Hakan Demirel

Turkish basketball player
Hakan Demirel
Personal information
Born (1986-05-07) 7 May 1986 (age 37)
Erzurum, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2008: undrafted
Playing career2003–2017
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2003–2005Tofaş
2005–2008Fenerbahçe
2008–2009Erdemir
2009–2010Darüşşafaka
2010–2011Erdemir
2011–2012Fenerbahçe
2012Antalya BB
2012–2013Royal Halı Gaziantep
2013–2014Tofaş
2015Uşak Sportif
2015–2016Trabzonspor
2016–2017Uşak Sportif
2017İstanbul BB
Career highlights and awards

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.

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

External links

  • Euroleague Profile
  • FIBA Profile
  • TBLStat.net Profile