Aydemir has played more than 200 times for all levels of the Turkish national team. She has played 16 seasons of CEV Champions League[1] and achieved an unprecedented record by playing in the CEV Champions League final fours 10 times in a row.[2] She has played for the senior level club volleyball since the 2004–05 season. She was the captain of the youth national team of Turkey who won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championship. In the 2008 edition of the Junior European Championship, she led the Turkish team to a bronze medal and won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the tournament.
Aydemir won her first FIVB Women's Club World Championship gold medal at the 2010 Club World Championship. Fenerbahçe was the first Turkish team to win the FIVB Women's Club World Championship. She won her second gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank which became the second Turkish team to win the Club World Championship.[3]
Aydemir won the silver medal in the 2013–14 CEV Champions League when her club VakıfBank defeated Eczacıbaşı VitrA in the semifinal but then lost to Dinamo Kazan in the Championship match.[4] She was the recipient of the tournament's Fair Play special award.[4]
After spending six years at Vakıfbank Istanbul, she took a break from her volleyball career due to her pregnancy. After giving birth to her child, she returned to her old club Fenerbahçe Opet in the 2019–2020 season.
Aydemir was selected for Roster 100 by FIVB as one of the 100 most influential volleyball players between 2010 and 2020, being one of the six female setters in the selection.[7]
^"Bugün CEV Şampiyonlar Ligi'nde 16. sezonumun ilk maçına çıkıyorum".
^"Naz Aydemir Akyol'un 10. Dörtlü Finali!".
^"Vakifbank Istanbul fly to her first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
^ a b"Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^"VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^"Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^"#ROSTER100 PRESENTS: NAZ AYDEMIR AKYOL - The Light Who Guides The Way For Turkey". Volleyball World. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^"Ten things about Ilkay Gündogan". bundesliga.com. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
^"Genç çift dünyaevine girdi". Radikal (in Turkish). 21 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
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