Gülcan Tügel
Turkish handball player (born 2000)
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Gülcan Tügel (born 10 July 2000) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as center back for Yalıkavak in the Turkish Super League,[1] and the Turkey national team.
Van, Turkey
| Gülcan Tügel | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
10 July 2000 Van, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Center back | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Yalıkavak | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Gazi Pasifik SK | |||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Ankara Metropol SK | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Çankaya Eğitim GSK | |||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Yalıkavak | |||||||||||||||||||
2019–2024 | Yenimahalle Bld. | |||||||||||||||||||
2024–2025 | Adasokağı | |||||||||||||||||||
2025– | Yalıkavak | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Turkey U-17 | |||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Turkey U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||
– | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
Club career
Tügel is 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall.[3] Prior to her current playing position as center back, she started as a right back,[4] and then played as a left back.[3][5][6]
Tügel played in her youth years for Gazi Pasifik SK in 2015–16,[4] and for Ankara Metropol SK in 2016–17.[7] She then transferred to Çankaya Eğitim GSK and played in the 2018–19 season.[8]
During the break time of the 2018–19 season, she played in ten matches for the Bodrum-based club Yalıkavak.[8][9]
Tügel moved to Yenimahalle Bld. to play in the 2019–20 Turkish Super League.[8] She remained in her hometown club in the following seasons of 2020–21,[10][6] 2021–22,[11] and 2022–23.[5] She experienced her team's third rank after the end of 4he 2020–21 league season.[12]
She took part at the 2019–20 EHF Challenge Cup,[13] and the Women's EHF European Cup in 2021–22,[14] and 2022–23.[15][16]
Tügel transferred to the Adana-based club Adasokağı in the 2024–25 Super League season.[8] Her team became runner-up defeated by the defending champion Yalaıkavak in the play-off finals by 3-1.[17]
In the 2025–26 Super League season, she returned to her former club Yalıkavak.[2]
International career
In March 2016, Tügel was selected to the Turkey girls' national U-17 team to play at the 2016 Women's Mediterranean Handball Championships in Žabljak, Montenegro.[4] In August 2017, she was invited to the training camp of the Turkey girls' U-17 team to play at the Division 2 of the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship.[7]
End December 2018, she was selected to the Turkey women's national U-19 team.[9]
Tügel is a member of the Turkey national team. In 2022, she was part of the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.[11][18] She played at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria.[19] She participated in the 2023 Handball Championship – European qualification[20]
She played in the national team, which won the gold medal at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[21]
Honours
Club
- Turkish Women's Handball Super League
- Runners-up (2): 2023–24 (Yenimahalle Bld.), 2024–25 (Adasokağı)
- Third place (1): 2020–21 (Yenimahalle Bld.)
International
- Turkey women's national handball team
- Islamic Solidarity Games
- Champions (2): 2021 , 2025