Meliha İsmailoğlu Diken (born Meliha Smajlović, 17 September 1993 in Gradačac) is a Bosnian-Turkish volleyball player.[1] She is 190 cm (6.2 ft) tall at 73 kg (161 lb). Currently, she plays for Fenerbahçe. İsmailoğlu is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
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| Born | Meliha Smajlović 17 September 1993 Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||
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| Position | Spiker | ||||
| Current club | Fenerbahçe | ||||
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Career
editClubs
editThe daughter of a former basketball player, she too aspired to become a basketball player. However, due to lack of a women's basketball team in her hometown, she chose playing volleyball. She began her sports career at the age of eight in the club Kula Gradacac in her hometown.[2] In 2009 and 2011, she was named "Player of the Year".[3] In the summer time, she played also beach volleyball in Bosnia Herzegovina.[2][4]
In 2011, İsmailoğlu was invited to Turkey by the Ankara-based İller Bankası.[5] In May 2014, she signed with Fenerbahçe.[4][6][7]
She transferred to Eczacıbaşı VitrA in 2017[8] and Vakıfbank in 2019.[9] Finally she returned to Fenerbahçe in 2021.[10]
National team
editİsmailoğlu was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina youth and juniors national teams. Her double citizenship enabled her to opt in playing for the Turkey women's national volleyball team.[5] She played at the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League that won the gold medal.[4][11]
She represented Turkey at the qualification round for beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4][5][12]
İsmailoğlu competed for Turkey at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.[13]
Awards
editNational team
edit- 2014 Women's European Volleyball League –
Gold medal - 2014 Grand Prix finals – 4th place
- 2015 Montreux Volley Masters – Gold medal
- 2015 European Games – Gold medal
- 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship –
Silver medal - 2018 Nations League – Silver Medal
- 2019 European Championship – Silver Medal
- 2021 Nations League –
Bronze Medal - 2021 European Championship – Bronze Medal
Club
edit- 2014 Turkish Super Cup –
Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe Grundig - 2014–15 Turkish Cup –
Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig - 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
- 2015-2016 Turkish cup – Champion, with Fenerbahce Grundig
- 2015-2016 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig
- 2016–17 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe
- 2016–17 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
- 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank
- 2020 Turkish Super Cup – Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank
- 2020–21 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Vakıfbank
- 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Champion, with Vakıfbank
- 2020-21 CEV Champions League – Silver Medal, with Vakıfbank
- 2021–22 Turkish Super Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
- 2022-2023 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig
- 2022–23 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
- 2023-2024 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig
- 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
- 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
- 2024 Turkish Super Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Medicana
- 2024–25 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Medicana
Individuals
edit- Player of the Year – 2009 and 2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Turci "ukrali" mlade talente iz BiH, a dobili vrhunske zvezde: Adis Lagumdžija glavni adut, Mirza čeka šansu". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 12 September 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- 1 2 "Meliha İsmailoğlu ile yapılan özel röportaj sizlerle". Voleybol Magazin (in Turkish). 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ↑ "Meliha İsmailoğlu" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 3 4 "İsmailoğlu: 'F.Bahçe ile hayallerimi...'". Spor X (in Turkish). 19 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Röportaj: Meliha İsmailoğlu". Spor 365 (in Turkish). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ↑ Gengönül, Burak (3 May 2014). "Meliha İsmailoğlu Fenerbahçe'de". Voleybol Extra (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ↑ "Fenerbahçe'den iki transfer daha!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ↑ "Meliha İsmailoğlu Eczacıbaşı'nda".
- ↑ "Ailemize hoş geldin Meliha". Vakifbanksporkulubu.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ↑ "Yeniden hoş geldin Meliha İsmailoğlu - Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü". Fenerbahce.org. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ↑ Yücekök, Murat Mert (19 July 2014). "'Gözde Yılmaz: 3 aydır bugün için çalışıyorduk". Voleybol Extra (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ↑ "Plajda Kadınlarla Kazandık". Manşet Haber (in Turkish). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ↑ "DIKEN Meliha". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
External links
edit- Meliha Diken at FIVB.com
- Meliha Diken at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Meliha Ismailoglu at Olympics.com
- Meliha İsmailoğlu-Diken at Olympedia
- Meliha İsmailoğlu-Diken at InterSportStats
- Meliha İsmailoğlu at the Turkish Olympic Committee's Olimpedya
- Meliha İsmailoğlu at the Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi (in Turkish)
- Meliha Diken on Instagram
