Didem Taş

Didem Taş (born March 31, 1992) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the First League for Konak Belediyespor with jersey number 4, serving also as the captain. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2009.[1]

Didem Taş

Didem Taş for Konak Belediyespor (January 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-03-31) March 31, 1992
Place of birth	Konak, İzmir, Turkey
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Konak Belediyespor
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–	Konak Belediyespor	197	(1)
National team^‡
2008	Turkey U-17	1	(0)
2009–2010	Turkey U-19	15	(0)
2013–	Turkey	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 vFebruary 2014

Career

Club

Didem Taş playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2013–14 season.

Didem Taş (left) playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season.

Didem Taş (right) playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2015–16 season's away match against Kireçburnu Spor.

Didem Taş obtained her license from her hometown club Konak Belediyespor on November 3, 2006. She plays since then in the same club, and is currently serves as their captain.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, she enjoyed Women's First League championship. Taş played at the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League in the qualification round matches in August 2013 and in the knockout stage matches in October 2013.[2][3][4][5] She appeared in three matches of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[6][7][8]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed once again 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.[9][10][11] Taş took part in three matches of the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round in Tbilisi, Georgia.[12][13][14]

International

Taş made her first appearance in the Turkey girls' U-17 national team in the 2009 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round match against Ireland on October 18, 2008.[2] Playing against the teams Netherlands and Faroe Islands at the same tournament, she capped three times in total.[2]

She was called up for the women's U-19 national team to play at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 7 matches, and made her debut against the Serbian women on September 19, 2009. Taş participated in the following group matches of the tournament against France and Georgia. She capped three times in the women's U-19 national team.[2]

Didem Taş played for the first time in the women's national team in the Kuban Spring Tournament match against Ukraine on March 14, 2009. After participating in a number of tournament and friendly matches, she played also against England and Montenegro at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 matches. As of end 2013, she capped 19 times in the national team.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 March 2020.[1][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Konak Belediyespor
	2006–08	First League			–	–	0	0
	2008–09	First League	16	0	–	–	9	0	25	0
	2009–10	First League	17	0	–	–	7	0	24	0
	2010–11	First League	21	0	–	–	0	0	21	0
	2011–12	First League	19	1	–	–	0	0	19	1
	2012–13	First League	18	0	–	–	0	0	18	0
	2013–14	First League	17	0	7	0	3	0	27	0
	2014–15	First League	14	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
	2015–16	First League	15	0	3	0	0	0	18	0
	2016–17	First League	20	0	3	0	0	0	23	0
	2017–18	First League	14	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
	2018–19	First League	6	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	2019–20	First League	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	Total		197	1	19	0	19	0	235	1
Career total			197	1	19	0	19	0	235	1

Honours

Turkish Women's First League

Konak Belediyespor

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

Runners-up (2): 2010–11

Third place (3): 2009–10, 2017–18, 2018–19

References

1. "Player Details – Didem Taş". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
2. "Didem Taş". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
3. "D. Taş". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
4. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2014 Matches Qualifying round – NSA Sofia-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
5. "Konak Belediyespor'dan tarihi başarı". Sabah (in Turkish). 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
6. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
7. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Konak-Vllaznia". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
8. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
9. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
10. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
11. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
12. "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
13. "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
14. "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-28.