Derin Erdoğan (born 28 June 2002) is a Turkish female

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player. The tall national plays

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. Currently, she plays for

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in the U.S. She was part of the Turkey U-16, Turkey U-18 and Turkey U-20 teams before she was admitted to the

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team.

Club career

Erdoğan was a member of Istanbul University SC, and

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. She played in 14 games in the 2020–21 and in 13 matches in the 2021–22 season. After two years at Arizona, she moved in 2022 to

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to play in the

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Galatasaray

On 24 May 2024, it was announced that she signed a 1-year contract with the

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. On 16 May 2025, she signed a new contract with Galatasaray, valid until the end of the 2025–26 season.

International career

She was part of the national U-16 team, which won the bronze medal at the

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, Hungary. She played also at the

2018 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship The 2018 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship was the 30th edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-16 teams. It was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 17 to 25 August 2018. Italy won their first title in this ag ...

. She was with the Turkey U-18 team at the

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. As a member of the Turkey U-20 team, she played in four matches of the 2022 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship Division B. Erdoğan was admitted to the

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. She played at the

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Personal life

Derin Erdoğan was born to Haydar and Canan Erdoğan in

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, Turkey on 28 June 2002. From 2020 on, she studied two years at

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. In May 2022, she moved for her further college education to the Northeastern University .

Honours

Individual

; Turkish Girls' U18 Championship :: ''Best Guard'' (1): 2018–19.

Clubs

; Turkish Girls' U18 Championship :; Istanbul University SC :: ''Runners-up'': (1) 2018–19.

National teams

; Turkey U-16 : ''Third places'': (1)

; Turkey U-18. : ''Third places'': (1)

. ; Turkey U-20 : ''Runners-up'': (1) 2022 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship Division B

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Erdogan, Derin 2002 births Living people Basketball players from Istanbul Turkish women's basketball players Point guards 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkish expatriate basketball people in the United States Expatriate basketball people in the United States University of Arizona alumni Northeastern University alumni Turkey women's national basketball team players İstanbul Üniversitesi basketball players Arizona Wildcats women's basketball players Northeastern Huskies women's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players