Yiğit Arslan (born 12 May 1996) is a Turkish professional

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player for Beşiktaş Gain of the

Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basketball Super League (; TBSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league system. It replaced the former Turkish Bas ...

(BSL), the EuroCup and the Turkish national team.

Professional career

Tofaş (2014–2019)

Arslan started his professional career at

Tofaş TOFAŞ Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş (acronym for ''Türk Otomobil Fabrikası Anonim Şirketi''; ''Turkish Automobile Factory Joint-Stock Company'' pronounced ) is a Turkish automobile manufacturer which was established in 1968 by Vehbi Koç, ...

in 2014 at the age of 18, in the 2014–15 season, he averaged 2.6 point, 1.4 rebound and 0.5 assist. In the 2015–16 season, he averaged 6.1 point, 1.8 rebound and 1.1 assists. In the 2016–17 season, he averaged 3.5 point, 1.5 rebound and 0.8 assists. In the 2017–18 season, he averaged 4.8 point, 1.6 rebound and 1 assists In the 2017–18 season at

, he averaged 6.7 point, 2.7 rebound and 1.7 assists.

Galatasaray (2019–2021)

Before the 2019–20 season, he moved to the

Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

team.

Tofaş (2021–2022)

On July 1, 2021, he has signed with

and returned where his professional career has started.

Bahçeşehir Koleji (2022–2023)

On June 21, 2022, he has signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the

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(BSL).

Beşiktaş (2023–present)

On June 23, 2023, he signed with

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

of the Turkish

(BSL).

National team career

Junior teams

Arslan represented Turkey at the 2014 FIBA U18 European Championship in Konya, Turkey, where he averaged 4.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists. A year later, he played at the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he averaged 5.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists. He also represented the Turkish national under-20 team at the 2016 FIBA U20 European Championship in Finland, where he averaged 9.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Senior team

Arslan represented the Turkish national team at the

2019 FIBA World Cup The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams, held from 31 August to 15 September 2019. The tournament was hosted in China and was rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, b ...

in China, where he averaged 0.7 points, 1 rebound and 0.3 assists.

References

External links

RealGM profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arslan, Yigit 1996 births Living people 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K. players Beşiktaş men's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Sportspeople from Osmangazi Shooting guards Sportspeople from Bursa Tofaş S.K. players Turkish men's basketball players Turkey men's national basketball team players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen