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EVERY DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO KNOW MYSELF, IMPROVE AND ENJOY LIFE.

EVERY DAY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO KNOW MYSELF, IMPROVE AND ENJOY LIFE.

Personal information

Full name
Melissa Teresa Vargas Abreu

Nickname
Vargas Airlines

Nationality
Cuba / Türkiye

Born
16 October 1999
Cienfuegos, Cuba

Height
1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)

Weight
76 kg (168 lb)

Spike
326 cm (128 in)

Block
315 cm (124 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Wing spiker/opposite spiker

Current club

Tianjin Bohai Bank

Number

4 (national team), 44 (club)

Career

Years

Teams

2011–2015

Cienfuegos

2015–2016

Agel Prostějov

2017–2018

Volero Zürich

2018–2021

Fenerbahçe Opet

2021

Tianjin Bohai Bank

2021-2022

Fenerbahçe Opet

2022-

Tianjin Bohai Bank

National team

2013-2017

Cuba

2023-

Türkiye

Honours

Women’s volleyball

Representing Cuba

U23 Pan-American Cup
Bronze medal – 2014 Ica

Representing Turkey

FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – 2023 Tokyo

FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – 2023 Arlington

European Championship
Gold medal – 2023
Belgium/Italy/Estonia/Germany

  • Personal information

    Full name
    Melissa Teresa Vargas Abreu

    Nickname
    Vargas Airlines

    Nationality
    Cuba / Türkiye

    Born
    16 October 1999
    Cienfuegos, Cuba

    Height
    1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)

    Weight
    76 kg (168 lb)

    Spike
    326 cm (128 in)

    Block
    315 cm (124 in)

  • Volleyball information

    Position

    Wing spiker/opposite spiker

    Current club

    Tianjin Bohai Bank

    Number

    4 (national team), 44 (club)

    Career

    Years

    Teams

    2011–2015

    Cienfuegos

    2015–2016

    Agel Prostějov

    2017–2018

    Volero Zürich

    2018–2021

    Fenerbahçe Opet

    2021

    Tianjin Bohai Bank

    2021-2022

    Fenerbahçe Opet

    2022-

    Tianjin Bohai Bank

    National team

    2013-2017

    Cuba

    2023-

    Türkiye

  • Honours

    Women’s volleyball

    Representing Cuba

    U23 Pan-American Cup
    Bronze medal – 2014 Ica

    Representing Turkey

    FIVB World Cup
    Gold medal – 2023 Tokyo

    FIVB Nations League
    Gold medal – 2023 Arlington

    European Championship
    Gold medal – 2023
    Belgium/Italy/Estonia/Germany

About

Melissa Teresa Vargas Abreu (born 16 October 1999) is a Cuban-born Turkish volleyball player, who plays for Tianjin Bohai Bank and the Türkiye women’s national volleyball team. 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. Since 2023, she has been playing in the Türkiye women’s national volleyball team.

She won the Best Opposite award in the 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup 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, Türkiye Volleyball Women’s League 2018 and 2019, and Chinese League 2021 and 2022.

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

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