Ege Arar
Arar with Galatasaray, in 2014.
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| No. 11 – Galatasaray | |
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| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League |
Turkish Super League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
2 September 1996 Seyhan, Adana, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–present | Galatasaray |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Ege Arar (born 2 September 1996) is a Turkish professional basketball player, who currently plays for Galatasaray of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).
In 2010, Ege was selected to play for the Galatasaray Academy, after a try-out against 37 other competing players in his age group. Ege was selected to the Turkish junior national Under-16 team, and he played at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a gold medal.
In 2014, after leading Galatasaray's Under-18 junior team in the Istanbul youth league to a third place finish, and Galatasaray's Under-20 junior team to the final of the Turkish Developmental League (Geliştirme Ligi), he was selected to the Turkish national under-18 team.
He started in all of Turkey's games at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, and won the gold medal at the tournament. Shortly after that, he was moved up to the senior men's club team of Galatasaray. He was initially given the jersey number 34, which was previously used by another former Galatasaray academy player, Doğukan Sönmez.
Arar began his pro career during the 2014–15 season with the Turkish Super League club Galatasaray. With Galatasaray, he won the European-wide 2nd-tier level EuroCup championship during the 2015–16 season.
Arar was a member of the junior national teams of Turkey. With Turkey's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where he won a bronze medal, the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a bronze medal, and the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he won a bronze medal.
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