Alexia Căruțașu

Alexia Căruțașu (Aleksia Karutasu; (born 10 June 2003) is a professional volleyball player who plays for Galatasaray and the Turkey national team. Born in Romania, she previously played for the Romania national team.

Career
She competed at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship, where Romania ranked sixth. She also competed at the 2018 Girls' U17 Volleyball European Championship, where the Romanian team placed fifth.

She is the youngest debutant (13 Years, 4 Months) in the Divizia A1 history. She made her Romanian top-flight debut with CSM București in October 2016, coming on as a substitute against CSM Volei Alba Blaj.

Galatasaray
On 14 May 2021 she signed a contract with Galatasaray, on loan from VakıfBank S.K. for one season.

It was announced that he returned to the Galatasaray team on 13 May 2024. The signed contract is for 2 years.

Achievements

 * Divizia A1:
 * Winner: 2018
 * Cupa României:
 * Winner: 2018
 * CEV Challenge Cup:
 * Winner: 2021
 * European Youth Olympic Festival:
 * Silver Medalist: 2019

Individual awards

 * Romanian Volleyball Player of the Year: 2021
 * CEV Challenge Cup Top Scorer (128 points): 2021

Personal life
Her parents Andreea and Virgil Căruțașu were both Romanian basketball players. She speaks some Turkish and in December 2021 got Turkish citizenship.