Zeynep Sude Demirel (born 27 November 2000) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is tall and , and plays as a middle blocker. She plays in the topflight Turkish Women's Volleyball League for Göztepe.
Club career Demirel stands at , weighs and is a middle blocker. She played for Büyükçekmece Voleybol Akademisi, Çanakkale Bld. and Yeşilyurt. On 22 April 2021, she signed a one-year contract with the Galatatasaray team. For the 2024–25 League season, she was loaned out from VakıfBank to Aydın BB. She ten joined Beşiktaş. In May 2026, she signed with the İzmir-based club Göztepe for the 2026–27 League season.
Incident Demirel was angered by a mistake her teammate Margarita Kurillo made in the final moments of the 2025–26 League season's hpme match of her team Beşiktaş against Aydın BB, which her team lost by 2-3. After the game ended, she physically confronted her teammate on the court. The club imposed an administrative fine of 400,000 (approximately US$9,300) on her after reviewing the incident and considering the defenses presented. The amount of the fine was considered a record.
International career Turkey U21 Demirel played for national U21 team at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Mexico, which finished fourth.
Turkey Demirel was part of the national team at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, which won the gold medal.
She took part at the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship in the Netherlands. The team finished at eight place.
References
External links
Player profile at Volleybox.net