Yiğit Hamza Mestoğlu

Yiğit Hamza Mestoğlu — Biography

Yiğit Hamza Mestoğlu is a 2.03 m small and power forward who started playing basketball in Bandırma, spent his youth years in Spain and joined Fenerbahçe Beko in 2023, reaching the EuroLeague stage. Since July 2026 he has played for Trabzonspor, who compete in the Basketbol Süper Ligi and the Basketball Champions League.

He took his first steps at Bandırma Kırmızı, the youth team of Teksüt Bandırma, and moved to UCAM Murcia in 2019-20. In Murcia he spent three years around both the youth and senior sides: in 2020-21 he alternated between the junior team and the club's affiliate in the EBA League, averaging 8 points and 7.2 rebounds there, and with the junior team at the Spanish club championship he averaged 15.8 points and 7.2 rebounds. His contract was renewed to 2026 in August 2021, and on December 27, 2021, he made his Liga ACB debut against Gran Canaria. In 2022-23 he was loaned to CP La Roda in LEB Plata, averaging 8.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 25 games.

He agreed to join Fenerbahçe Beko for 2023-24, and also played for the club's youth team, Fenerbahçe Koleji. His EuroLeague debut came on January 19, 2024, away at Žalgiris. In December 2024 he scored 17 points for Fenerbahçe Koleji against Bodrumspor. He signed with Trabzonspor on July 1, 2026.