# Yasemin Güveli

Yasemin Güveli (born 5 January 1999) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Middle Blocker position. She plays for Galatasaray in Istanbul, and is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

## Club career

Güveli, nicknamed "Yaso", is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall at 70 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Middle Blocker position. She has a spike height of 325 cm (128 in) and a block height of 315 cm (124 in)
She started her sport career not because of her interest, but taking her tallness in account. In the beginning, her mother was against a career as a volleyball player of her, but her father supported her, and took her to the trainings. Her physical education teacher also encouraged her for volleyball playing. The little girl got injured as she trained by herself by playing the ball against the wall. Six monrhs after her injury, she was called up by the Eczacıbaşı VitrA.
She became part of the academy team at Eczacıbaşı VitrA, later renamed to Eczacıbaşı Dynavit. Her playing time began when she was loaned out to Beşiktaş JK for two seasons. After returning, she was promoted to the A team of Eczacıbaşı VitrA to appear in the 2017–18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season. The next season, she played at Karayolları SK for one season on loan. She has been with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit since the 2019–20 season.
In the 2018–19 TurkishLeague season, she was named Best Middle Blocker with Eczacıbaşı VitrA. She won the 2018–19 Turkish Cup. She was part of the Eczacıbaşı VitrA team, which became runner-up at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Shaoxing, China. At the 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League, she was named Best Middle Blocker of the League round with 22 blocks made in 20 sets of six matches of the first round. She won the 2021–22 Women's CEV Cup.
During a Turkish Cup match on 28 September 2021, she suffered interior cruciate ligament rupture on her knee. One week later, she underwent a surgery. She had to stay away from the court for the entire 2021–22 Turkish League season. In 2022, she won the bronze medal at the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.

### Galatasaray

She signed a 1-year deal with Galatasaray on 14 May 2024.

## International career

Güveli was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and won the gold medal at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. At the 2015 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship in Bulgaria, she placed fourth. A fourth place was also her achievement at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship in Peru.
With the national U-19 eram, she took the bronze medal at the 2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship in Nitra, Slovakia.
She was part of the Turkey U-20 team,which finished the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship on place four in Mexico.
She is a member of Turkey national team. She was part of the national team, which won the bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spein. She participated at the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, and won the silver medal in 2018 in Nanjing, China, and the bronze medal in 2021 in Rimini, Italy. She played in the national team, which became runner-up at the Gloria Cup in Antalya, Turkey. She took the bronze medal at the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Belgrade, Serbia.

## Personal life

Yasemin Güveli was born in Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey on 5 January 1999. After finishing the high school at Sarıyer Doğa Kolej, she studied at Bahçeşehir University.

## Honours
### Club
#### Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (Eczacıbaşı VitrA)
##### Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup

    2018–19

##### FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

    2019
    2022

##### Women's CEV Cup

    2021–22

### International
#### Turkey U-17
##### European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

    2015

#### Turkey U-19
##### Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship

    2016

#### Turkey
##### FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

    2018
    2021

##### Women's European Volleyball Championship

    2021

##### Mediterranean Games

    2018

##### Gloria Cup

    2019

### Individual

    Best Middle Blocker: 2017–18 Turkish League, 2018–19 Turkish League with Eczacıbaşı VitrA