Aslı İskit (born 7 December 1993), also known as Aslı İskit Çalışkan, is a Turkish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

er, who plays for

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and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the back position.

Early years

Aslı İskit was born to sportspeople parents in Urla district of Izmir Province. She began playing handball at age 11, joining the local club Urla GSK.

Club career

İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. SK

She began her sport career in 2009 joining

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

in her hometown, where she played five seasons until 2014. During this time, she took part twice at the Women's EHF Cup ( 2009–10 and

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) and twice at the

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in 2011–12 and

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. With 161 goals she was the top scorer of the 2012–13 season.

Ardeşen GSK

In the 2014–15 season, she was with the

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-based team

Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK ( tr, Ardeşen Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü) is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province playing in the Turkish Super League. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman ...

. İskit participated at the Women's EHF Challenge Cup for Ardeşen GSK in 2014–15. She was among the cup's top scorers, however, she was disqualified due to unsportive behaviour at the Last 16 match and suspended for one game. During a 2014–15 league play-off match, she sustained a serious injury, and had to undergo surgery. In November 2014, she was awarded "Best Playmaker of the Year" by the handball magazine.

Muratpaşa Bld. SK

İskit transferred for the 2015–16 season to Muratpaşa Bld. SK in

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. She played at the (

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) for her team.

Kristianstad Handboll

In 2016 İskit transferred to

Kristianstad Handboll Kristianstad Handbollsklubb is a Swedish women's handball club from Kristianstad. Kits European record Team Current squad :''Squad for the 2018–19 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Petra Kudláčková * 12 Nora Persson ;Wingers ...

to play in the top division of women's handball in Sweden.

Kastamonu Bld. GSK

After returning to Turkey im 2018, İskit joined Kastamonu Bld. GSK, and played two seasons 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 ...

Thüringer HC

In the beginning of June 2020, İskit signed a two-year contract with the German club

from

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and Bad Langensalza to play in the Handball-Bundesliga. She was recognized as the third best thrower and thus as a powerful backspace player in the past unfinished 2019–20 EHF Cup season.

International career

İskit became a member of Turkey girls' U-17 and U-19 teams. She played also for the Turkey women's national beach handball team at international competitions. She plays for the Turkey women's national handball team. She took part at the

2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...

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, and

2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification The European qualification for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, in Denmark was played over two rounds. The 2015 hosts Denmark were qualified automatically for the World Championship. In the first round of qualification, 14 teams who we ...

matches.

Honours

Indıvıdual

* ''Best Playmaker'' – 2012–13 Turkish Women's Super League with İzmir BB SK. * ''Top scorer'' – 2012–13 Turkish Women's Super League with İzmir BB SK. * ''Top scorer'' – 2014–15 Turkish Women's Super League with Ardeşen GSK.

Club

;

::'' Winners'' (1): 2018–19 ::'' Runners-up'' (1): 2010–11 :: ''Third place'' (1): 2015–16

International

; Turkey women's national handball team: :; Islamic Solidarity Games :: ''Silver medal'' (1):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iskit, Asli 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from İzmir Turkish female handball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's national handball players Competitors at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Turkey Expatriate handball players Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Turkish expatriate handball players Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor handball players Ardeşen GSK players Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players