İsmet Akpınar

İsmet Akpınar

Akpınar with Alba Berlin (2014)
No. 8 – Alba Berlin
Position Point guard
League Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1995-05-22) May 22, 1995
Hamburg, Germany
Nationality German / Turkish
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 169 lb (77 kg)
Career information
Playing career 2011–present
Career history
2013–present Alba Berlin
Career highlights and awards

İsmet Akpınar (Turkish: İsmet Akpınar, born 22 May 1995 in Hamburg) is a German professional basketball player who currently plays for Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga.[1]

Career

He started his career in the BC Hamburg youth ranks[2] and made his debut with SC Rist Wedel in the Pro B, the third tier of German basketball, at the age of 16, earning Eurobasket.com All-German Pro B Rookie of the Year honors following the 2011-12 season.[3] At the same time, he excelled at the youth level playing for Piraten Hamburg and was named JBBL (under-16 Bundesliga) Player of the Year in 2011[4] as well as NBBL (under-19 Bundesliga) Rookie of the Year the following season.[5]

In February 2013, Akpınar agreed on a four-year deal with Bundesliga side Alba Berlin.[6]

National Team Career

Akpınar has represented the German Junior National Teams on many occasions. In August 2010, he played in the North Sea Development Basketball Cup, guiding the German under-15 squad to a second-place finish.[7]

He was part of the German U16 National Team, competing in the 2011 under-16 European Championships,[8] and was selected to play for Germany’s U18 team at the 2012 Albert-Schweitzer-Tournament[9] as well as at the 2012[10] and 2013[11] under-18 European Championships. In 2014[12] and 2015,[13] he played for his country in the under-20 European Championships.

Personal

He is younger brother of the Turkish player Mutlu Akpınar.

References

  1. ↑ Berlin, Alba. "8 Ismet Akpinar: ALBA BERLIN Basketballteam". www.albaberlin.de. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  2. ↑ Will, Frank. "Jugend-Nationalspieler Ismet Akpinar fehlt Rist". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  3. ↑ "PROB_2011-2012 Basketball League GERMANY - eurobasket.com". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  4. ↑ "Awards der Jugend Basketball Bundesliga - JBBL". NBBL und JBBL (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  5. ↑ "Awards der Nachwuchs Basketball Bundesliga - NBBL". NBBL und JBBL (in German). Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  6. ↑ "Alba Berlin lock up German star U18 talent Akpinar for four years". heinnews. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  7. ↑ "DBB-U15 Jungen beenden North Sea Development Basketball Cup auf Platz 2 « Deutscher Basketball Bund". www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  8. ↑ "Ismet Akpinar | U16 European Championship Men (2011) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  9. ↑ Stars, Future. "Future Stars: International Basketball Tournament and Coaching Conference". futurestars.uk.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  10. ↑ "Ismet Akpinar | U18 European Championship Men (2012) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  11. ↑ "Ismet Akpinar | U18 European Championship Men (2013) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  12. ↑ "Ismet Akpinar | U20 European Championship Men (2014) | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
  13. ↑ "Ismet Akpinar | U20 Europe Championship Men - Division A". u20men.fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.


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