Cansu Köksal

Cansu Köksal — Biography

Cansu Köksal is a 1.87 m forward who came up through Fenerbahçe's youth system and has played in Turkey and, for a spell, in France. She has worn the shirts of Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş and Çukurova Basketbol, played for USO Mondeville, and captained Galatasaray. In January 2023 she returned to the court with Çukurova Basketbol.

Her first big rise came at Fenerbahçe. She made her debut in the Women's Basketball Super League in 2012-13, and that season, also on the first-team roster, won both the Turkish Girls' Championship and the league title. On May 19, 2013, she scored from the half-court line at the Girls' Turkish Championship. She named Penny Taylor as the player she modeled herself on, and the then Fenerbahçe coach László Rátgéber said of her: "we have a home-grown Taurasi in our youth system". With Fenerbahçe she was EuroLeague runner-up in 2013 and 2014 and was invited to the provisional squad of the national team for the 2013 EuroBasket Women. In 2013-14 she was loaned to Kocaelispor on a dual license to gain experience.

She signed with Galatasaray on April 30, 2015. In the following years she played for Near East University, Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor, USO Mondeville of France and, from July 2021, Beşiktaş HDI Sigorta. She has called being Galatasaray captain a great honor.