Meliha İsmailoğlu

Meliha İsmailoğlu (born Meliha Smajlović, September 17, 1993 in Gradačac) is a Bosnian-Turkish female volleyball player. She is 188 cm (6.17 ft) tall at 71 kg (157 lb). Currently, she plays for Fenerbahçe. İsmailoğlu is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.

Clubs

The daughter of a former basketball player, she too aspired to become a basketball player. However, due to lack of a women's basketball team in her hometown, she chose playing volleyball. She began her sports career at the age of eight in the club Kula Gradacac in her hometown. In 2009 and 2011, she was named "Player of the Year". In the summer time, she played also beach volleyball in Bosnia Herzegovina.

In 2011, İsmailoğlu was invited to Turkey by the Ankara-based İller Bankası. In May 2014, she signed with Fenerbahçe.

National team

İsmailoğlu was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina youth and juniors national teams. Her double citizenship enabled her to opt in playing for the Turkey women's national volleyball team. She played at the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League that won the gold medal.

She represented Turkey at the qualification round for beach volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

National team

• 2014 Women's European Volleyball League - 01 ! champion
• 2015 European Games - 01 ! champion
• 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship - 02 ! Silver

Club

• 2014 Turkish Super Cup – Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
• 2014–15 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
• 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
• 2016–17 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Fenerbahçe

Individuals

• Player of the Year – 2009 and 2011 in Bosnia and Herzegovina