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)[1]
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.[2]
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.[2][3]