Isabelle Jongenelen (born 28 July 1991) is a Dutch former

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player. She was with French, German and Turkish clubs.

Personal life

Isabelle Jongenelen was born in

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, Netharlands on 28 July 1991.

Club career

Jongenelen started her handball career at HV Groene Ster in

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, and played for

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and MizuWaAi Dalfsen between 2008 and 2012, before making her international debut for the French club Union Mios Biganos-Bègles Handball in 2012. After only a year in France, she moved to Germany, and joined

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. During the winter break of the 2015-16 season, Jongenelen joined French club Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball, which she left again at the end of the season. After that, she was active again in the German Bundesliga with

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. In September 2017, she tore her

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. Her recovery tokk months long. In 2018, she won the German Women's Handball Federation Cup with VfL Oldenburg. In the summer of 2019, she returned to HSG Blomberg-Lippe. After two years in Blomberg, she returned to her former club VfL Oldenburg in July 2021. In a

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post, the 31-year old Dutch sportswoman announced that she will quit her eleven-year long professional career, and retire from active playing handball after the end of the 2021-22 season. In June 2022, the right winger left VfL Oldenburg, and moved to Turkey, to sign a deal with the

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's runner-up team, Yalıkavak SK in

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, southwestern Turkey. She played in the 2022–23 Super League season. She was named MVP in a semi-finals match of the 2023 Turkish Women's Handball Cup. Her team defeated Kastamonu Bld. GSK in the final, and won the 2023 Turkish Cup for the first time.

Honours

* 2018 German Women's Handball Federation Cup winner (VfL Oldenburg) * 2023 Turkish Women's Handball Cup winner (Yalıkavak SK)

References

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