Cansu Yağ

Cansu Yağ (born June 22, 1990) is a Turkish women's football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Konak Belediyespor in İzmir with jersey number 10.[1] She was admitted to the Turkey women's national football team in 2006 after playing for the national U-15, U-17 and U-19 teams.[2]

Cansu Yağ

Cansu Yağ for Konak Belediyespor (March 2014).
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-06-22) June 22, 1990
Place of birth	Mönchengladbach, Germany
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Konak Belediyespor, İzmir
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	FSC Mönchengladbach
2007–2008	FFC Braunweiler Pulheim 2000
2008–2010	FSC Mönchengladbach
2010–2011	Trabzonspor	20	(15)
2011–2012	Lüleburgaz 39 Spor	17	(4)
2012–	Konak Belediyespor	89	(21)
Total		126	(40)
National team^‡
2006	Turkey U-17	1	(0)
2006–2008	Turkey U-19	21	(5)
2006–2016	Turkey	37	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 24, 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 6, 2016

Early life

Cansu Yağ was born on June 22, 1990 in Mönchengladbach to Turkish parents living in Germany. Her father, a professional football player in Turkey, who continued his sports career also in Germany, took Cansu to football matches since she was two years old. At the age of six, her father registered her in the club he played. The first seven years, Cansu played football in mixed-gender teams. In the first 13 years of her career, she was with four clubs. In Germany, she played in the Fußball-Regionalliga der Frauen, and was lately in the squad of FSC Mönchengladbach.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Playing career

Club

Cansu Yağ playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2013–14 season against Marmara Üniversitesi Spor.

Cansu Yağ driving the ball for Konak Belediyespor in the 2015–16 season against Kireçburnu Spor.

Cansu Yağ (red) playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2017–18 sason's away match.

After graduating from Gymnasium Rheindahlen in Mönchengladbach, she moved to Turkey to attend university. There, she enrolled in the Trakya University in Edirne to study physical education and sports. She played for Trabzonspor until its closure,[12] and then became a member of the women's football club Lüleburgaz 39 Spor in October 2011, which was promoted to the Turkish Women's First Football League.[11] In August 2012, Yağ was transferred by Konak Belediyespor.[13]

At FSC Mönchengladbach, she helped to her team's success by scoring goals many times.[14][15] Yağ continued scoring at Lüleburgaz 39 Spor,[16][17] and Konak Belediyespor as well.[18] In the 2012–13 season, at which she scored three goals in total, she experienced the Turkish league championship.[19] Playing in the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, her team completed the qualifying round as group leader, and passed the Round of 32, failed however to reach the quarterfinals by losing the two matches in the Round of 16 against the Austrian side SV Neulengbach.[18]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed her team's champion title.[1] She played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[20][21][22]

International goals

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scored
Konak Belediyespor
August 9, 2014	Stadions Arkādija Riga, Latvia	Rīgas FS}	2014–15 UEFA Champions League	11–0	1[23]

International

Cansu Yağ playing for Turkey women's national at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match against Germany in Istanbul, Turkey.

Already at the age of 14 and still living in Germany, she was selected to the Turkey girls' U-15 national team, and travelled for this reason to Turkey to take part at the training camps and international matches.[11] After playing in the national U-17 and U-19 teams, she was admitted to the Turkish women's national team in 2006.[4][5][6][8][9] She had preferred to play for the Turkey national rather than for the German.[24] Cansu Yağ played at the 2008 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round matches against the teams from Poland, Austria and Bulgaria, scoring a goal in the last match.[7] In the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying match against Georgia, she shot one of the nine goals.[25] Yağ scored two goals against Malta and one goal againsy Austria in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 matches in April 2010.[26][27]

International goals

Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored
Turkey women's U-19 national football team
October 2, 2007	KS Proszowianka Stadium Proszowice, Poland	Bulgaria	4–0	2008 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round	1
Turkey women's national football team
November 23, 2006	Adana 5 Ocak Stadium Adana, Turkey	Georgia	9–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying	1
April 11, 2010	Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Trabzon, Turkey	Malta	5–1	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5	2
August 25, 2010	Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium Samsun, Turkey	Austria	2–2		1

Career statistics

As of match played March 24, 2018.[1][20][21][22][28]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FSC Mönchengladbach	2006–07				–	–	17	5	17	5
	Total				–	–	17	5	17	5
FFC Braunweiler Pulheim 2000	2007–08				–	–	5	0	5	0
	Total				–	–	5	0	5	0
FSC Mönchengladbach	2008–2010				–	–	18	2	18	2
	Total				–	–	18	2	18	2
Trabzonspor	2010–11	First League	20	15	–	–	5	1	25	16
	Total		20	15	–	–	5	1	25	16
Lüleburgaz 39 Spor	2011–12	First League	17	4	–	–	10	0	27	4
	Total		17	4	–	–	10	0	27	4
Konak Belediyespor	2012–13	First League	16	3	–	–	0	0	16	3
	2013–14	First League	15	4	7	0	1	0	23	4
	2014–15	First League	9	1	2	1	0	0	11	2
	2015–16	First League	16	8	–	–	3	0	19	8
	2016–17	First League	21	3	3	0	0	0	24	3
	2017–18	First League	12	2	1	0	0	0	13	2
	Total		89	21	13	1	4	0	106	22
Career total			126	40	13	1	59	8	198	49

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League

Konak Belediyespor

Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

Third places (1): 2017–18

References

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2. "Cansu Yağ". UEFA. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
3. "Auf dem besten Weg zur Nummer Sieben!" (in German). FSC MG. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
4. "U19 Bayanlarımız Bulgaristan'ı 3–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
5. "U19 Bayanlar, Polonya'ya 7–1 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
6. "U19 Bayanlar, Avusturya'ya 3–2 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
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9. "Bayan A Milli Futbol Takımı, İngiltere'ye 3–0 mağlup oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
10. Akyol, Cahit (2010-06-27). "Dişi kramponlara gurbetten doping". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-12-01.
11. "Cansu Yağ: Türkler Kadın Futbolcu Görünce Şaşırıyor". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
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14. "Cansu Yag steuert Hattrick zu Borussias 6:1 in Kommern bei". RP Online (in German). 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
15. "Cansu Yag sichert Borussia drei wichtige Punkte". RP Online (in German). 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
16. "Kızlardan Gol Yağmuru". Lüleburgaz Haber (in Turkish). 2011-01-08. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
17. "Lüleburgaz 39 tam gaz". Gazete Trakya (in Turkish). 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
18. "Konak Belediyespor kadın futbol takımı tarih yazdı". Haber3 (in Turkish). 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
19. "Türkiye tamam, sıra Avrupa'ya geldi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
20. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
21. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
22. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
23. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
24. "Die Bundesliga lockt Cansu Yag". RP Online (in German). 2006-06-08. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
25. "Bayanlarımız gol oldu yağdı: 9–0" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
26. "A Bayan Milli Takımı, Malta'yı 5–1 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
27. "A Bayan Milli Takımı, Avusturya ile 2–2 berabere kaldı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
28. "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-22.

External links

• Cansu Yağ – UEFA competition record