Gülcan Tügel (born 10 July 2000) is a Turkish

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er, who plays as center back for Yenimahalle Bld. SK in the Turkish Super League, and the Turkey national team.

Personal life

Gülcan Tügel was born in

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, Turkey, on 10 July 2000.

Club career

Tügel is tall Prior to her current playing position as center back, she started as a right back, and then played as a left back. Tügel played in her youth years for Gazi Pasifik SK in 2015–16, and for Ankara Metropol SK in 2016–17. She then transferred to Çankaya Eğitim GSK and played in the 2018–19 season. During the break time of the 2018–19 season, she played in ten matches for the

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-based club Yalıkavak SK. Tügel moved to Yenimahalle Bld. SK to play in the 2019–20 Turkish Super League. She remained in her hometown club in the following seasons of 2020–21, 2021–22, and 2022–23. She experienced her team's third rank after the end of 4he 2020–21 league season. She took part at the 2019–20 EHF Challenge Cup, and the Women's EHF European Cup in 2021–22, and

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International career

In March 2016, Tügel was seleected to the Turkey girls' national U-17 team to play at the 2016 Women's Mediterranean Handball Championships in Žabljak, Montenegro. In August 2017, she was invited to the training camp of the Turkey girls' U-17 team to play at the Division 2 of the

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. End December 2018, she was selected to the Turkey women's national U-19 team. Tügel is a member of the Turkey national team. In 2022, she was part of the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in

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, Turkey. She played at the

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, Algeria. She participated at the 2023 Handball Championship – European qualification

Honours

Club

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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 ...

:; Yenimahalle Bld. SK :: ''Third place'' (1): 2020–21

International

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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tugel, Gulcan 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Ankara 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkish female handball players Turkey women's national handball players Competitors at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Yenimahalle Bld. SK (women's handball) players Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games