Merve Aydın (basketball)

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

  • 2011 Turkey Women's All-Star Talent[8]

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. Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  8. ↑ "Gururumuz Merve Aydın!". Spor 33 (in Turkish). 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-11.


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