Gülcan Tügel

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Gülcan Tügel
Personal information
Born (2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 23)
Ankara, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Center back
Club information
Current club Yenimahalle Bld. SK
Number 10
Youth career
Years Team
2015–2016
Gazi Pasifik SK
2016–2017
Ankara Metropol SK
Senior clubs
Years Team
2018–2019
Çankaya Eğitim GSK
2018–2019
Yalıkavak SK
2019–
Yenimahalle Bld. SK
National team
Years Team
2016–2017
Turkey U-17
2018
Turkey U-19
Turkey
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Handball
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Team

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[edit]

Gülcan Tügel was born in Ankara, Turkey, on 10 July 2000.[1][2]

Club career[edit]

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[edit]

In March 2016, Tügel was seleected 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 at the 2023 Handball Championship – European qualification[18]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Turkish Women's Handball Super League
Yenimahalle Bld. SK
Third place (1): 2020–21

International[edit]

Turkey women's national handball team
Islamic Solidarity Games
Champion (1): 2021.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gülcan Tügel". Handball Base. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Tügel, Gülcan". Euro Handball. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "U17 Bayan Milli Takım aday kadrosu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Yenimahalle Belediyesi Kadroyu Güçlendirdi" (in Turkish). Yenimahakke Belediyesi. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Yenimahalle Belediyesi SK İç Transferi Tamamladı" (in Turkish). Yenimahalle Belediyesi. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "17 Yaş Altı Kızlar Avrupa Hentbol Şampiyonası'na Doğru". Pusula (in Turkish). 1 August 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Gülcan Tügel" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Yalıkavak'tan Milli Takıma Yıldız Yağmuru ..." Arena Bodrum Haber (in Turkish). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Yenimahalle Belediyesi SK iç transferi tamamladı". Ufuk (in Turkish). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  10. ^ a b Çevikoğlu, Emre (25 July 2022). "Belediyespor'dan 6 sporcu Milli Takımda Kaynak". CNG Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Lig'de şampiyon belli oluyor". SporX (in Turkish). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  12. ^ "2019/20 Women's Challenge Cup Match Details – DHC Sokol Poruba 34:25 Ankara Yenimahalle BS". Euro Handball. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  13. ^ "2021–22 – EHF EC Women – Ankara Yenimahalle BSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  14. ^ "2022–23 – EHF EC Women – Ankara Yenimahalle BSK". Euro Handball. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Yenimahalle Belediyesi Hentbol TakımıKadroyu Güçlendirdi". Anka News Agency (in Turkish). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımımız, 5. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). THF Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  17. ^ "A Milli Kadın Hentbol Takımı, Cezayir'e Mağlup Oldu". CT Haber (in Turkish). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Milliler ilk maçta Sırbistan'a mağlup". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 7 April 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.