Melih Mahmutoğlu

Melih Mahmutoğlu

Mahmutoğlu with Fenerbahçe
No. 10 – Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Position Shooting guard
League Turkish Basketball League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born (1990-05-12) May 12, 1990
Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Listed height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2006–present
Career history
2006–2008 Pertevniyal S.K.
2008–2010 Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires
2010–2012 Galatasaray Medical Park
2011–2012 → Antalya BB
2012–2013 Erdemirspor
2013–present Fenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Turkey Turkey
Mediterranean Games
2013 Turkey Team

Melih Mahmutoğlu (born May 12, 1990) is a Turkish professional basketball player who plays for and captains[1] Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball League.

Professional career

Early years

He started to play basketball with Genç Boğaziçispor. He transferred to Efes Pilsen in 1999. He grew up with the Efes Pilsen juniors. He made his professional debut in the Turkish Second Basketball League with Pertevniyal, Efes Pilsen's feeder club, during the 2006-07 season.

He signed a contract with Darüşşafaka Cooper Tires in 2008. He won the championship with the Darüşşafaka in the Turkish Second Basketball League, averaging 7.3 points and 1.4 rebounds.

He signed a contract with Galatasaray Medical Park in 2010. He was loaned to Antalya BB for the 2011–12 season where he averaged 11.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.0 assist.

In the summer of 2012, he moved to Erdemirspor. His average of 12.1 points over 30 games drew the attention of some bigger clubs.

Fenerbahçe (2013–present)

In August 2013, he signed a two-year contract with option to extend for one season with Fenerbahçe.[2] In his first Euroleague season, he averaged 5.5 points and 1.2 rebounds over 22 games, while shooting 44.8% from the field.

In 2014–15 season, Fenerbahçe advanced to the Euroleague Final Four for the first time in team's history.[3] On May 15, 2015, however, they lost in the semifinal game to Real Madrid with 87–96.[4] In 2015–16 season, Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Cup with 67–65 win over Darüşşafaka. Fenerbahçe also reached the final game of the 2016 Euroleague Final Four, but fall short of winning the championship after overtime 96–101 loss to CSKA Moscow.[5] Over 18 Euroleague games, he averaged 4 points per game. In the end of the season, Fenerbahçe also won the Tukish League championship.

On September 27, 2016, he signed a three-year contract extension with the team.[6]

Turkish national team

He played at the 2006 European U-16 Championship, at the 2007 and 2008 European U-18 Championships, at the 2009 and 2010 European U-20 Championships. He also played for Turkish national team and won the gold medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Fenerbahçe 22 7 14.5 .448 .415 .923 1.2 .6 .5 .0 5.5 3.6
2014–15 16 2 7.4 .351 .393 .000 .7 .3 .0 .0 2.3 .8
2015–16 18 2 12.2 .410 .404 .500 .7 .4 .2 .0 4.0 1.5
Career 56 11 11.7 .418 .406 .867 .9 .5 .3 .0 4.1 2.1

References

  1. ↑ Melih is the new captain
  2. ↑ "Fenerbahçe Ülker'de 3 yeni isim". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fenerbahce for the first time in the Final Four". eurohoops.net. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Real Madrid heads to third straight final after beating Fenerbahce". euroleague.net. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "CSKA Moscow claims its seventh Euroleague crown after OT thriller". euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Bilgilendirme". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). 27 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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