# Nurceren Akgün

Nurceren Akgün (born 20 June 1992), also known as Nurceren Akgün Göktepe, is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays as pivot for Kastamonu Bld. GSK in the Turkish Super League9, and the Turkey national team.

## Personal life

Nurceren Akgün was born in Antalya, Turkey on 20 June 1992. Following her marriage to the handball goalkeeper Coşkun Göktepe in 2017, she added "Göktepe", the surname of her spouse, to her family name.

## Club career

Akgün Göktepe is 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb). In the beginning of her career, she played in the left wing position. With her transfer to Yenimahalle Bld. SK, she started to play as a pivot.

### Muratpaşa Bld. SK

Akgün started her handball career at her hometown club Muratpaşa Bld. SK, playing in the 2010–11 season. She experienced her team's third-place finish in the league in the 2010–11 season, champions title in the 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons as well as the runner-up position in the 2014–15 season.
She took part in the Women's EHF European Cup in 2010–1, and 2011–12, in the Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2012/13, and 2013/14, in the Women's EHF Champions League qualification tournament in 2012–13, and 2013–14, as well as in the Women's EHF Cup in 2014–15.

### Yenimahalle Bld. SK

In the 2015–16 season, she moved to Ankara to join Yenimahalle Bld. SK. She played ın Yenimahalle Bld. SK including the 2020–21 season. She scored in total 62 goals in 22 matches played in the 2020–21 season.
She participated in the Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2015/16, in the Women's EHF Champions League qualifying in 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18, the Women's EHF Cup in 2016–17, as well as in the Women's EHF European Cup in 2018–19, and 2019–20.

### A.B.B. EGO SK

In May 2021, she transferred to the newly formed club Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi EGO SK. She appeared in only three matches of her new club in September of the 2021–22 Super League season.

### Kastamonu Bld. GSK

In October 2021, Akgün Göktepe moved to Kastamonu Bld. GSK to play in the remaining 2021–22 season. She played two seasons there until the 2022–23 season. Her team was the runner-up in the 2022–23 Women's Handball Turkish Cup ("2022–23 Kadınlar Hentbol Türkiye Kupası").
She took part in the Women's EHF Champions League in 2021–22, and 2022–23. She won the 2022–23 Turkeish Super League with her team.

### Yenimahalle Bld. SK

In April 2023, she signed a deal with her former club Yenimahalle Bld. SK for the 2023–24 Super League season.

## International career

Akgün Göktepe is a member of the Turkey national team. She captained the team in 2021. She played in the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification. In 2017, she won the silver medal with the national team at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaycan. She took part in the Mediterranean Games in 2018 in Tarragona, Spain, and 2022 in Oran, Algeria, in the European Women's Handball Championship qualifying in 2018, 2021, and 2022. She played in the 2023 World Championship – European qualification matches.

## Honours
### Individual

In August 2021, she was honored by the Hentbol Haber with the Bests of Handball award for her successful appearance as pivot in the 2020–21 Turkish Super League.

### Club
#### Turkish Women's Handball Super League
   #### Muratpaşa Bld. SK

       Champions (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14.
       Runner-up (1): 2014–15.
       Third place (1): 2010–11.

   #### Yenimahalle Bld. SK

       Runner-up (1): 2016–17.

   #### Kastamonu Bld. GSK

       Champions (1): 2022–23.

#### Women's Handball Turkish Cup
   #### Kastamonu Bld. GSK

       Runner-up (1): 2022–23

### International
#### Turkey women's national handball team
   #### Islamic Solidarity Games

       Silver medal (1): 2017