Nilay Karaağaç

Nilay Karaağaç is a Turkish volleyball player and coach who played as a setter. He was born on October 24, 1985 in Salihli district of Manisa. In his career spanning more than twenty years, he played for Türkiye's leading clubs and won European and world club championships.

Club career

He started playing volleyball in Karşıyaka in 1999. In the following years, he played in clubs such as Emlak TOKİ, Türk Telekom, Beşiktaş, VakıfBank, Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Fenerbahçe and Eczacıbaşı; He also played for Volero Zurich in Switzerland. With his height of 179 centimeters, he took on the role of playmaker.

He got his brightest results in European cups. He won the 2010-11 CEV Champions League with VakıfBank and the 2013-14 CEV Cup with Fenerbahçe. He won the 2014-15 Champions League title with Eczacıbaşı and contributed to the club's FIVB World Club Championship victories in 2015 and 2016. He ended his career at Galatasaray and played his last match in April 2022, at the end of the 2021-22 season.

He played 36 times for the National Team and was in the squad that won the bronze medal at the 2012 World Grand Prix.

After retiring from athletics, he moved to the United States and worked as an assistant coach in high schools and youth academies. In 2026, he started working as an assistant coach in the San Francisco Signal team of the LOVB Pro league.