One question, one answer! Fatma Yıldırım is the first guest of our new video series "Quick Questions".
On this episode, Fatma shares how she has felt about returning back to her home club Eczacıbaşı after 10 years.
Fatma's career in depth
Born in 1990 in Mersin, Fatma Yıldırım is 180 cm tall and plays as a wing spiker.
Fatma started playing volleyball at Toros College, Mersin when she was 10 years old and was transferred to our Academy when she was 15 years old. A member of Eczacıbaşı Academy’s talented 1990-born class who have become into great volleyball players of Turkish volleyball in later years, Fatma Yıldırım won the national championship title at each tournament she participated with the youth and junior teams of Tigers.
Fatma received an athletic scholarship from the Florida State University when she was 19 years old. During her college years, she played both volleyball and beach volleyball. After she graduated, Fatma played for Halkbank, Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor and Fenerbahçe Opet consecutively. Having represented Turkey with the beach volleyball national team as well, Fatma is currently a member of the Turkish National Team.