Fatma Gül Sakızcan (born 31 March 1992), also known as Fatmagül Sakızcan, is a Turkish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

er, who plays as left wing for Üsküdar Bld. SK in the

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and the Turkey national team.

Personal life

Fatma Gül Sakızcan was born in

Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...

, Turkey on 31 March 1992.

Club career

Sakızcan is tall at . She plays in the left wing position.

Üsküdar Bld. SK

She started her sport career at the

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-based club Üsküdar Bld. SK in 2012. She took part in the

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, and the 2013–14 Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup.

Ardeşen GSK

In August 2014, she moved to

Ardeşen GSK Ardeşen GSK () is a women's handball club from Ardeşen in Rize Province, Turkey. Founded in 2008, the team play their home matches in the Ardeşen RTEÜ MYO Hall. Club chairman is Sultan Rauf Oğuz. The team is managed by Hikmet Vurgun. The te ...

Rize Rize (; ; ; ka, რიზე}; ) is a coastal city in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Rize Province and Rize District. and played in the

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Kastamonu Bld. GSK

She played for Kastamonu Bld. GSK in the 2018–19

season. She took part in the

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, becoming runner-up, in the 2019–20 EHF Champions League qualifying, the

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, and the 2019–20 EHF Cup.

Yalıkavak SK

In 2020, she joined

Yalıkavak SK Yalıkavak Sports Club (), Armada Praxis Yalıkavak Spor for sponsorship reasons, is a women's handball club based in Yalıkavak, Yalıkavak, Bodrum of Muğla Province, Turkey. The team competes in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League, Tur ...

in Bodrum, Muğla, where she played two seasons. She participated in the 2021–22 EHF European Cup, and the

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Üsküdar Bld. SK

For the 2022–23 season, she returned to her initial club Üsküdar Bld. SK.

International career

In 2009, Sakızcan was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-17 team. Sakızcan is a member of the

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. She was part of the national team at the

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, Spain. She played at the 2022 European Championship qualification.

Honours

;

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:; Üsküdar Bld. SK ::''Runners-up'' (2): 2011–12, 2012–13. :; Kastamonu Bld. GSK :: ''Champion'' (1): 2018–19. :; Yalıkavak SK :: ''Runners-up'' /2): 2020–21, 2021–22. ;

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:; Üsküdar Bld. SK :: ''Third place'' (1):

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. :; Kastamonu Bld. GSK :: ''Runner-up'' (1): 2015–16.

References

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