title: Gizem Giraygil
text: # Gizem Giraygil
  
  Gizem Giraygil (born May 8, 1986 in Ankara) is a Turkish volleyball player. She is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and plays as setter. Currently, Gizem competes for Lokomotiv Baku in Azerbaijan. She played 59 times for the Turkish national team.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Gizem Giraygil was born to Ömer Giraygil in Ankara on May 8, 1986. She spent her early years in a sport environment due to her father's post as the manager of the Selim Sırrı Tarcan Sport Hall. Supported by her parents, she began with volleyball playing at the age of eleven.
  
  She was educated in Political Science at Çankaya University in Ankara.
  
  ## Playing career
  
  After playing for Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta, İller Bankası, Toki, Fenerbahçe and Ereğli Belediye, she transferred to Ankaragücü.
  
  End January 2012, she left Ankaragücü, however, due to the club's financial problems, and signed for Beşiktaş in Istanbul. In August 2012, she transferred to the Izmir-based club Karşıyaka. In July 2013, she moved to the Azeri club Lokomotiv Baku.
  
  