Nevriye Yılmaz

Nevriye Yılmaz
Personal information
Born	16 June 1980 (age 44); Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Nationality	Turkish / Bulgarian
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1997–2016
Position	Center
Career history
1997–1999	I.U.S.B.K.
1999–2001	Galatasaray
2001–2002	Apollon Ptolemaida
2002	Academic Plovdiv
2002–2003	Termini Imerese
2003–2004	La Spezia Basket
2004–2005	Pool Comense Como
2005–2012	Fenerbahçe
2012–2016	Galatasaray
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Representing Turkey
EuroBasket

Nevriye Yılmaz (pronounced [ˈnevɾiːye jɯɫˈmaz]; born 16 June 1980) is a Turkish retired basketball player. Yılmaz, who grew up in Bulgaria in a Turkish family, moved to Istanbul, Turkey with her parents when she was nine years old.

In 1997, she won the World High School Basketball Championship with Boğaziçi Lisesi.

Career in Europe

She began her basketball career with I.U.S.B.K. (1997–99) and then she played Galatasaray (1999–01) where she won her first Turkish Championship in Turkey.

She moved first to the Greek team Apollon Ptolemaida (2001–02) then later to the Bulgarian team Academic Plovdiv (2002). Yılmaz moved then to Italy to play for Termini Imerese (2002–03), La Spezia Basket (2003–04) and Pool Comense Como (2004–05).

WNBA

Yılmaz is the first Turkish woman to play in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 1999, she participated in the Charlotte Sting's training camp, but was released before the season started. In 2000, she attended the training camp for the now-defunct Miami Sol, but was also released prior to the start of the regular season. Then in 2003, Yılmaz signed a free agent contract with the Phoenix Mercury and played five games for them. The following year, 2004, she played seven games for the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Fenerbahçe

In 2005, she returned home to play in Fenerbahçe Istanbul.

She won 2005 Europe Cup Ribaund Quenn and 2007 EuroLeague Women All-Star player honor.

Galatasaray

On 6 July 2012, she signed a two-year contract with Galatasaray Women’s Basketball Team.^[1]

Yılmaz officially announced her retirement from active sport on 24 October 2016.^[2]

She won Euroleague cup 2014 with Galatasaray.

National team

She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain and won a gold medal with Turkey national women's basketball team.

With more than 180 games (188 games until 7 December 2007) played Yılmaz the most capped national player or Turkey. She was a student in the Sports Academy at the Istanbul University.

She participated London Olympic games 2012 and Rio Olympic games 2016.

Honors

Turkish Championship
- Galatasaray Istanbul: 2000, 2014, 2015
- Fenerbahçe Istanbul: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Turkish Cup
- Fenerbahçe Istanbul: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Turkish Presidents Cup
- Fenerbahçe Istanbul: 2007, 2010
EuroLeague Women
- Galatasaray Istanbul: 2014
Triple Crown
- Galatasaray Istanbul: 2014
Eurobasket
- National team: 2011 (silver)
- All tournament team, Eurobasket Women 2011^[3]

References

^ "Nevriye Yılmaz Become Gala Woman". Galatasaray SK. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
^ "Nevriye Yılmaz basketbolu bıraktı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). October 23, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
^ "Danilochkina Heads All-Tournament Team". Eurobasket Women 2011. 2011-07-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-07-04.

External links

[1] "Nevriye Yılmaz Become Gala Woman". Galatasaray SK. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

[2] "Nevriye Yılmaz basketbolu bıraktı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). October 23, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.

[3] "Danilochkina Heads All-Tournament Team". Eurobasket Women 2011. 2011-07-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-07-04.

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