Young talents Hande Baladın and Yasemin Güveli, who were raised in Eczacıbaşı Academy and went on loan to other teams last season, will rejoin us in the 2019-2020 season.
Both Hande and Yasemin played in other Vestel Venus Sultans League teams last season for the purpose of gaining experience.
Born in 1997, Hande Baladın played successfully last season at Galatasaray. Before she went on loan to Galatasaray, Baladın has won gold medal at the 2016 FIVB Club World Championship, bronze medal at the 2017 CEV Champions League and the 2018 CEV Cup championship at Eczacıbaşı VitrA.
Hande has also been an important member of the Turkish National Team both in under age groups and the professional level. She has won a bronze in the 2013 Youth Girls European Championship and a silver in the 2015 U23 World Championship. In 2017, Baladın shone in the U23 World Championship by carrying her team to the first place as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and the Best Spiker of the tournament. Same year, she claimed a bronze medal in the European Championship. As the Turkish National Team finished the inaugurial edition of the Volleyball Nations League in 2018 as the runner-up team, Baladın played an important role in the Turkish volleyball’s historical success.
Born in 1999, Yasemin Güveli played at the Ankara team Karayolları last season. During her rise in the Eczacıbaşı Academy, Güveli has also played an important role in the Turkish National Team’s under age categories, such as finishing both U20 and U18 World Championships in the fourth place. Güveli has won bronze medal in the U20 European Championship and a gold in the European Youth Olympics Festival (EYOF) in 2015.
