Egemen Güven

Egemen Güven — Biography

Akif Egemen Güven is one of the tall centers Turkish basketball has produced; at 2.13 m he plays in the Basketbol Süper Ligi for Denizli's Merkezefendi Belediyesi Basket, now called Denizli Basket. He drew attention early through three youth national team titles and the MVP award at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

He came through the youth system of Karşıyaka in İzmir, signed a four-year contract with the club in 2014, and left in July 2019. In July 2020 he agreed a new deal with Karşıyaka, and in June 2021 he moved to Bursaspor. On 7 January 2022 he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Anadolu Efes, and at the end of 2022 he was loaned to Beşiktaş Emlakjet. In June 2023 Bahçeşehir Koleji announced his transfer, and he later wore the shirt of Yalova Basket. He moved to Merkezefendi in early 2025, returned to Karşıyaka in July 2025, and transferred back to Merkezefendi in January 2026. In August 2026 the club kept him in the squad through an internal transfer.

With the youth national teams he played at under-16 and under-18 level and won first place at the 2012 Lithuania, 2013 Latvia and 2014 Turkey tournaments. At the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship he averaged 13.8 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game and was named to the all-tournament team, leading it.