Hande Baladın


Hande Baladın is a Turkish professional volleyball player of Fenerbahçe. She started playing volleyball as middle blocker in the youth and junior teams of Eczacıbaşı Dynavit in Istanbul. Since 2014, she plays as opposite spiker. Baladın is a member of the women's national volleyball team, and wears number 7.
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Career

Early career

She started her career with İzmir DSİ, then she also played for Arkas and İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor before started to play for Eczacıbaşı Vitra in youth level.

Club

For the 2014–15 season, she was loaned out to Sarıyer Belediyespor along with four other players, Arelya Karasoy, Rida Erlalelitepe, Buse Ene and Aybüke Özdemir from the youth team of Eczacıbaşı Vitra. For the 2018–19 season, she was loaned out to Galatasaray along with Yasemin Güveli.
With Eczacıbaşı Vitra, she won the gold medal at the 2016 and 2023 FIVB Club World Championship.

International

In July 2011, she was admitted to the Turkey girls' youth national team. She played in the national team at the 2011 Balkan Championships held in Tirana, Albania on 12–18 July, at which they ranked fourth.
Baladın won the bronze medal with national team at the 2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship held in Serbia and Montenegro from 30 March to 7 April 2013. She was selected "Best blocker" of the championship.

Awards

Club

;Eczacıbaşı
; Fenerbahçe

National team

Individual

2013 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship - Best Blocker2017 U23 World Championship - Best Outside Spiker
  • ''2017 U23 World Championship - Most Valuable Player''