Merve Aydın (basketball)
| Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||
| League | Turkish Women's Basketball League | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born |
10 March 1994 Mersin, Turkey | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| Pro playing career | 2008–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| İstanbul Üniversitesi SK | |||||||||||||
Medals
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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
References
- ↑ "Merve Aydin Player Profile". EuroBasket. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "Mersin'i Merve Aydın sürükledi". Basketfaul (in Turkish). 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "Merve Aydın (Turkey)". U20 European Championship Women. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "Potaların en genç oyuncusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "Türkiye Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi'nde Transfer". Haberler (in Turkish). 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ "Turkey Take 7th Place Ahead Of Serbia". FIBA Europe. 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ Yilmaz, Taner (2013-05-17). "Başarının Adı "MERVE AYDIN"" (in Turkish). Just Women's Basketball. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ↑ {{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 }}