Tolga Tekinalp (born 28 December 1974) is a Turkish former professional basketball player who played the majority of his career in the

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(TBL). He also competed multiple times for the Turkish national team during the 1990s.

Career

After joining the

Anadolu Efes Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Anadolu Efes or simply Efes, is a Turkish professional basketball team based in Istanbul. Founded in 1976, the club was formerly known as Efes Pilsen until 2011. Efes is the 2021–22 EuroLeagu ...

junior ranks in 1988, Tekinalp went on to join the Anadolu Efes senior team in 1990–91. He move to

TED Ankara Kolejliler TED Ankara Kolejliler Spor Kulübü, more commonly known as TED Ankara Kolejliler is a professional basketball team from the city of Ankara in Turkey. Their home arena is the Ankara Arena with a capacity of 10,400 seats, which was opened in April ...

in 1991 and was with the club for three seasons before going on to play seven seasons for Fenerbahçe, winning championships in 1995 and 1998. A change of scenery came in 2001–02 when he joined 08 Stockholm of the Swedish

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and went on to average 18 points and eight rebounds per game. In September 2002, Tekinalp received a try-out period with

JDA Dijon Basket Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Basket, commonly known as JDA Dijon Basket or simply Dijon, is a professional basketball club from the city of Dijon, France. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the French first tier division. The club has won the Frenc ...

of the

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but he did not end up signing with them. In 2003, Tekinalp returned to Turkey and signed with

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

where he went on to play three seasons with the club. Then, after playing one season for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

in 2006–07, he joined İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi of the Turkish second division. He played three and a half seasons for ITU before joining Maliye Milli Piyango in December 2011.Maliye Milli Piyango sign Tolga Tekinalp
/ref> Tekinalp's final season came in 2012–13 as he re-joined İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi. He retired following the 2012–13 season.

References

External links

TBLStat.net profileEurobasket.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tekinalp, Tolga 1974 births Living people Fenerbahçe men's basketball players Beşiktaş men's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Turkish men's basketball players Turkish expatriate basketball people Turkish expatriate basketball people in France Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Ülker G.S.K. basketball players 08 Stockholm Human Rights players Forwards (basketball) People from Sinop, Turkey