Arzu Özyiğit Bildirir née Arzu Özyiğit, is a Turkish female basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player. The 1.88 m (6' 2") international competitor plays in the center

Center (basketball)

The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...

 position.

Özyiğit started basketball in 1984 with Botaş Spor

Botaş Spor

Botaş Spor is a women's basketball club based in Adana, Turkey, founded in 1984.-Achievements:*Turkish Women's Basketball League**Winners : 2000-01, 2002-03**Runners-up : 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97*Turkish Cup...

 in Adana

Adana

Adana is a city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia...

. After she played with several clubs like İÜSK

Istanbul University

Istanbul University is a Turkish university located in Istanbul. The main campus is adjacent to Beyazıt Square.- Synopsis :A madrasa, a religious school, was established sometime in the 15th century after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople. An institution of higher education named the...

, Fenerbahçe

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball is the women's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey.Fenerbahçe play their matches in the 1.500-seated Caferağa Sport Hall...

, Galatasaray, Özyiğit moved to the Greek

Greece

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 club Panserraikos

Panserraikos F.C.

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 in 2002. Özyiğit returned home and played for Fenerbahçe

Fenerbahçe Istanbul

Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball is the women's basketball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey.Fenerbahçe play their matches in the 1.500-seated Caferağa Sport Hall...

, Kocaeli BB

Kocaeli Büyüksehir Belediyesi Kagit Spor Kulübü

The Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt Spor Kulübü, aka Kocaeli BB Kağıtspor, is a multi-sports club sponsored by the Metropolitan Municipality of Kocaeli in Turkey. It was originally founded in 1937 as "İzmit Kağıtspor", a sports club of the state-owned SEKA Cellulose and Paper Works in Izmit,...

 and Beşiktaş.

She was 5-time member of the Turkish girls’ and 190-time member of the Turkish women’s national team, a record in the country. Özyiğit won 18 champion title with her clubs. She is the first player in Turkey, who won the championship at four different teams. The latest one with Beşiktaş as the team’s captain

Captain (sports)

In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

 in 2005. She transferred to Mersin BB team in July 2005.

Özyiğit was also captain of the gold medal

Gold medal

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-winning team at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Turkey at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Turkey participated in the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. With one hundred female and one hundred ninety-six male athletes participating, Turkey garnered seventy-three medals, marking this as its most successful participation in an international multi-sport gaming event in its...

 in Almería

Almería

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, Spain

Spain

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. She could not play at the final match because of complications with her pregnancy

Pregnancy

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, but the team squad dedicated the medal to her.

In 2009, she became trainer of the Turkey under-20 women's national basketball team that participated at the 2009 FIBA U20 championships held in Gdynia

Gdynia

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, Poland

Poland

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. She served in 2010 also as trainer at a basketball school in Kartal

Kartal

Kartal is a district of Istanbul, Turkey located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik. The mayor is Altınok Öz . Despite being far from the city centre, Kartal is heavily populated now. . Total land area is 147,000 m² which includes some...

, Istanbul. In November 2010, Arzu Özyiğit returned to active sports transferring to Canik Belediyespor, a club in Samsun Province

Samsun Province

Samsun Province is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of 1,252,693 . Its adjacent provinces are Sinop on the northwest, Çorum on the west, Amasya on the south, Tokat on the southeast, and Ordu on the east...

, which plays in the Turkish Women's Basketball Second League (TKB2L).

In June 2003, she married to busiessman Mustafa Bildirir. He owns an Italian cuisine

Italian cuisine

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 restaurant "Pulcinella" at Kozyatağı neighborhood in Kadıköy

Kadiköy

Kadıköy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of İstanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus...

district of Istanbul, where she also helps out whenever she finds time.