Merve Aydın (basketball)
No. 23 – Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||
League | Turkish Super League EuroLeague Women | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Mersin, Turkey | 10 March 1994|||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2008–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor | |||||||||||||
2011–2012 | İstanbul Üniversitesi | |||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | İstanbul Üniversitesi | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Girne Üniversitesi | |||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Nantes Rezé Basket | |||||||||||||
2020 | Club Baloncesto Al-Qázeres | |||||||||||||
2021–present | Galatasaray | |||||||||||||
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Merve Aydın (born 10 March 1994) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray.[1][2][3][4]
Career[]
She began with basketball playing at the age of ten. Despite her height disadvantage, she became a successful player. In the 2008–09 season at the age of fourteen, Merve Aydın was admitted to the senior team of Mersin B.B. SK becoming the youngest ever player in the Turkish Women's Basketball League.[5] In the 2012–13 season, she was transferred back to Mersin B.B. after playing in the İstanbul Üniversitesi SK for some time.[6]
Aydın was member of the national team at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, which ranked 7th.[7] She won the bronze medal in 2012 and 2013 at FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women with the national team.[8]
Honors[]
Individual[]
- 2011 Turkey Women's All-Star Talent[9]
National[]
- FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Merve Aydın Galatasaray'da". galatasaray.org (in Turkish). August 19, 2021.
- ^ "Merve Aydin Player Profile". EuroBasket. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Mersin'i Merve Aydın sürükledi". Basketfaul (in Turkish). 13 October 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Merve Aydın (Turkey)". U20 European Championship Women. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Potaların en genç oyuncusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Türkiye Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi'nde Transfer". Haberler (in Turkish). 4 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Turkey Take 7th Place Ahead Of Serbia". FIBA Europe. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Yilmaz, Taner (17 May 2013). "Başarının Adı "MERVE AYDIN"" (in Turkish). Just Women's Basketball. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Gururumuz Merve Aydın!". Spor 33 (in Turkish). 16 January 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
External links[]
- Turkish basketball biography stubs
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi (women's basketball) players
- Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi women's basketball players
- Point guards
- Sportspeople from Mersin
- Turkish women's basketball players
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players