Aslı İskit
Turkish handball player
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Aslı İskit (born 7 December 1993), also known as Aslı İskit Çalışkan,[1] is a Turkish handballer, who plays for Thüringer HC and the Turkey national team. She plays in the back position.[2]
Urla, İzmir, Turkey
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| Full name | Aslı İskit Çalışkan | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 December 1993 Urla, İzmir, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Back | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Thüringer HC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
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2004–2009 | Urla GSK | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2014 | İzmir BB SK | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Ardeşen GSK | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Muratpaşa Bld. SK | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Kristianstad Handboll | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Kastamonu Bld. GSK | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Thüringer HC | ||||||||||||||||
| National team 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
– | Turkey | 72 | (242) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Early years
Aslı İskit was born to sportspeople parents in Urla district of İzmir Province.[2][3] She began playing handball at age 11, joining the local club Urla GSK.[4]
Club career
İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. SK
She began her sport career in 2009, joining İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi SK in her hometown, where she played five seasons until 2014.[5] During this time, she took part twice in the Women's EHF Cup (2009–10 and 2010–11) and twice in the Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2011–12 and 2012–13.[2]
With 161 goals, she was the top scorer of the 2012–13 season.[3]
Ardeşen GSK
In the 2014–15 season, she was with the Rize-based team Ardeşen GSK.[5] İskit participated in the Women's EHF Challenge Cup for Ardeşen GSK in 2014–15.[2] She was among the cup's top scorers,[6] however, she was disqualified due to unsporting behaviour at the Last 16 match and suspended for one game.[7] During a 2014–15 league play-off match, she sustained a serious injury, and had to undergo surgery.[8]
In November 2014, she was awarded "Best Playmaker of the Year" by the handball magazine.[9]
Muratpaşa Bld. SK
İskit transferred for the 2015–16 season to Muratpaşa Bld. SK in Antalya.[10] She played in the (2015–16 Women's EHF Cup) for her team.[2][11]
Kristianstad Handboll
In 2016 İskit transferred to Kristianstad Handboll to play in the top division of women's handball in Sweden.[12]
Kastamonu Bld. GSK
After returning to Turkey im 2018, İskit joined Kastamonu Bld. GSK, and played two seasons in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League.[13][14]
Thüringer HC
In the beginning of June 2020, İskit signed a two-year contract with the German club Thüringer HC from Erfurt and Bad Langensalza to play in the Handball-Bundesliga. She was recognized as the third-best thrower and thus as a backspace player in the past unfinished 2019–20 EHF Cup season.[15]
International career
İskit became a member of Turkey girls' U-17 and U-19 teams.[16][17] She played also for the Turkey women's national beach handball team at international competitions.[18][4]
She plays for the Turkey women's national handball team.[4][19][20][21] She was part of the national squad that competed at the 2013 Mediterranean Games,[22] 2014 European Women's Handball Championship,[21] and the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification matches.[20]
Honours
Individual
Club
- Turkish Women's Handball Super League
- Winners (1): 2018–19
- Runners-up (1): 2010–11
- Third place (1): 2015–16
International
- Turkey women's national handball team
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- Islamic Solidarity Games
- Silver medal (1): 2017
