Fatma Ay (born May 1, 1992) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League () is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Turkish champions. Established in the 1978– ...

for Muratpaşa Bld. SK, and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman is a goalkeeper.

Playing career

Club

Fatma Ay joined

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-based Muratpaşa Bld. SK in 2010. She took part in the

Women's EHF Challenge Cup The Women's EHF European Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season and the EHF Challenge Cup until the 2019–20 season. It is currently the third-tier co ...

matches in

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and 2011–12, which her team finished both as runner-up. She played in the

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, t ...

matches (

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

and 2013–14), at the

Women's EHF Champions League The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

competitions (

and 2013–14) as well as at the

Women's EHF Cup The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the European Handball Federation, EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the ...

games ( 2014–15 and 2015–16).

International

In 2009, Fatna Ay was called up to the Turkey women's national beach handball team. She is a member of the

Turkey women's national handball team The Turkey women's national handball team is the national handball team of Turkey for women and is managed by the Turkey Handball Federation. The team achieved second place in Mediterranean Games in 2009 and championship in Islamic Solidari ...

. She took part in the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship qualification matches.

Honours

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Turkish Handball Super League Turkish Men's Handball Super League () is the highest league in the Turkish handball and comprises the top 12 elite men teams. The league began in 1982–83. Structure The season starts in the end of September with a regular season with 12 teams ...

: * Winners (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14. * Runner-up (1): 2014–15. * Third place (1): 2010–11.

References

1992 births Sportspeople from Afyonkarahisar Turkish female handball players Turkish beach handball players Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players Turkey women's national handball players Living people 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Bursa Büyükşehir Bld. SK (women's handball) players {{Turkey-handball-bio-stub