Çağla Yaman, aka Çağla Yılmaz, (born April 1, 1981) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Tu ...

for İzmir BB GSK, and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the center back position.

Playing career

Club

She played in her hometown for Üsküdar Bld. SK between 2001 and 2004 before she moved to Romania and signed with CS Rulmentul Brasov for the 2006–07 season. After one season, she returned home and rejoined her former team Üsküdar Belediyespor. In the 2008–09 season, she transferred to İzmir BB GSK. Yaman returned to her main team Üsküdar Bld. SK again after one season. In the 2013–14 season, she was with Muratpaşa Bld. SK im

Antalya Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...

. She transferred in 2014 to İzmir BB GSK again. In November 2007,

Turkey Handball Federation Turkish Handball Federation ( tr, Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu) is the governing body of Team handball, handball and beach handball sports in Turkey. It was formed on February 4, 1976. The headquarters is located in Çankaya, Ankara, Çankaya dist ...

's Disciplinary Committee imposed on Çağla Yaman a penalty of six months for failing to attend the national team's camp grounds without notice. She took part at the

Women's EHF Challenge Cup The Women's EHF European Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season and the EHF Challenge Cup until the 2019–20 season. It is currently the third-tier com ...

( 2001–02, 2008–09,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2014–15 and 2015–16),

Women's EHF Cup The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the European Handball Federation, EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the ...

( 2002–03, 2006–07 and 2007–08),

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, th ...

( 2003–04, 2009–10,

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2011–12 and 2013–14) as well as

Women's EHF Champions League The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

( 2006–07, 2011–12 and 2013–14).

International

Çağla Yaman is part of the

Turkey women's national handball team The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is controlled by the Turkey Handball Federation. Achievements Mediterranean Games * 2001 : 5th place * 2005 : 5th place * 2009 : * 2013 ...

. She was also member of the

Turkey women's national beach handball team The Turkey women's national beach handball team is the national team of Turkey. It is governed by the Turkish Handball Federation and takes part in international beach handball competitions. Results World Championships World Games E ...

Honours

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* ''Winners'' (3): 2003–04, 2010–11, 2013–14 * ''Runners-up'' (4): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13

References

1981 births Sportspeople from Istanbul Turkish female handball players Turkish beach handball players Expatriate handball players Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Romania Üsküdar Belediyespor players İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor handball players Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players Turkey women's national handball players Living people 21st-century Turkish women {{Turkey-handball-bio-stub