Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) Catches Left Name Eray Atali | Position Goaltender National team Turkey | |
Born November 5, 1989 (age 35)
Izmit, Turkey ( 1989-11-05 ) Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) TBHSL team
Former teams Zeytinburnu Belediyespor
2004–2006 Izmir Buyuksehir Belediyesi SK
2006–2009 Kocaeli BB Kagtspor
2009–2011 Ankara University SK
2011–2013 Kocaeli BB Kagtspor | ||
Eray Atali (born November 5, 1989 in Izmit) is a Turkish ice hockey player. The 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) tall goaltender at 65 kg (143 lb) catches right. Currently, he plays in the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League for Zeytinburnuspor and is a member of the Turkey men's national ice hockey team. He was educated at the Kocaeli University. His uncle' son Fikri Atali , his brothers wife Makbule Atali are also ice hockey players. And his Girlfriend Elif Beyza Ozdemir is also an ice hockey player.
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Club
Atali began playing ice hockey at Izmit Buyuksehir Belediyesi SK in 2001, where played two seasons. He transferred then to Kocaeli BB Kagitspor to play between 2006 and 2009. In the 2009–10 TBHSL season, Atali joined Ankara University SK, and enjoyed winning the championship title at the end of the league season. After two seasons, he returned to his former team Kocaeli BB Kagitspor. In the 2013–14 season, Atali entered the newly-to-TBHSL-advanced Zeytinburnuspor in Istanbul. His team became runner-up in their first year. He was great goalie.
International
Eray Atali eas admitted to the Turkey men's national under-18 ice hockey team and played in the 2005 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III held in Sofia, Bulgaria, and 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania.
Part of the Turkey men's national U-20 team, he played at the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III and then at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III matches.
He was selected to the Turkey men's national team. He participated at the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III tournament in Dunedin, New Zealand. Atali played at the 2011 Winter Universiade held in Erzurum.