Turkish handball player (born 2000)
Gülcan Tügel |
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Born |
(2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 24) Ankara, Turkey |
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Nationality |
Turkish |
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Height |
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
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Playing position |
Center back |
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Current club |
Yenimahalle Bld. SK |
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Number |
10 |
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Years |
Team |
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2015–2016 |
Gazi Pasifik SK |
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2016–2017 |
Ankara Metropol SK |
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Years |
Team |
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2018–2019 |
Çankaya Eğitim GSK |
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2018–2019 |
Yalıkavak SK |
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2019– |
Yenimahalle Bld. SK |
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Years |
Team |
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2016–2017 |
Turkey U-17 |
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2018 |
Turkey U-19 |
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Turkey |
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Gülcan Tügel (born 10 July 2000) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as center back for Yenimahalle Bld. SK in the Turkish Super League,[1] and the Turkey national team.
Personal life
Gülcan Tügel was born in Ankara, Turkey, on 10 July 2000.[1][2]
Club career
Tügel is 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall[2] Prior to her current playing position as center back, she started as a right back,[3] and then played as a left back.[2][4][5]
Tügel played in her youth years for Gazi Pasifik SK in 2015–16,[3] and for Ankara Metropol SK in 2016–17.[6] She then transferred to Çankaya Eğitim GSK and played in the 2018–19 season.[7]
During the break time of the 2018–19 season, she played in ten matches for the Bodrum-based club Yalıkavak SK.[7][8]
Tügel moved to Yenimahalle Bld. SK to play in the 2019–20 Turkish Super League.[7] She remained in her hometown club in the following seasons of 2020–21,[9][5] 2021–22,[10] and 2022–23.[4] She experienced her team's third rank after the end of 4he 2020–21 league season.[11]
She took part at the 2019–20 EHF Challenge Cup,[12] and the Women's EHF European Cup in 2021–22,[13] and 2022–23.[14][15]
International career
In March 2016, Tügel was selected to the Turkey girls' national U-17 team to play at the 2016 Women's Mediterranean Handball Championships in Žabljak, Montenegro.[3] In August 2017, she was invited to the training camp of the Turkey girls' U-17 team to play at the Division 2 of the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship.[6]
End December 2018, she was selected to the Turkey women's national U-19 team.[8]
Tügel is a member of the Turkey national team. In 2022, she was part of the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[10][16] She played at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria.[17] She participated in the 2023 Handball Championship – European qualification[18]
Honours
Club
- Turkish Women's Handball Super League
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- Yenimahalle Bld. SK
- Third place (1): 2020–21
International
- Turkey women's national handball team
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- Islamic Solidarity Games
- Champion (1): 2021.
References