Merve Aydın (basketball)

This article is about the basketball player. For the middle distance runner, see Merve Aydın.
Merve Aydın
Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Position Point guard
League Turkish Women's Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994
Mersin, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Listed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
Playing career 2008–present
Career history
İstanbul Üniversitesi SK
Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Medals
Representing  Turkey
Europe Under-20 Championship
2013 Samsun Team
2012 Debrecen Team

Merve Aydın (born March 10, 1994 in Mersin, Turkey) is a Turkish female professional basketball player. 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) tall, she plays in the point guard position for Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi.[1][2][3]

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]

Aydın was member of the national team at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, which ranked 7th.[6] She won the bronze medal in 2012 and 2013 at FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women with the national team.[7]

Honors

Individual

National

FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Merve Aydin Player Profile". EuroBasket. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  2. ↑ "Mersin'i Merve Aydın sürükledi". Basketfaul (in Turkish). 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  3. ↑ "Merve Aydın (Turkey)". U20 European Championship Women. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  4. ↑ "Potaların en genç oyuncusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  5. ↑ "Türkiye Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi'nde Transfer". Haberler (in Turkish). 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  6. ↑ "Turkey Take 7th Place Ahead Of Serbia". FIBA Europe. 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  7. ↑ Yilmaz, Taner (2013-05-17). "Başarının Adı "MERVE AYDIN"" (in Turkish). Just Women's Basketball. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  8. ↑ {{cite news <url=http://www.spor33.com/haber-17192-Gururumuz-Merve-Aydin.html |newspaper=Spor 33 |title=Gururumuz Merve Aydın! |date=2011-01-16 |language=Turkish |accessdate=2013-08-11 }}


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