SUCCESS: 36 CUPS IN 35 YEARS
VakıfBank Sports Club, the most successful club in women’s volleyball, the locomotive branch of Turkish sports, won 36 cups in 35 years.
– With 4 FIVB Clubs World Championships, 5 CEV Champions League, 1 CEV Challenge Cup and 1 CEV Top Teams cup, VakıfBank is in the position of “Turkey’s team that has won the most international trophies”.
– VakıfBank became the “First Turkish Team” to win the CEV Champions League in 2011.
– VakıfBank won the Champions League undefeated in 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2022.
– The yellow-blacks took the podium 11 times in the last 12 years in the Champions League.
THE TEAM WITH THE MOST WORLD CHAMPIONS
In the Women’s FIVB Clubs World Championship, VakıfBank is the undefeated champion in 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2021, and is in the position of ‘the team that won the cup the most’.
– In addition, VakıfBank is at the top of the FIVB Club World Championship as the team with the most medals, with four gold, one silver and two bronze medals.
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EGONU AND HAAK’S TEAMS ARE CHANGING
Defeating the defending champion Italian Imoco Volley 3-1 in the CEV Champions League Super Final and taking the trophy to its museum for the fifth time in its history, VakıfBank is closing the season with the transfer of Egonu.
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After the match, VakıfBank Sports Club President Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih made a statement to TRT Spor: “His ego is now our player.” said. Üstünsalih said, “Egon is our player now. We made our protocol before. We added him to our team. From now on, he will be our player. used the expressions.
LAST MINUTE! Paola Egonu will wear VakıfBank jersey in the new season! ✍️
🗣️ VakıfBank Sports Club President Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih: “His ego is now our player.” pic.twitter.com/s5NleUTQOZ
— TRT SPORT Yildiz (@trtsporyildiz) May 22, 2022
“MONEY IS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I CONSIDER WHEN MAKE A DECISION”
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Paola Egonu gave an interview to Corriere Della Sera when her name was mentioned with Turkish clubs. 23-year-old setter cross, before his last match with Imoco Volley jersey, before Turkey transfer He admitted that he had received the offers and gave a striking answer regarding the material aspect of the offers.
To the question “You have received millions of offers from at least 2 Turkish clubs. How important is money to you”, Paola Egonu replied, “A bit. I refused big numbers; money is one of the last things I will consider when making a decision. I am more interested in development by getting out of my comfort zone related to change.” .
AFTER THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP,
Paola Egonu, with whom VakıfBank agreed for the transfer, said goodbye to Imoco Volley after his team won the championship in the Italian League last week.
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The setter cross, who won the MVP award of the season in the Italian League, said: “This is just a goodbye. It will be a new experience. I want to live it and be able to develop further. You never stop learning. Nothing is over yet. I promised myself that I will not cry until the last game. ” he said.
FENERBAHÇE WANTED A LOT
From the Sultans League teams Fenerbahce Opet made great efforts to transfer Egonu at the beginning of the season, but was stuck with the 1 million Euro transfer fee.
Fenerbahçe was closely interested in Paola Egon, but the transfer did not take place due to financial reasons. Fenerbahce President Ali Koç made statements about his ego and said, “We had an evaluation about his ego last season. Not this season. It is not possible due to economic conditions. But I want to remind you that. Turkey’s big clubs, when they compete in any branch, However, the economic conditions we are in, especially the problems arising from football. It has seriously narrowed our room for maneuver in amateur branches.” had used the words.
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SLIM HEIGHT WAS THE AGENDA
Paola Egonu, a 23-year-old 1.93-meter Italian setter cross, can reach a slam dunk height of 3.44 meters.
The Nigerian-born Italian player, who lived in the CEV Champions League, Italian League, Italian Cup and Italian Super Cup with Imoco Volley in 2021, succeeded in becoming the most valuable player in every tournament he competed in.
EGO COMING, HAAK GOING
Isabelle HaakSaying goodbye to VakıfBank, where he has been playing since 2019, after a season with 5 cups. The 22-year-old Swedish star will play for Imoco Volley Conegliano next season.
ASIAN SIGNAL FROM TUĞBA AT VAKIFBANK
VakifBank’s experienced volleyball player Tuğba Şenoğlu gave the signals that she would leave the team. On the question that he will play in the Asian Continent next year, Şenoğlu said, “I will go to Asia next year. But of course I want to come here.”
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THE FILM LIFE STORY OF EGONU…
Paola Egonu was born on December 18, 1998 in Cittadella, Padova, northeast of Italy. Egonu, the daughter of an immigrant Nigerian family, tells how she started her volleyball career at an early age and what she has achieved despite her young age is the courage she received from her family behind the scenes.
Before Egonu’s family came to Italy from Nigeria, his father, Ambrose, was a truck driver in Lagos. His mother was a nurse. Explaining that his family’s migration to Italy was the breaking point in his life, the successful athlete said, “This decision they made was about survival. I can see the courage they have by looking at these decisions. They weren’t content with what they got after coming here. They are now in Manchester and still working.” uses expressions.
This courageous decision made by his family both guides and encourages Egonu to chart her own path. While her family moved to Manchester to work, she was only 14 years old and embarked on a volleyball adventure in Milan, risking being away from home…
VOLLEYBALL STARTS WITH HIS FATHER’S ENROLLMENT
Egonu, who is very good at school, describes himself as a ‘nerd’, so to speak. Egonu, who is very good with his lessons, is not very interested in any sports at a young age. He spends his time in front of the television in his spare time. At that time, she met volleyball with her father’s suggestion that ‘you should get yourself a hobby’.
He started his volleyball career in the team of the city where he was born. At the age of 14, he received Italian citizenship, with his father issuing an Italian passport. After obtaining Italian citizenship, the rapid rise in his volleyball career is gaining momentum. Carrying the teams he played in the lower age categories to the championship, Egonu was not yet 15 years old. National team manages to get through the door.
The story of the national team goes back to carrying the Italian flag in the parade at the Olympic Games in 2021.
ACCOUNTING GRADUATE, BIGGEST DREAM TO BE A LAWYER
While fascinated by his talent in volleyball, he also continues his academic career. The biggest dream of Egonu, who is an accounting graduate, is actually to become a lawyer. The idealist volleyball player, who says he wants to do his part to minimize inequality in the world, desires to get a law degree in the coming years.
Egonu, who describes himself as Afro-Italian, has not lost touch with Nigeria. The talented name, who has a small family of 13 people, goes to Nigeria for Christmas every two years and meets with his close relatives. Terry Enweonwu, Egonu’s cousin who has two brothers named Angela and Andrea, is also a volleyball player like himself.
HE LOVES COOKING, HE MADE ANIMATION VOICE AGAINST TATTOO
Paola Egonu’s life, which earns approximately 400 thousand euros a year, is not limited to volleyball, although she loves it very much. Egonu, who is interested in kitchen as a hobby, says that he is also very interested in extreme sports, but he admits that he does not have the courage to do such exciting sports because he is a perfectionist in sports. She also underlines that she is a pessimistic and moody person …
He is against getting a tattoo… He doesn’t have any tattoos on his body because he sees his body as a temple according to his belief and wants it to remain as pure as it was on the first day until the end of his life.
ANIMATION PERFORMED
Another little-known detail about Paola Egon is that she voiced the character Sognaluna in the Disney Pixar animated Soul…
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