Neslihan Çalışkan

Neslihan Çalışkan (born 29 July 1997) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays as left back  for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica in the Montenegrin First League, and the Turkey national team.

Personal life
Neslihan Çalışkan was born in İzmir, Turkey on 29 July 1997.

Club career
Çalışkan had already started playing handball in the primary school in 2008, encouraged by her physical education teacher, who also coached the farmer team for girls of the local handball club Kemalpaşa Bld. GSK. She has been always supported by her parents to pursue handball. She is 1.81m tall at 70 kg. She plays in the left back position.

Kemalpaşa Bld. GSK
Çalışkan started her sport career at Kemalpaşa Bld. GSK, also known as Kemalpaşa Ata GSK, in her hometown Kemalpaşa in İzmir.

Ardeşen GSK
She transferred to Ardeşen GSK in Rize, northeastern Turkey, to play in the 2015–16 Turkish Women's Handball Super League season. At the end of the season, she experienced her team's league champion title. Her team finished the 2016–17 season in the third place, as well as the 2018–19 season.

She played at the 2015–16 EHF Cup Winners' Cup,

Üsküdar Bld. SK
Between 2019 and 2021, she was two seasons with the Istanbul-based club Üsküdar Bld. SK. Late September 2021, she left her club.

Kastamonu Bld. GSK
For the 2021–22 Turkish Super League season, she transferred in September 2021 to Kastamonu Bld. GSK. At the end of the season, she experienced her team's champion title.

She took part at the Women's EHF Champions League in 2021–22, and 2022–23.< She won the 2022–23 Turkeish Super League wşth her team.

ŽRK Budućnost
In January 2023, Çalışkan signed a two-years deal with ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica to play in the Montenegrin First League.<ref name="trts1"/

International career
In 2012, she was called up to the preparation camp of the Turkey women's national under-17 handball team. In 2013, she was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted at the Balkan Handball Youth Championships held in Burgas, Bulgaria. She returned home with the gold medal.

Çalışkan was called up to the Turkey women's national handball team at the age of 18. She won the gold medal at the 2017 Istamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaycan. She took part at the 2018 European Championship qualification, and 2021 World Championship – European qualification matches. In 2022, she played in the national team, which became champion at the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey.

Club

 * Turkish Women's Handball Super League
 * Ardeşen GSK
 * Champion (1): 2015–16.SK
 * Third places (2): 2016–17, 2018–19.


 * Kastamonu Bld. GSK
 * Champion (2): 2021–22, 2022–23.

International

 * Turkey women's national under-17 handball team
 * Balkan Youth Handball Championships
 * Champion (1): 2013.


 * Turkey women's national handball team
 * Islamic Solidarity Games
 * Champion (1): 2021.