Ece Şahiner
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| Born | 17 July 2000 Kırıkkale, Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gaziantep Polisgücü SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ece Şahiner (born 17 July 2000) is a Turkish field and indoor hockey player. She is a member of Gaziantep Polisgücü SK and part of the Turkey national field and indoor hockey teams.[1]
Club career
Şahiner started playing volleyball in her hometown.She then turned to indoor hockey at the age of thirteen upon the advice of her coach.[2]
She played for her hometown club Kırıkkale GSK already in the 2015–16 season of the Turkish Women's Field Hockey First League.[3] Her team became champion in the 2017–18 Women's Field Hockey First League. Her team was promoted to the Women's Field Hockey Super League in the next season, and she was named the Top goalscorer.[4] Her team finished the 2021–22 Women's Indoor Hockey Super League season on the fourth place, but she became once again Top goalscorer .[5]
As part of the Güney Eziler SK in Güney, Denizli, she was instrumental for her team's champions title winning the 2022–23 Women's Indoor Hockey First League, and their promotion to the Women's Indoor Hockey Super League in the next season. She was named Top goalscorer with 43 goals in seven matches.[6]
In 2023, she served as the coach of the girls' field hockey team of Karakeçili Atatürk Secondary School, which, represnting Kırıkkale Province, became champion at the Turkey School Sports Hockey Tournament in Muğla.[7]
In March 2024, she transferred to the Menteşe, Muğla-based club Ege Yıldızları SK, which strengethened their team for the participation at the upcoming EuroHıckey Indoor Club Cup. .[8] She played at the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in Šiauliai, Lithuania.[9]
She is a member of Gaziantep Polisgücü SK.[1]
International career
Indoor hockey
Şahiner was included into the national U16 indoor hockey team in 2015.[8]
She played for the national indoor hockey team at the Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II, won the silver medal in 20 in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia,[10] and captured the gold medal in 2026 in Lousada, Portugal.[11]
Field hockey
In 2016, Şahiner was invited to the national U16 field hockey team.[3]
As a member of the national field hockey team, she played at the Women's EuroHockey Championship III, took the bronze medal in 2021 in Lipovci, Slovenia,[12] and the silver medal in 2025 in Alanya, Turkey.[13][14]
Personal life
Born on 17 July 2000,[1] Ece Şahiner is a natve of Kırıkkale, Turkey.[2]
After finishing the high school, she attended Kırıkkale University in 2019, and studied in the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching in the Faculty of Sports Science.[2]
Honours
Club
- Turkish Women's Field Hockey First League
- Kırıkkale GSK
- Champions (1): 2017–18
- Turkish Women's Indoor Hockey First League
- Güney Eziler SK
- Champions (1): 2022–23
International
- Turkey indoor hockey team
- Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
- Champions (1): 2026
- Runners-up (1): 2020
- Turkey women's national field hockey team
- Women's EuroHockey Championship III
- Runners-up (1): 2025
- Third place (1): 2021
Individual
- Most Valuable Player
- Top goalscorer
- 2017–18 Women's Field Hockey First League (Kırıkkale GSK)
- 2017–18 Women's Field Hockey First League (Kırıkkale GSK)
- 2021–22 Women's Indoor Hockey Super League (Kırıkkale GSK)
- 2022–23 Women's Indoor Hockey First league (Güney Eziler SK)
References
- 1 2 3 "Ece Şahiner" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Salon Hokeyi Kadın Milli Takımı´nın hedefi şampiyonluk". Manşet (in Turkish). 5 January 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Hokey'in altın kızları Süper Lig'de". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 16 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "2017–2018 Sezonu Kadınlar Açık Alan Lig Sona Erdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "2021–2022 Sezonu Kadınlar Salon Süper Lig 2. Etap Sona Erdi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Hokey Federasyonu. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "Mahalle Takımı Süper Lig'de". Yeni Asır (in Turkish). 10 November 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "Şampiyon Kırıkkale Şampiyon Karakeçili". Kale Haber (in Turkish). 14 June 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Ege Yıldızları Milli Hokeyci Ece Şahiner'i transfer etti". NNC Haber (in Turkish). 22 March 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup Women 2025 Match Report - Ege Yildizlari 2-4 Šiauliai Ginstrektė-Akademija". EuroHockey. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "EuroHockey Indoor Championship II 2020 (W) WAL v TUR". FIH. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Women 2026 POR v TUR". FIH. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "EuroHockey Championship III Women 2021 Match Report - Turkey 3-0 Croatia". EuroHockey. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "EuroHockey Championship III 2025 Women TUR v UKR". FIH. Retrieved 23 May 2026.
- ↑ "EuroHockey Championship III 2025 Women". FIH. Retrieved 23 May 2026.