Olcay Çakır

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Olcay Çakır
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No. 21 – Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Position Guard
League Turkish Women's Basketball League
Euroleague Women
Personal information
Born (1993-07-13) July 13, 1993 (age 31)
Konak, İzmir, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight 132 lb (60 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft 2013 / Round: 3 / Pick: 27th overall
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career 2010–present

Olcay Çakır (born 13 July 1993 in Konak, İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish basketball player. The young national plays for Fenerbahçe İstanbul as both guard (1-2) position. Olcay Çakır is 182 cm tall and weighs 60 kg. She is playing for Fenerbahçe since 2005 in youth level and since 2010 in senior level.

Çakır was selected 27th overall in the 2013 WNBA Draft's Round 3 by the New York Liberty. She is so the first ever woman basketball player from Turkey to be drafted by the WNBA. The only Turkish basketball player, who played in the WNBA, is Nevriye Yılmaz.[1]

Honors

Individual

Club

  • Turkish Championship (4): 2010-11, 2011–12, 2012-13, 2015-16
  • Turkish Presidents Cup (5): 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Turkish Cup (2): 2015, 2016

National team

See also

References

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