Serpil İskenderoğlu (born July 15, 1982) is a Turkish

handballer 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 ...

in the

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position. She is a member of the Turkish national team. She began with handball playing in her early age in 1997 at the T.M.O. SK in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

. During her university years, İskenderoğlu was a member of the Anadolu University SK between 2003 and 2006. Then, the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

club

1. FC Nürnberg 1. Fußball-Club Nürnberg Verein für Leibesübungen e. V., often called 1. FC Nürnberg (, en, 1. Football Club Nuremberg) or simply Nürnberg, is a German association football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria, who currently compete in the 2. Bund ...

transferred her for one season in 2006–2007. After returning home, she played for Üsküdar Bld. SK in Istanbul before she transferred to

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor 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 aggl ...

. Three seasons later in 2011–2012, she joined the Muratpaşa Bld. SK in

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 ...

. In July 2015, she was transferred by Kastamonu Bld. GSK for the 2015–16 season.

Honours

Club

;

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 ...

:; T.M.O. SK :: ''Champions'' (1): 2001–2002. :; Anadolu University SK :: ''Reunners-up'' (2): 2003–04, 2004–05, :: ''Third places'' (1): 2005–06. :; İzmir Büyükşehir rld. GSK :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2010–11. :; Muratpaşa Bld. SK :: ''Champions'' (1): 2011–12. :; Kastamonu Bld. GSK :: ''Champions'' (5): 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23. :: ''Runners-up'' (1) :2017–18. ; Women's Handball Turkish Cup :; Anadolu University SK ::''Championss'' (1): 2004–05 :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2003–04.

International

She was the member of the national team that won the silver medal at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the Inte ...

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

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. İskenderoğlu became the second most scorer player with 45 goals in six matches at the Group 4 2012 European Women's Handball Championship qualification. In 2017, she won the silver medal with the national team at the Islamic Solidarity Games in

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, Azerbaycan.

References

External links

EHF profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iskenderoglu, Serpil 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Istanbul Anadolu University alumni Turkish female handball players Turkey women's national handball players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate handball players Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Turkey Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Competitors at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Turkey Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in handball Üsküdar Belediyespor players İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor handball players Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players Kastamonu Bld. SK (women's handball) players