Ömercan İlyasoğlu

Ömercan İlyasoğlu — Biography

Ömercan İlyasoğlu is a point guard who came out of Anadolu Efes's academy, played in the Basketbol Süper Ligi, and then spent time in Serbia with Mega Basket in the Adriatic League. He won European silver with Turkey's under-18 national team in 2019, and in August 2025 he agreed a deal with Merkezefendi Belediyesi Denizli, whose shirt he now wears.

He took up basketball in 2008 at Baskent34+, played for UPS in 2009-2011, and was part of the Anadolu Efes youth system from the 2012-13 season. In 2017-18, the first season of the Basketbol Gençler Ligi, he became champion with Efes. He moved up to the first team in 2018-19 and made his official debut on 21 October 2018 against Banvit. That season he averaged 2.9 points over 10 Süper Lig games and was the 60th player Efes had promoted from its academy to the senior team. On 11 December 2021 he had his most productive game against HDI Afyon BŞB: 40 minutes, 24 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists. He was loaned to Frutti Extra Bursaspor in August 2020 and, together with Egemen Güven, to Beşiktaş on 27 December 2022.

In June 2023 he left Efes for Serbia. With Mega Basket he played his highest-scoring Adriatic League game in January 2024, and in March 2024 he scored 10 points in a win away at Crvena zvezda. In July 2024 he moved to Bahçeşehir Koleji.