Melike Kasapoğlu
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| Born |
11 May 2004 Bursa, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Ankara Yurdum | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Mudanya Bld. | ||||||||||||||||
2022–2025 | Bursa BB | ||||||||||||||||
2025– | Ankara Yurdum | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Turkey girls' U17 | ||||||||||||||||
2025 | Turkey women's U19 | ||||||||||||||||
2023– | Turkey | ||||||||||||||||
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Melike Kasapoğlu (born 11 May 2004) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as pivot in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Ankara Yurdum and the Turkey national handball team.
Early years
Kasapoğlu started handball playing during her primary education. She was discovered while playing handball in the schoolyard by Merve Yılmaz, an officer of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and a head coach, who was scouting talented children for sports in Mudanya District of Bursa Province. She trained and joined the newly founded team, which won champion titles in regional tournaments. She was part of the team consisted of the same group of students that achieved success at national level. Ten years later, the team became champion in the Turkish Women's Handball First League defeated in one match only.[1]
Club career
Mudanya Bld.
Kasapoğlu first entered Mudanya Bld. in Bursa Province, where she last played in the 2021–22 First League.[2]
Bursa BB
For the 2022–23 First League season, she movedher hometown club Bursa BB.[3] Her team, she was captain of, finished the 2022–23 First League season as league champion, and was promoted to the Turkish Women's Handball Super League.[4][5] She last appeared for Bursa BB in the 2024–25 Super League season.[6] In May 2025, her team won the Turkish Women's Handball Cup.[7]
Anadolu Üniversitesi
Mid July 2025, she transferred to Anadolu Üniversitesi in Eskişehir.[8] However, she did not play for the team.
Ankara Yurdum
She joined Ankara Yurdum, which was newly established and entered the 2025–26 Super League season on a wild card basis.[9]
She is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall, and plays in the pivot position.[3]
International career
Kasapoğlu was selected to the national team in February 2022 to participate at the preparation camp.[2] In November 2023, she was called up to the newly esyablished A2 national team for the preparation camp.[10]
She played in the national team,[11] which won the gold medal at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[11][12]
Personal life
Melike Kasapoğlu was born in Bursa, Turkey,[3] on 11 May 2004.[13]
Honours
Club
- Bursa BB
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- Turkish Women's Handball Super League
- Third places (1): 2024–25
- Turkish Women's Handball First League
- Champions (1): 2022–23
- Turkish Women's Handball Cup
- Winners (1): 2025
International
Personal
- Top goalscorer (1): 2021–22 First League (Mudanya Bld.)
References
- ^ Sevgin, Sergen (6 June 2023). "İlkokul bahçesinde başlayan "Poyrazın Kızları"nın hikayesi Süper Lig'e taşındı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Milli takım kampı başlıyor". Kastamonu (in Turkish). 15 February 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ a b c "Kasapoglu, Melike". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Şampiyon Kadın Hentbol Takımında transfer çalışmaları başladı" (in Turkish). Bursaspor. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Mudanya'da 'Poyraz' coşkuyla esti". Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi TV (in Turkish). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ "Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Anadolu Üniversitesi engelini de geçti". Bursa SporX (in Turkish). 15 November 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ "HDI Sigorta Kadınlar Türkiye Kupası Şampiyonu Bursa BBSK" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hentbol Federasyonu. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Meleklerin kadrosu şekilleniyor". İstikbal (in Turkish). 18 July 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ "Kadınlar Süper Ligi'nde 8 Takım! Heyecanda Geri Sayım". Hentbol Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ "A2 Kadın Milli Hentbol Takımı tarama kampında". Kocaeli Öncü (in Turkish). 20 November 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ a b Çakmak, Fatih (4 November 2025). "Türkiye, 6. İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda 212 sporcuyla yer alacak". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Kadın Hentbol A Milli Takımı, İslami Dayanışma Oyunları'nda altın madalyanın sahibi oldu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 21 November 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ^ "Athletes - Handball - Türkiye - Melike Kasapoglu". Islamic Solidarity Games. Retrieved 5 December 2025.