Duygu Yılmaz

Duygu Yılmaz (born May 3, 1988) is a Turkish women's football goalkeeper currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor with jersey number 97. She was a member of the U-17, U-19 and Turkey women's national team.[1]

Duygu Yılmaz

Duygu Yılmaz playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor (March 2016)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-05-03) May 3, 1988
Place of birth	Keçiören, Ankara Province, Turkey
Playing position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
Number	97
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Gazi Üniversitesispor	26	(1)
2010–2018	Ataşehir Belediyespor	62	(0)
2018–	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor	10	(0)
Total		98	(1)
National team^‡
2006	Turkey U-17	1	(0)
2006–2007	Turkey U-19	14	(0)
2006–2011	Turkey	20	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 23, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 17, 2011

Early years

Duygu Yılmaz was born to a footballer father in Keçiören district Ankara Province, Turkey on May 3, 1988. Her older sister played also football.[2]

Playing career

Club

Duygu Yılmaz playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor in a home match of the 2013–14 season.

Yılmaz obtained her license for Gazi Üniversitesispor in her hometown on March 4, 2003. She began her career in the forward position. However, she accepted her trainers suggestion to play the goalkeeper from then on due to her good reflex she exposed during a training as she was keping the goal. After playing two full seasons between 2008 and 2010, she transferred to the Istanbul-based Ataşehir Belediyespor.[1][2][3] she enjoyed league champion title at the end of the 2009–10 season with Gazi Üniversitesispor.[4]

She took part for Ataşehir Belediyespor at all three matches of the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.[5][6][7]

In October 2018, she transferred to Kdz. Ereğlispor.[1]

International

Yılmaz was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Belgium on January 31, 2008.[8]

She was a member of the Turkey women's U-19 team, and took part at three matches of the 2007 UEFA Championship First qualifying round. She capped in total 14 times for the national U-19 team.[1]

She played her first match with the Turkey women's national team on November 18, 2006, and participated in three matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying, four of the 2008 UEFA Support International Tournament,[9] tw of the 2009 UEFA Support International Tournament, seven of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 matches, and one of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 match.[10] She capped in 20 matches between 2006 and 2011.[1][11]

Career statistics

As of match played February 23, 2019.[1]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gazi Üniversitesispor	2004–08	First League	0	0	–	–	20	0	20	0
	2008–09	First League	14	1	–	–	4	0	18	1
	2009–10	First League	12	0	–	–	5	0	17	0
	Total		26	1	–	–	29	0	55	1
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2010–11	First League	16	0	–	–	3	0	19	0
	2011–12	First League	15	0	3	0	3	0	21	0
	2013–14	First League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2015–16	First League	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	2016–17	First League	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	2017–18	First League	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		62	0	3	0	6	0	71	0
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor	2018-19	First League	10	0	–	–	3	0	13	0
	Total		10	0	-	-	3	0	13	0
Career total			98	1	3	0	38	0	139	1

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League

Gazi Üniversitesispor

Winners (1): 2009–10

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2011–12

Runners-up (4): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Third places (41): 2016–17

References

1. "Oyuncular Futbolcular-Duygu Yılmaz" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
2. "Antrenmanda kaleye geçti, milli sporcu oldu". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
3. "Bu takım gol yemiyor!". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
4. "Gazi Ünv. namağlup şampiyon". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
5. "Gintra-Universitetas vs Ataşehir Belediyesi 1–1". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
6. "SFK 2000 vs. Ataşehir Belediyesi 4 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
7. "Ataşehir Belediyesi vs Olimpia Cluj" (in Turkish). Soccerway. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
8. "Özel Maç (Kızlar U-17 Milli) Belçika 1–0 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
9. "Türkiye 2–2 Hırvatistan". SporX (in Turkish). 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
10. "Futbol: Kadınlar Avrupa Şampiyonası Elemeleri". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
11. "TFF'den kadınlar için özel maç". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 2016-03-08. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-02-08.

External links

• Duygu Yılmaz – UEFA competition record