Diğdem Hoşgör (born October 2, 1991) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League () 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 Turkish champions. Established in the 1978– ...

for Muratpaşa Bld. SK, and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the left back position.

Private life

Diğdem Hoşgör was born to a handballer father in

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

on October 2, 1991. Her older sister Sinem Hoşgör Eyövge is also a handball player.

Playing career

Club

Diğdem Hoşgör plays left back in her hometown for Muratpaşa Bld. SK, which competes in the

. She enjoyed her team's third place in the 2010–11 season. Her team became consecutive three seasons league champion in 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14. In the 2014–15 season, her team lost the champion title in the play-offs. She is the team's top scorer. Hoşgör took part in 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 co ...

matches in

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and 2011–12, with her team finishing both seasons as runner-up. She played in 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, t ...

matches (

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

and 2013–14), in the

Women's EHF Champions League The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

competitions (

and 2013–14) as well as in the

Women's EHF Cup The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the European Handball Federation, EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the ...

games ( 2014–15 and 2015–16).

International

In 2009, she was called up to the Turkey women's national beach handball team. Diğdem Hoşgör was admitted to the

Turkey women's national handball team The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is managed by the Turkey Handball Federation. The team achieved second place in Mediterranean Games in 2009 and championship in Islamic Solidari ...

in January 2010. She is part of the national team since then. She played in the

European Women's Handball Championship The European Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifyin ...

qualification matches of

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and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. In 2013, she took part in the

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

Honours

;

* Winners (2): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14. * Runner-up (1): 2014–15. * Third place (1): 2010–11

References

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