Merve Aydın Ozbek (born 10 March 1994) is a Turkish professional

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player who last played for Fenerbahçe. She contributed to the

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in 2021. She married Yunus Ozbek (

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Career

She began with basketball playing at the age of ten. Despite her height disadvantage, she became a successful player. In the 2008–09 season, at the age of fourteen, Merve Aydın was admitted to the senior team of Mersin B.B. SK becoming the youngest ever player in the

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. In the 2012–13 season, she was transferred back to Mersin B.B. after playing in the

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for some time. Despite her injuries she returned to play in high-level competition.She played Eurocup semi-final with

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and played for them in 2017 until 2019. She transferred to the French first division (

) team

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. For the following season she played for Spanish first division team Al-Qazeres. She played for half a season there and then joined to the Turkish show Survivor. Aydın was a member of the

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at the

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, which ranked 7th. She won the bronze medal in

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and

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with the

Honors

Individual

* 2011 ''Turkey Women's All-Star Talent'' *2023 Euroleague Women Champion *2023 Turkish League Champion *2023 Super Cup Champion *2024 Euroleague Women Champion *2024 Turkish Cup Champion https://www.tbf.org.tr/haber/merve-aydin-oyunculuk-kariyerini-noktaladi-2024-04-18

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