Hakan Demirel

Hakan Demirel
No. 7 – İstanbul BB
Position	Point guard
League	BSL
Personal information
Born	May 7, 1986; Erzurum, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Listed height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight	187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2008 / Undrafted
Playing career	2003–present
Career history
2003–2005	Tofaş
2005–2008	Fenerbahçe
2008–2009	Erdemir
2009–2010	Darüşşafaka
2010–2011	Erdemir
2011–2012	Fenerbahçe
2012	Antalya BB
2012–2013	Royal Halı Gaziantep
2013–2014	Tofaş
2015	Uşak Sportif
2015–2016	Trabzonspor
2016–2017	Uşak Sportif
2017–present	İstanbul BB
Career highlights and awards
	2× Turkish League champion (2007, 2008); Turkish President's Cup winner (2007);
Men's Basketball
Representing Turkey
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Mediterranean Games

İsmail Hakan Demirel (born 7 May 1986) is a Turkish professional basketball player for İstanbul BB of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). He is 1.91 m tall and plays 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

2004 - Turkish 2nd Basketball League Championship
2002 - MVP of Turkish 2nd Basketball League
2004 - MVP of European Young Guards
2004 - 2nd Place of European Championship
2006 - 2nd Place of European Championship
2006 - 6th Place of World Championship
2007 - Turkish Basketball League Championship
2007 - Turkish President's Cup Championship
2007 - 10th best European young player
2008 - Turkish Basketball League Championship

Turkish national team

2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship: Silver[3]

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References

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

External links

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[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.