Serpil Çapar (born July 7, 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 Zağmos SK. She was member of the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman is goalkeeper.

Playing career

Club

Çapar began her handball career at YKM SK, and enjoyed league champion title with her team in the 1997–98 season. She later transferred to Üsküdar Bld. SK, where she played until the end of the 2012–13 season. During this period, her team became twice league champion and five times runner-up. Çapar joined Kastamonu Bld. GSK in the 2014–15 season. For the next season, she signed with her hometown club Zağmos SK. She took part at the

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( 1997–98 and 2011–12), 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, 2006–07 and

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), the

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( 2002–03, 2007–08 and 2008–09) as well as the

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,

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and 2011–12).

International

Çapar played in the Turkey women's national team. She was part of the team, which won the silver medal at the

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held in

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, Italy. In July 2013, she announced her retirement from the national team after the match against

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at the

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held in

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, Turkey.

Honours

;

* ''Winners'' (3): 1997–98, 2003–04, 2010–11 * ''Runners-up'' (5): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13. * ''Third place'' (1): 2014–15 ;

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* ''Runner-up'' (1): 2009

References

1981 births Sportspeople from Trabzon Turkish female handball players Üsküdar Belediyespor players Kastamonu Bld. SK (women's handball) players Zağnos SK (women's handball) players Turkey women's national handball players Living people Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball 21st-century Turkish sportswomen World Games bronze medalists for Turkey Medalists at the 2005 World Games {{Turkey-handball-bio-stub