Merve Aydın Özbek (born 10 March 1994) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. She contributed to the Survivor Turkey in 2021. She married Yunus Özbek (Turkish Airlines).
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 Turkish Women's Basketball League. In the 2012–13 season, she was transferred back to Mersin B.B. after playing in the İstanbul Üniversitesi SK for some time.
Despite her injuries she returned to play in high-level competition.She played Eurocup semi-final with Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyesi (women's basketball) and played for them in 2017 until 2019. She transferred to the French first division (basketball) team Nantes Rezé Basket. 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 national team at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, which ranked 7th. She won the bronze medal in 2012 and 2013 at FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women with the national team.
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
National FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women 2012 – 2013 –
See also Turkish women in sports
References
External links
Statistics at TBL.org.tr