# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yeliz-ozel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:11.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yeliz-ozel"
name: "Yeliz Özel"
slug: "yeliz-ozel"
description: "Yeliz Özel is a Turkish retired handballer, who last played for İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK and the Turkish national team. She is widely considered the best handball player ever from Turkey."
tagline: "Turkish handball player (born 1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20141206_1821_TURAUT_6599.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
birthDate: "1980-03-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.77
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.672390666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeliz_%C3%96zel"
    title: "Yeliz Özel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "يلز أوزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "يلز اوزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeliz_%C3%96z%C9%99l"
    title: "Yeliz Özəl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeliz_%C3%96zel"
    title: "Yeliz Özel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeliz_%C3%96zel"
    title: "Yeliz Özel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeliz_%C3%96zel"
    title: "Yeliz Özel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeliz_%C3%96zel"
    title: "Yeliz Özel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeliz_%C3%96zel"
    title: "Yeliz Özel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6272426"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump