Neslihan Çalışkan

Neslihan Çalışkan
Neslihan Çalışkan at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification
Personal information
Born (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 27)
İzmir, Turkey
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
Youth career
Team
 Kemalpaşa Bld. GSK
Senior clubs
Years Team
 Kemalpaşa Bld. GSK
2015–2019
 Ardeşen GSK
2019–2021
 Üsküdar Bld. SK
2021–2023
 Kastamonu Bld. GSK
2023–
 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
National team
Years Team
2013–2014
 Turkey U-17
2015–
 Turkey
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Handball
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Team

Neslihan Çalışkan (born 29 July 1997) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays as left back for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica in the Montenegrin First League, and the Turkey national team.

Personal life

Neslihan Çalışkan was born in İzmir, Turkey on 29 July 1997.[1][2]

Club career

Çalışkan had already started playing handball in the primary school in 2008, encouraged by her physical education teacher,[3] who also coached the farmer team for girls of the local handball club Kemalpaşa Bld. GSK.[4] She has been always supported by her parents to pursue handball.[3] She is 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb).[2] She plays in the left back position.[5]

Kemalpaşa Bld. GSK

Çalışkan started her sport career at Kemalpaşa Bld. GSK, also known as Kemalpaşa Ata GSK, in her hometown Kemalpaşa in İzmir.[3][6]

Ardeşen GSK

She transferred to Ardeşen GSK in Rize, northeastern Turkey,[3] to play in the 2015–16 Turkish Women's Handball Super League season.[7] At the end of the season, she experienced her team's league champion title.[8] Her team finished the 2016–17 season in the third place,[9][10] as well as the 2018–19 season.[11]

She played at the 2015–16 EHF Cup Winners' Cup,[12]

Üsküdar Bld. SK

Between 2019 and 2021, she was two seasons with the Istanbul-based club Üsküdar Bld. SK.[5][3] Late September 2021, she left her club.[13]

Kastamonu Bld. GSK

For the 2021–22 Turkish Super League season, she transferred in September 2021 to Kastamonu Bld. GSK.[5][14][15] At the end of the season, she experienced her team's champion title.[16]

She took part at the Women's EHF Champions League in 2021–22,[17] and 2022–23.<[18] She won the 2022–23 Turkeish Super League wşth her team.[19]

ŽRK Budućnost

In January 2023, Çalışkan signed a two-years deal with ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica to play in the Montenegrin First League.[20]

International career

In 2012, she was called up to the preparation camp of the Turkey women's national under-17 handball team. In 2013, she was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted at the Balkan Handball Youth Championships held in Burgas, Bulgaria. She returned home with the gold medal.[21][6]

Çalışkan was called up to the Turkey women's national handball team at the age of 18.[3] She won the gold medal at the 2017 Istamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaycan.[3] She took part at the 2018 European Championship qualification,[22] and 2021 World Championship – European qualification matches.[23] In 2022, she played in the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[24]

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's Handball Super League
Ardeşen GSK
Champion (1): 2015–16.SK
Third places (2): 2016–17, 2018–19.
Kastamonu Bld. GSK
Champion (2): 2021–22, 2022–23.

International

Turkey women's national under-17 handball team
Balkan Youth Handball Championships
Champion (1): 2013.
Turkey women's national handball team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Champion (1): 2021.

Reference

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  2. ^ a b "Çalışkan, Neslihan". Euro Handball. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Neslihan Çalışkan'ın "Devler Ligi' gururu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Kemalpaşa'nın Gururu Oldular". Ege'nin Sesi (in Turkish). 22 December 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Neslihan Çalışkan" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Kemalpaşa'da Neslihan Rüzgarı". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 17 September 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Ardeşen Gençlik ikinci yarıda coştu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 30 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Bayanlar Türkiye Kupası Şampiyonu Ardeşen Gençlikspor" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Genç Uşak'a Ardeşen darbesi". Hürrşyet (in Turkish). 9 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Lig'de perde kapandı". Eurosport (in Turkish). 6 June 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  11. ^ Özyanık, Mustafa. "Ardeşen GSK 2018–2019 Sezonunu Galibiyetle Kapattı". Son Dakika (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  12. ^ "2015/16 Women's Cup Winners' Cu pMatch Details – Handball Club Lada 49:28 Ardesen GSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  13. ^ ""Yolun açık olsun kraliçe"". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Kastamonu Belediyespor'da transfer". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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  16. ^ "2021–2022 Sezonu Kadınlar Süper Ligi Şampiyonu Kastamonu Belediyesi olduu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  17. ^ "2021–22 – EHF CL Women – Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  18. ^ "2022–23 – EHF CL Women – Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Kadınlar Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon Kastamonu Belediyesi". News Findy (in Turkish). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Neslihan Çalışkan Buducnost Bemax'a transfer oldu". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Balkan Şampiyonası'nda çifte altın madalya" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  22. ^ "EHF EURO 2018 için aday kadro açıklandı". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 9 September 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  23. ^ "A Milliler kampa 3 eksik ile başladı". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). 10 April 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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