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Hakan Demirel

Hakan Demirel

Turkish basketball player

İsmail Hakan Demirel (born 7 May 1986) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He is 1.91 m tall and played the point guard position.

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Career

He studied at Istanbul Bilgi University.[1] He started his professional career with Tofaş in Turkish Basketball 2nd League. He was recruited to play for the Western Carolina University Catamounts, but the NCAA declared him permanently ineligible as a collegiate athlete because he played professional basketball in Turkey.

Demirel played his whole professional career in Turkey with the following clubs : Tofaş, Fenerbahçe, Erdemir, Darüşşafaka, Antalya BB, Royal Halı Gaziantep, Tofaş, Uşak Sportif,[2] Trabzonspor B.K. and İstanbul BB.

National team career

With the junior national teams of Turkey, Demirel won the silver medal's at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

He was also member of the senior Turkish national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and the EuroBasket 2007.

Career highlights

Turkish national team

References

  1. [1]
    "Basketbol Kafilesi Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Universiade 2005 Izmir. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  2. [2]
    Usak signs David Jelinek and Hakan Demirel
  3. [3]
    "Turkey Roster". FIBA Europe. 2004-07-20. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
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