Tuğçe Canıtez (born 10 November 1990) is a Turkish female professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

. The tall athlete plays in the

power forward The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to centers. When on offense, they typically play with their ba ...

position.

Early years

She played for

North Idaho College North Idaho College (NIC) is a public community college in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It has an enrollment exceeding 6,000 and is situated at the north end of Lake Coeur d'Alene near downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and Tubbs Hill, Coeur d'Alene, Idah ...

before she transferred to

Westmont College Westmont College is a private Christian liberal arts college in Montecito, California. It was founded in 1937. History Ruth Kerr, owner and CEO of the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company, established the school as the Bible Missionary Institute in ...

Club career

Fenerbahçe

Canitez played for Fenerbahçe between 2013 and 2022.

Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor

She signed a 1-year contract with Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor on 7 July 2022.

Galatasaray

On 28 November 2022, she signed with

of the Turkish

Women's Basketball Super League The Women's Basketball Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Basketbol Süper Ligi, KBSL), also known as the Herbalife Nutrition Women's Basketball Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the top women's professional basketball division of the Turkish wo ...

(TKBL).

International career

Canıtez debuted for the

Turkey women's national basketball team The Turkey women's national basketball team is the women's basketball side that represents Turkey in international tournaments. They have come away from the EuroBasket tournaments with a bronze medal in 2011 and silver medal in 2013. Competit ...

at the preparation matches before she played at the

2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women was a women's basketball tournament that consisted of 12 national teams, where the top five teams earned a place in the 2012 Olympics basketball tournament. It was held on 25 June – 1 ...

. She competed for Turkey at the

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and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Honors

*2010 second "''Best Rebounder''"

FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women The FIBA U20 Women's European Championship, is a basketball competition inaugurated in 2000. Until 2004 it was held biannually, but from 2005 onwards it is held every year. The current champions are Spain. Division A Results Medal table Part ...

*2012 "'' NAIA Player of the Year''" *2020 Turkish Cup MVP

Club

* 5x Turkish Women's Basketball League champion (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) * 4x

Turkish Women's Basketball Cup The Turkish Women's Basketball Cup ( Turkish: ''Basketbol Kadınlar Türkiye Kupası''), also known as Bitci Turkish Women's Basketball Cup for sponsporship reasons, is a basketball cup competition in Turkish basketball, run by the Turkish Basketb ...

champion (2015, 2016, 2019, 2020) * 4x

Turkish Women's Basketball Presidential Cup The Turkish Women's Basketball Presidential Cup ( Turkish: ''Kadınlar Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kupası''), or Turkish Women's Basketball Super Cup, is the professional basketball women's club super cup competition that takes place each year in Turkey ...

champion (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Canitez, Tugce 1990 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Fenerbahçe women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Turkey People from Konak Small forwards Sportspeople from İzmir Turkish expatriate basketball people in the United States Turkish women's basketball players Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi (women's basketball) players Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players