Melike Pekel

Melike Pekel (born 14 April 1995) is a Turkish-German footballer who plays as a forward for FC Metz and the Turkey women's team.[1][2][3][4]

Melike Pekel

Melike Pekel for Turkey women's national (April 2016)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-04-14) 14 April 1995
Place of birth	Munich, Germany
Playing position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Metz
Number	27
Youth career
	FC Schrobenhausen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	TSV Schwaben Augsburg II	1	(0)
2012–2014	TSV Schwaben Augsburg	39	(20)
2014–2016	Bayern München II	43	(22)
2014–2016	Bayern München	1	(0)
2017	Metz	12	(5)
2017–2019	Paris Saint-Germain	14	(0)
2019	→ Bordeaux (loan)	5	(0)
2019–	Metz	0	(0)
Total		110	(47)
National team^‡
2015–	Turkey	21	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2019

Early life

Melike Pekel was born to Turkish immigrant parents in München, Germany on 14 April 1995.[2] After completing her vocational education in July 2015, she started to work as an optician in Schrobenhausen, Upper Bavaria, where she resides.[5]

Playing career

Club

Melike Pekel of FC Bayern München, in the warm-up.

Pekel began her career in the youth team of FC Schrobenhausen in her hometown, and displayed her high footballer talent.[6] In the 2012–13 season, she started to play for the second team of TSV Schwaben Augsburg in the German Bezirksoberliga Schwaben. Already after one game in the same season, she was promoted to the first squad of the club, which competed in the Regionalliga Süd.[7] She scored in total 20 goals in 40 matches in two league seasons.[8] Pekel became the topscorer of the Regionalliga Süd in the 2013–14 season.[9]

For the 2014–15 season, FC Bayern München transferred her in the second team of the club to play in the 2. Bundesliga Frauen Süd.[7][9][10][11] In the 12th play day of the season on 7 December 2014, manager Thomas Wörle took her into the first squad in the Bundesliga Frauen match against 1. FFC Frankfurt. She appeared in two games for the first squad until the end of the season.[12][13] She enjoyed her team's champion title in the 2014–15 Bundesliga season.[5] In the 2015–16 season, Pekel returned to her place in the second squad of the club playing in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga Süd again.[14][15] As of 22 November 2015, she scored 15 goals in 26 games for her club.[8]

At the beginning of 2017, she left Munich and transferred to FC Metz-Algrange to play in the Division 1 Féminine.[16] She made her debut in the away game against ASPTT Albi on 5 February 2017.[17] Pekel scored her first and her team's only goal in the third minute in the home match against Olympique de Marseille on 26 February 2017.[18]

Ahead of the 2017–2018 season Pekel joined Paris Saint-Germain. With her playing time limited, Pekel went on loan to Bordeaux in 2019.

In August 2019, Pekel re-signed with Metz.[19]

International

Melike Pekel playing for Turkey national team.

Pekel was called up to the Turkey women's national team, and debuted in the friendly match against Albania on 19 August 2015.[5][13][20]

She took part in four of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 matches for the Turkish nationals.[2][11][21] She appeared in three matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5.[2] On 1 March 2017, Pekel scored her first national goal against Romania in the 2017 Goldcity Women's Cup.[2]

She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 matches.[20][22] In the second match of the tournament, she scored a hat-trick in the match against Luxembourg on 8 April 2017.[23] She scored her team's only goal in the third game of the qualification tournament against Faroe Islands.[24]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scored
Turkey women's national team
8 April 2017	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Luxembourg	2019 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round - Group 4	W 9–1	3,[23]
11 April 2017		Faroe Islands		L 1–2	1,[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 July 2017.[8]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
TSV Schwaben Augsburg	2012–13	Bezirksoberliga Schwaben	1	0	–	–	–	–	1	0
	2012–13	Regionalliga Süd	19	4	–	–	–	–	19	4
	2013–14	Regionalliga Süd	20	16	–	–	–	–	20	16
	Total		40	20	–	–	–	–	40	20
FC Bayern München	2014–15	2. Bundesliga Frauen Süd	17	12	–	–	–	–	17	12
		Frauen-Bundesliga	2	0	–	–	–	–	2	0
	2015–16	2. Bundesliga Frauen Süd	16	7	–	–	9	0	25	7
	2016–17	2. Bundesliga Frauen Süd	8	3	–	–	0	0	8	3
		Frauen-Bundesliga	1	0	–	–	0	0	1	0
	Total		44	22	–	–	9	0	53	22
FC Metz-Algrange	2016–17	Division 1 Féminine	12	5	–	–	6	6	18	11
	Total		12	5	–	–	6	6	18	11
Paris Saint-Germain FC	2017–18	Division 1 Féminine	14	0	–	–	0	0	14	0
	Total		14	0	–	–	0	0	14	0
Career total			110	47	–	–	15	6	125	53

Honours

Club

Frauen-Bundesliga

FC Bayern München

Winners (1): 2014–15.[5]

Individual

• Top Scorer: 2013–14 – Regionalliga Süd with TSV Schwaben Augsburg (16 goals)[9]

References

1. "Spieltag/Tabelle: Staffel Süd: 2. Frauen-Bundesliga – Melike Pekel" (in German). Deutcher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
2. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Melike Pekel" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
3. "Fußball: Türkinnen chancenlos gegen Deutschland". Deutsch-Türkisches Journal (in German). 26 October 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
4. "Melike Pekel (FC Bayern München)" (in German). Frauenfussball. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
5. Kaufmann, Roland (22 November 2015). "'Ohne Kicken fehlt mir einfach etwas'". Donau Kurier (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
6. "'Fußball gehört ganz einfach zu meinem Leben'". Donau Kurier (in German). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
7. "Melike Pekel besucht FC Paartal". Donau Kurier (in German). 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
8. "Persönliche Daten – Melike Pekel" (in German). FuPa. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
9. Gerhardt, Ansgar (18 October 2014). "Herausforderung nach erstem Saisonsieg". Bietigheimer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
10. "Pekel zu Bayern". Ausburger Allgemeine (in German). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
11. "Fußballerin durch und durch". IN TV (in German). 6 November 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
12. "Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga, 2014/2015, 12. Spieltag" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
13. "Türkei im Porträt: Gegner der DFB-Frauen in Sandhausen" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
14. Schmidt, Luca (23 March 2015). "Frauenfußball: Wichs frühes Tor führt auf Siegesstraße". Südwest Presse (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
15. "Melike Pekel – Einsätze 2. Bundesliga Süd" (in German). Südbadens Doppelpass. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
16. Kaufmann, Roland (9 February 2017). "Neue Herausforderung in Frankreich". Donau Kurier (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2017.
17. "Championnat de France de D1 2016-2017 - 13e journee" (in French). footofféminin. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
18. "Profitez de 100% de votre magazine" (in French). footofféminin. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
19. "Metz: Wieder am Ausgangspunkt". donaukurier.de (in German).
20. "Friendly Match (Women's National Team) (Group Qualifying) Albania 1–0 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
21. "Das halbe Dutzend ist voll". Donau Kurier (in German). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
22. "Turkey 3–0 Montenegro". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
23. "Turkey 9–1 Luxembourg". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
24. "Faroe Islands 2-1 Turkey". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

External links

• Melike Pekel – UEFA competition record
• Turkey player profile