Hakan Demirel
Height1.91 m
Weight lbs187
PositionPoint guard
Birth date7 May 1986 (age 40)
Birth placeErzurum, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Draft year2008
Career start2003
Career end2017
Team 1Tofaş
Years 12003–2005
Team 2Fenerbahçe
Years 22005–2008
Team 3Erdemir
Years 32008–2009
Team 4Darüşşafaka
Years 42009–2010
Team 5Erdemir
Years 52010–2011
Team 6Fenerbahçe
Years 62011–2012
Team 7Antalya BB
Years 72012
Team 8Royal Halı Gaziantep
Years 82012–2013
Team 9Tofaş
Years 92013–2014
Team 10Uşak Sportif
Years 102015
Team 11Trabzonspor
Years 112015–2016
Team 12Uşak Sportif
Years 122016–2017
Years 132017
Team 13İstanbul BB
Highlights

İsmail Hakan Demirel (born 7 May 1986) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. He is 1.91 m tall and played the point guard position.

Career

He studied at Istanbul Bilgi University.[1] He started his professional career with Tofaş in Turkish Basketball 2nd League. He was recruited to play for the Western Carolina University Catamounts, but the NCAA declared him permanently ineligible as a collegiate athlete because he played professional basketball in Turkey.

Demirel played his whole professional career in Turkey with the following clubs : Tofaş, Fenerbahçe, Erdemir, Darüşşafaka, Antalya BB, Royal Halı Gaziantep, Tofaş, Uşak Sportif,[2] Trabzonspor B.K. and İstanbul BB.

National team career

With the junior national teams of Turkey, Demirel won the silver medal's at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship and at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. He also won the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

He was also member of the senior Turkish national basketball team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship and the EuroBasket 2007.

Career highlights

Turkish national team

References

  1. ^ "Basketbol Kafilesi Listesi" (in Turkish). Universiade 2005 Izmir. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  2. ^ Usak signs David Jelinek and Hakan Demirel
  3. ^ "Turkey Roster". FIBA Europe. 2004-07-20. Retrieved 2013-07-29.