Özge Kanbay

Özge Kanbay (4 November 1996 – 25 February 2019) was a Turkish woman's footballer,[1] and female football referee.[2] She was also a rugby sevens player.[3] The 2019–20 Turkish women's football season and the 2020 Turkish Women's Rugby sevens League season were named in honor of her,[4][5] after she died in February 2019 from cancer.[6]

Özge Kanbay
Born(1996-11-04)4 November 1996
Hamburg, Germany
Died25 February 2019(2019-02-25) (aged 22)
Manisa, Turkey
Association football career
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Karşıyaka BESEM Spor 24 (4)
2015–2016 Manisa Esnaf GS 6 (6)
Total 30 (10)

Refereeing career
Other occupation Student
Domestic
Years League Role
2016–2017 Reg. Dev. U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17 Asst. referee
2016–2017 Reg. Dev. U-14, U-15, U-16, U-17 Referee
2017 Reg. Dev. U-17 Fourth Official
2016 Women's Third Asst. referee
2017 Women's Third Referee
2017–2018 U-21 Referee
2017–2018 U-21 Fourth Official
2017 Reg. Amateur Fourth Official
2017–2018 Reg. Dev. U-19 Referee
2017–2018 Women's First Referee
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Private life

Kanbay was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 4 November 1996.[1] She has an elder sister Gamze Kankay Özkan.[6]

Kanbay was a final grade student of physical education and sports teaching in the Faculty of Sports sciences at the Manisa Celal Bayar University (MCBÜ).[6][7]

Playing career

Kanbay obtained her footballer license from the İzmir-based club Karşıyaka BESEM Spor on 31 Octobor 2013. She appeared for her team in 14 matches of the 2013-14 Women's Second League, and scored four goals. Her team finished the league season as group runner-up. She enjoyed her team's promotion to the Women's First League in the 2014-15 season. She capped in ten matches of the Women's First League. At the end of the season, her team was relegated to the Second League.[1] She then transferred to Manisa Esnaf GS to play in the Women's Third League. [1][7]After appearing in six matches and netting six goals in the first half of the season, she ended her football playing career.[1]

Kanbay was also a rugby sevens player.[3]

Officiating career

Kanbay began her officiating career on 9 September 2016 as an assistant referee in a Regional Development Boys U-15 match. On 3 December the same year, she officiated a Regional Development Boys U-14 match as referee. She served as an assistant referee in a Women's Third League match on 25 December 2016. She was tasked as the fourth official in a Men's U-21 match on 17 September 2017, and the as referee again in a Men's U-21 match on 30 September that year. On 3 December 2017, Kanbay officiated for the first time a Women's First League match as referee. She continued her career as referee mostly for Men's U-21 and Women's First League matches. She served at various positions in 56 matches until 7 May 2018.[2]

Illness and death

Kanbay contracted uterine cancer.[7] She was hospitalized in the Hafsa Sultan Hospital of the MCBÜ in Manisa for treatment, where she died at the age of 22 on 25 February 2019.[6]

Legacy

The Turkish Football Federation named the 2019-20 women's football league seasons in her commemoration.[4][8][9] The Turkish Rugby Federation dedicated the 2020 Women's Rugby sevens League season to Özge Kanbay.[5] The newly established women's beach rugby team, named "Özge Kanbay" in honor of her, won the women's category of the 4th International Istanbul Beach rugby tournament held in Kadıköy, Istanbul in mid July 2019.[3]

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References
  1. "Oyuncular - Futbolcular: Özge Kanbay" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. "Hakem Bilgi Kartı: Özge Kanbay" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. "Kadıköy'de ragbi heyecanı". Tünaydın (in Turkish). 14 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. "2019-2020 Sezonu Kadın Ligleri Yönetim Kurulu Kararı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. "2020 Sezonu Özge Kanbay Ragbi 7'li Kadınlar Etaplı Ligi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Ragbi Federasyonu. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. "Özge Kanbay son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 26 February 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  7. "22 yaşında kansere yenik düştü". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 25 February 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  8. "Kadınlar Özge Kanbay 3.Lig 2.Grup - 2019/20" (in Turkish). Amatör Futbol. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  9. "TFF, Kadınlar Futbol Ligi'nde yeni sezonu Özge Kanbay'a adadı". Alan Savunması (in Turkish). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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