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Gülcan Paksoy

Gülcan Paksoy (born 15 January 2004) is a Turkish professional field and indoor hockey player. She is a member of Alanya Stars HSK and part of the Turkey national field and indoor hockey teams.[1]

Gülcam Paksoy
Personal information
Born (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 22)
Turkey
Sport
SportField hockey
ClubAlanya Stars HSK
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– Turkey -
Medal record
Representing  Turkey
Women's Indoor hockey
EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
Gold medal – first place2026 LousadaTeam
Women's Field hockey
EuroHockey Championship III
Silver medal – second place2025 AlanyaTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 ZagrebTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 LipovciTeam

Club career

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Paksoy played at the 2019–20 Turkish Girls' U16 Indoor Hockey Championship, and became the Top Goalscorer.[2]

For the 2023–24 league season, she left her club Alanya Stars HSK and transferred to the Menteşe, Muğla-based club Ege Yıldızları SK to strengthen the team.[3] That season, her team became Indoor Hockey Super League champion, at which she was instrumental.[4] With her team, she played at the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in Šiauliai, Lithuania.[4][5]

In September 2025, it was announced that she signed a contract with the Feld Bundesliga I-club HC Ludwigburg in Germany.[4][6]

For the 2025–26 Super League season, she returned home, and rejoined her initial club Alanya Stars HSK.[7]

International career

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Indoor hockey

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With the national U21 indoor hockey team, she played at the 2025 EuroHockey Indoor U21 Championship Women in Wałcz, Poland.[4][8][9]

She was part of the national indoor hockey team, which won the gold medal at the 2026 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II in Lousada, Portugal.[10] She was instrumental with her goals for Turkey's champions title and the promotion to the higher championship level next time.[11]

Field hockey

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As part of the national U16 field hockey team, Paksoy played at the 2019 Girls' EuroHockey5s Championship in Wałcz, Poşand.[12]

A member of the national U18 field hockey team, she played at the 2021 Girls' U18 EuroHockey Championship III in Zagreb, Croatia.[13]

With the national field hockey team, she played at the Women's EuroHockey Championship III, and took the bronze medal in 2021 in Lipovci, Slovenia,[14] the gold medal in 2023 in Zagreb, Cratia,[15] and the silver medal in 2025 in Alanya, Turkey.[16][17][18]

Personal life

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Gülcan Paksoy was born on 15 January 2004.[1]

She attended Sports Science Faculty of Faziantep University.[11][10]

Honours

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Club

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International

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Individual

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Top Goalscorer (1)
2019–20 Turkish Girls' U16 Indoor Hockey Championship

References

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  1. 1 2 "Gülcan Paksoy" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "2019–2020 Sezonu U16 Kızlar Salon Türkiye Şampiyonası" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "A Milli Takımı'nın golcüsü Zeliha Kendir Muğla'ya transfer oldu". Muğla Devrim (in Turkish). 7 November 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Tosun, Bekir (25 September 2025). "Muğlalı Hokey Sporcusu Gülcan Paksoy, Almanya'ya transfer oldu". Muğla Yenigün (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup Women, 2025 Match Report - Ege Yildizlari 4-2 SK Slavia Prague". EuroHockey. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "HC Ludwigsburg - Spielerinnrn" (in German). Hockey de. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "2025 - 2026 Kadınlar Salon Süper Lig - MetPack Alanya Stars Hokey Spor Kulübü vs Ege Yıldızları Spor Kulübü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "EuroHockey Indoor U21 Championship Women 2025 SUI v TUR". FIH. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "EuroHockey Indoor U21 Championship Women 2025". FIH. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Kadın Millî Hokey Takımında Gaziantep gururu". Gaziantep Söz (in Turkish). 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Kadın Milli Hokey Takımı'nda GAÜN Gururu" (in Turkish). Gaziantep Üniversitesi. 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "name.<ref" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page).
  12. ↑ "EıroHockey5s U16 Championship Girls 2019". EuroHockey. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "EuroHockey U18 Championship III 2021 Girls". FIH. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "EuroHockey Championship III Women 2021 Match Report - Turkey 3-0 Croatia". EuroHockey. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "EuroHockey Championship III 2023 Women TUR v SUI". FIH. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Paksoy, Gülcan - EuroHockey Championship III 2025 Women". FIH. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "EuroHockey Championship III 2025 Women". FIH. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "EuroHockey Championship III 2025 Women TUR v LUX". FIH. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
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