Meliha İsmailoğlu

Meliha Diken
Meliha Diken
Personal information
Born	Meliha Smajlović; 17 September 1993 (age 31); Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Spiker
Current club	Fenerbahçe
Career
2001–2011; 2011–2014; 2014–2017; 2017-2019; 2019-2021; 2021–;	Kula Gradačac; İller Bankası; Fenerbahçe; Eczacıbaşı VitrA; VakifBank S.K; Fenerbahçe;
National team
	Turkey
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Turkey
European Championship
FIVB Nations League
European Games
Islamic Solidarity Games
Montreux Volley Masters
Women's U23 World Championship
Women's European Volleyball League

Meliha İsmailoğlu Diken (born Meliha Smajlović, 17 September 1993 in Gradačac) is a Bosnian-Turkish volleyball player. She is 190 cm (6.2 ft) tall at 73 kg (161 lb). Currently, she plays for Fenerbahçe. İsmailoğlu is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Career

Clubs

The daughter of a former basketball player, she too aspired to become a basketball player. However, due to lack of a women's basketball team in her hometown, she chose playing volleyball. She began her sports career at the age of eight in the club Kula Gradacac in her hometown.^[1] In 2009 and 2011, she was named "Player of the Year".^[2] In the summer time, she played also beach volleyball in Bosnia Herzegovina.^[1]^[3]

In 2011, İsmailoğlu was invited to Turkey by the Ankara-based İller Bankası.^[4] In May 2014, she signed with Fenerbahçe.^[3]^[5]^[6]

She transferred to Eczacıbaşı VitrA in 2017^[7] and Vakıfbank in 2019.^[8] Finally she returned to Fenerbahçe in 2021.^[9]

National team

İsmailoğlu was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina youth and juniors national teams. Her double citizenship enabled her to opt in playing for the Turkey women's national volleyball team.^[4] She played at the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League that won the gold medal.^[3]^[10]

She represented Turkey at the qualification round for beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3]^[4]^[11]

Awards

National team

2014 Women's European Volleyball League – Gold medal
2014 Grand Prix finals – 4th place
2015 Montreux Volley Masters – Gold medal
2015 European Games – Gold medal
2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship – Silver medal
2018 Nations League – Silver Medal
2019 European Championship – Silver Medal
2021 Nations League – Bronze Medal
2021 European Championship – Bronze Medal

Club

2014 Turkish Super Cup – Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
2014–15 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
2015-2016 Turkish cup – Champion, with Fenerbahce Grundig
2015-2016 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig
2016–17 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe
2016–17 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank
2020 Turkish Super Cup – Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank
2020–21 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Vakıfbank
2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Champion, with Vakıfbank
2020-21 CEV Champions League – Silver Medal, with Vakıfbank
2021–22 Turkish Super Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
2022-2023 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig
2022–23 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
2023-2024 CEV Champions League – Bronze medal, with Fenerbahce Grundig
2023–24 Turkish Volleyball Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
2023–24 Turkish Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet
2024 Turkish Super Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Medicana

Individuals

Player of the Year – 2009 and 2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

^ ^a ^b "Meliha İsmailoğlu ile yapılan özel röportaj sizlerle". Voleybol Magazin (in Turkish). 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ "Meliha İsmailoğlu" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "İsmailoğlu: 'F.Bahçe ile hayallerimi...'". Spor X (in Turkish). 19 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Röportaj: Meliha İsmailoğlu". Spor 365 (in Turkish). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ Gengönül, Burak (3 May 2014). "Meliha İsmailoğlu Fenerbahçe'de". Voleybol Extra (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ "Fenerbahçe'den iki transfer daha!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ "Meliha İsmailoğlu Eczacıbaşı'nda".
^ "Ailemize hoş geldin Meliha". Vakifbanksporkulubu.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ "Yeniden hoş geldin Meliha İsmailoğlu - Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü". Fenerbahce.org. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ Yücekök, Murat Mert (19 July 2014). "'Gözde Yılmaz: 3 aydır bugün için çalışıyorduk". Voleybol Extra (in Turkish). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
^ "Plajda Kadınlarla Kazandık". Manşet Haber (in Turkish). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.