Merve Erbektaş
{{Short description|Turkish handball player (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Merve Durdu Erbektaş
| fullname =
| image = Beach handball Euro 2019 Preliminary Round Women TUR-NOR 045 (Merve Durdu).jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Merve Durdu playing beach handball at the 2019 [[European Women's Beach Handball Championship|European Championship
]] for Turkey.
| nationality = Turkish
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|04|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sivas, Turkey
| height = {{height|m=1.82}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Kastamonu Bld. GSK
| clubnumber = 58
| youthyears1 = 2015
| youthclubs1 = Üsküdar Bld. SK
| years1 = 2013–
| clubs1 = Üsküdar Bld. SK
| years2 = 2018–2020
| clubs2 = Muratpaşa Bld. SK
| years3 = 2020–
| clubs3 = Kastamonu Bld. GSK
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = Turkey
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 =
| nationalteam2 = Turkey beach handball
| nationacaps2 =
| nationalgoals2 =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{TUR}} }}
{{MedalSport|Women's handball }}
{{MedalCompetition|Islamic Solidarity Games }}
{{MedalGold|2021 Konya|Team }}
}}
Merve Durdu Erbektaş (15 April 1996) is a Turkish handballer, who plays as goalkeeper for Kastamonu Bld. GSK in the Turkish Super League and the Turkey national team.
Personal life
Merve Durdu was born in Sivas, Turkey on 15 April 1996.
Club career
Durdu is {{height|m=1.82}} tall at {{cvt|70|kg}}. She plays as a goalkeeper.
= Üsküdar Belediyespor =
She started her sports career at Üsküdar Bld. SK in Istanbul playing in the 2013–14 season of the Turkish Women's Handball Super League ({{langx|tr|Türkiye Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Ligi}}). She took part in the 2013–14 Cup Winners' Cup. In 2015, she played also in the youth team, which became champion of the Turkish Handball Youth Super League ({{langx|tr|Türkiye Gençler Süper Ligi}}).
= Muratpaşa Bld. SK =
After playing for Üsküdar Bld. SK, she moved to the Antalya-based club Muratpaşa Bld. SK] (2018–2020), and played two seasons. With Muratpaşa Bld. SK, she appeared in the 2018–19 EHF Cup, 2018–19 EHF Champions League, and 2019–20 EHF Cup.
= Kastamonu Bld. GSK =
Late June 2020, she transferred to Kastamonu Bld. GSK. With Kastamonu Bld. , she experienced two champions titles, in the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.
She took part in the 2020–21 EHF European League, 2021–22 EHF Champions League, and 2022–23 EHF Champions League.
International career
Durdu is a member of the Turkey national team. She participated at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship qualification.
She played at the Mediterranean Games in 2018 in Tarragona, Spain, and in 2022 in Oran, Algeria. In 2022, she played in the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.
Durdu is also a member of the Turkey national beach handball team. She took part at the 1st Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara, Italy.
Honours
= Club =
; Turkish Handball Youth Super League
:: Champions (1): 2015
; Turkish Women's Handball Super League
:: Runners-up (1): 2018–19
:: Champions (3): 2020–21, 2021–22 , 2022–23
= International =
References
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{{cite web |url=https://www.olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr/Sporcu-Detay/10377 |website=olimpiyatkomitesi.org.tr |publisher=Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi |title=Merve Durdu |language=tr |accessdate=16 May 2023 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/hentbol/kastamonu-belediyespor-merve-durduyu-transfer-etti-2152948 |newspaper=Fanatik |title=Kastamonu Belediyespor, Merve Durdu'yu transfer etti |date=24 June 2020 |language=tr |accessdate=16 May 2023 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/hentbol/hentbol-kadinlar-super-liginde-sampiyon-kastamonu-belediyespor-2283762 |newspaper=Fanatik |title=Hentbol Kadınlar Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon Kastamonu |date=21 May 2022 |language=tr |accessdate=16 May 2023 }}
}}
{{Turkey women's handball team 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Sivas
Category:Turkish female handball players
Category:Turkish beach handball players
Category:Kastamonu Bld. SK (women's handball) players
Category:Üsküdar Belediyespor players
Category:Muratpaşa Bld. SK (women's handball) players
Category:Turkey women's national handball players
Category:Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Category:Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in handball
Category:21st-century Turkish sportswomen
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Turkey
Category:Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Category:Turkish expatriate handball players
Category:Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Romania