Şaziye İvegin-Karslı

Şaziye İvegin-Karslı (born February 8, 1982 in Adana, Turkey) is a Turkish female basketball player. Nicknamed "Şaz" (English spelling: "Shaz"), the 1.80 m (5' 11") national plays forward. She currently plays for Spartak Moscow, Russia. She transferred from Montigarda Basket in Italy in mid-years.

A basketball player’s daughter, İvegin started basketball in 7th school class on the same day together with her two younger sisters. The three sisters played in the Adana-based club Botaşspor and won twice the Turkish Girls’ Basketball League championship title. At her age of 22, she became the youngest women's basketball team captain in the country. After 10 successful years with Botaş, İvegin transferred to Fenerbahçe Istanbul on May 7, 2004

İvegin was member of the team participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, which won the gold medal.

She is student of business administration at the Anadolu University.

Achievements

Botaş

*Ronchetti Cup (Euro Cup)
**2nd with Botaş: (2) 2000
*Turkish Youth Championship
**Winners (2): 1999, 2000
*Turkish Championship
**Winners (1): 2001
*Turkish Cup
**Winners (2): 2002, 2003
*Turkish Presidents Cup
**Winners (2): 2002, 2003

Fenerbahçe

*Turkish Championship
**Winners (3): 2004, 2006, 2007
*Turkish Cup
**Winners (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
*Turkish Presidents Cup
**Winners (3): 2004, 2005, 2007
*FIBA Europe
**2004 : 4th place at Final Four
**2005 : 2nd place at Final Four

Turkey National

* 2002-2003
** European 4th with Turkey U20 national team
* 2005
** Mediterranean Games gold medal with Turkey women’s national team

External links

* [http://www.saz4.com/ Personal Web site in Turkish and English]