Melih Mahmutoğlu
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Melih Mahmutoğlu (born 12 May 1990) is a
Club career
Early years
Mahmutoğlu started to play youth basketball with Genç Boğaziçispor. He transferred to the youth clubs of
He signed a contract with
He signed a contract with Galatasaray in 2010. He was loaned to Antalya BB for the 2011–12 season, where he averaged 11.8 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game in the top-tier level Turkish League.
In the summer of 2012, he moved to Erdemirspor. Mahmutoğlu's scoring average with Erdemirspor, of 12.2 points per game, over 30 games played in the Turkish League's 2012–13 season, drew the attention of some bigger European clubs towards him.
Fenerbahçe (2013–present)
In August 2013, Mahmutoğlu signed a two-year contract with an option to extend it for one more season, with
In the 2014–15 season, Fenerbahçe advanced to the EuroLeague Final Four, for the first time in the team's history.[2] On 15 May 2015 Fenerbahçe lost in the EuroLeague semifinal game to Real Madrid, by a score of 87–96.[3]
Before the start of the 2015–16 season, he was named the team's
On 27 September 2016 he signed a three-year contract extension with the team.[6]
In 2017–18 EuroLeague, Fenerbahçe made it to the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four, its fourth consecutive Final Four appearance. Eventually, they lost to Real Madrid with 80–85 in the final game.[7]
International career
With the junior national teams of Turkey, Mahmutoğlu played at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, at the 2009 and at the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships. He also played for the Turkish national team, and won the gold medal, at the 2013 Mediterranean Games.
He also played with the senior
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
| † | Denotes season in which Mahmutoğlu's team won the EuroLeague
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EuroLeague
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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| 2013–14 | Fenerbahçe
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22 | 7 | 14.5 | .448 | .415 | .923 | 1.2 | .6 | .5 | .0 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| 2014–15 | 16 | 2 | 7.4 | .351 | .393 | .000 | .7 | .3 | .0 | .0 | 2.3 | .8 | |
| 2015–16 | 18 | 2 | 12.2 | .410 | .404 | .500 | .7 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 4.0 | 1.5 | |
| 2016–17† | 20 | 4 | 10.4 | .426 | .438 | 1.000 | .5 | .6 | .3 | .0 | 4.0 | 2.6 | |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 4 | 6.7 | .325 | .286 | 1.000 | .5 | .2 | .1 | .0 | 1.7 | .6 | |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 5 | 12.0 | .508 | .461 | .950 | .8 | .5 | .2 | .0 | 5.6 | 4.4 | |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 9 | 17.1 | .395 | .508 | .800 | .8 | .5 | .3 | .1 | 6.5 | 3.4 | |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 5 | 13.4 | .564 | .328 | .857 | .7 | .3 | .2 | .1 | 4.1 | 1.7 | |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 6 | 10.4 | .562 | .297 | .727 | .3 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 4.4 | 1.7 | |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 0 | 10.4 | .438 | .403 | 1.000 | .7 | .4 | .1 | .0 | 5.4 | 3.6 | |
| Career | 219 | 44 | 11.7 | .431 | .401 | .890 | .7 | .4 | .2 | .0 | 4.4 | 2.5 | |
Personal life
Mahmutoğlu, whose original surname was Brničanin, originates from Serbia's southwestern city of Novi Pazar.[8] He is of Bosniak origin.
References
- ^ "Fenerbahçe Ülker'de 3 yeni isim". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Fenerbahce for the first time in the Final Four". eurohoops.net. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Real Madrid heads to third straight final after beating Fenerbahce". euroleague.net. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Melih is the new captain Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CSKA Moscow claims its seventh Euroleague crown after OT thriller". euroleague.net. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Bilgilendirme". fenerbahce.org (in Turkish). 27 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Real Madrid is 2018 EuroLeague champion". euroleague.net. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "Pazarac Melih najbolji trojkaš na turskom Ol-staru". sandzakhaber.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 July 2019.
External links
- Melih Mahmutoğlu at draftexpress.com
- Melih Mahmutoğlu at eurobasket.com
- Melih Mahmutoğlu at euroleague.net
- Melih Mahmutoğlu at tblstat.net
- Melih Mahmutoğlu on Instagram
- Melih Mahmutoğlu on Twitter