Merve Aydın (basketball)

This article is about the basketball player. For the middle distance runner, see Merve Aydın.
Merve Aydın
Personal information
Born (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 30)
Mersin, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight128 lb (58 kg)
Career information
Playing career2008–present
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2008–2011Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2011–2012İstanbul Üniversitesi
2012–2014Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2014–2015İstanbul Üniversitesi
2015–2016Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi
2016–2017Girne Üniversitesi
2017–2019Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2019–2020Nantes Rezé Basket
2020Club Baloncesto Al-Qázeres
2021–2022Galatasaray
2022–2024Fenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Turkey
Europe Under-20 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Samsun
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Debrecen

Merve Aydın Ozbek (born 10 March 1994) is a Turkish professional basketball player who last played for Fenerbahçe.[1] She contributed to the Survivor Turkey in 2021.[2] She married Yunus Ozbek (Turkish Airlines).[3]

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.[4] In the 2012–13 season, she was transferred back to Mersin B.B. after playing in the İstanbul Üniversitesi SK for some time.[5]

Despite her injuries she returned to play in high-level competition.She played Eurocup semi-final with Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi (women's basketball) and played for them in 2017 until 2019. She transferred to the French first division (basketball) team Nantes Rezé Basket.[6] For the following season she played for Spanish first division team Al-Qazeres.[7] She played for half a season there and then joined to the Turkish show Survivor.[8]

Aydın was a member of the national team at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, which ranked 7th.[9] She won the bronze medal in 2012 and 2013 at FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women with the national team.[10]

Honors

Individual

  • 2011 Turkey Women's All-Star Talent[11]
  • 2023 Euroleague Women Champion
  • 2023 Turkish League Champion
  • 2023 Super Cup Champion
  • 2024 Euroleague Women Champion
  • 2024 Turkish Cup Champion

https://www.tbf.org.tr/haber/merve-aydin-oyunculuk-kariyerini-noktaladi-2024-04-18

National

FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women

See also

References

  1. ^ Merve Aydın signed with Fenerbahçe Safiport
  2. ^ "Survivor Merve Aydın 2021 nereli, kaç yaşında? Survivor 2021 ünlüler yarışmacısı Merve Aydın kim?". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  3. ^ "Survivor 2021'de yarışmıştı: Merve Aydın dünyaevine girdi". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  4. ^ "Potaların en genç oyuncusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Türkiye Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi'nde Transfer". Haberler (in Turkish). 4 July 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Merve Aydın Fransa'ya transfer oldu". www.trtspor.com.tr. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  7. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  8. ^ "Survivor Merve Aydın kimdir, boyu kaç? 2021 Merve Aydın nereli, kaç yaşında, mesleği?". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  9. ^ "Turkey Take 7th Place Ahead Of Serbia". FIBA Europe. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Gururumuz Merve Aydın!". Spor 33 (in Turkish). 16 January 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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