Serra Çağan

Serra çağan (born February 17, 1997) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the First League for Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor with jersey number 41. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Serra Çağan

Serra Çağan for 1207 Antalyaspor (December 2017)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-02-17) February 17, 1997
Place of birth	İzmit, Turkey
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
Number	41
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	İzmit Saraybahçe Belediye S	8	(0)
2009–2012	İzmit Belediyespor	50	(21)
2012–2013	İzmit Çenesuyu Plajyoluspor	14	(14)
2013–2015	Karşıyaka Koleji Spor	33	(19)
2015–2018	1207 Antalyaspor	49	(6)
2018–	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor	7	(0)
Total		161	(60)
National team^‡
2010	Turkey U-15	2	(0)
2012–2014	Turkey U-17	17	(0)
2013–2015	Turkey U-19	27	(3)
2014	Turkey U-21	1	(0)
2015–2017	Turkey	7	(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 April 8, 2017

Career

Club

Serra Çağan of Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2018–19 Women's First League season.

Serra Çağan driving the ball for 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor in the 2015–16 season's away match against Kireçburnu Spor.

Serra Çağan (white/orange) of 1207 Antakya Döşemealtı Belediye Spor challenging Nagihan Avanaş (green/yellow) of Kireçburnu Spor in the 2017–18 First League.

Serra Çağan obtained her license on June 10, 2008 for her hometown club İzmit Saraybahçe Belediyespor.[1] After appearing in eight matches in one season of the Turkish Women's Second League, she transferred to İzmit Belediyespor, which was in the Regional League. At the end of the 2009–10 season, her team was promoted to the Second League, and the next season to the First League. She capped in 50 matches scoring 21 goals in three seasons. In the 2012–13 season, she was with İzmit Çenesuyu Plajyoluspor in the Second League again, where she netted 14 goals in 14 matches. For the next season, she signed with Karşıyaka Koleji Spor, another İzmit-based club.[2][3][4] Çağan played in 33 games and scored 19 goals in two seasons between 2013 and 2015.[1]

The newly to the First League promoted club 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor transferred her for the 2015–16 season.[4]

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

International

Çağan was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-15 team and debuted in the friendly match against Russia on November 23, 2010. She capped twice for the youth nationals.[1]

On April 19, 2012, she appeared for the first time for the Turkey girls' U-17 team in the UEFA Development Tournament against Azerbaijan.[5] She took part at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches of 2013 and 2014. She capped 17 times in total.[1]

Çağan was called up to the Turkey women's U-19 team debuting in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on November 26, 2013. She participated at the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification matches of 2014 Elite round, 2015, 2015 Elite round,[2] and 2016.[3] She netted three goals in 27 appearances so far.[1] Currently, she serves as the captain.[4]

On November 26, 2014, Çağan appeared in the women's national U-21 team in the match against Belgium.[1]

Çağan was called up to the Turkey women's national team to play at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 matches.[6]

She took part in three matches of the Goldcity Women's Cup 2017 held in Antalya, Turkey.[1] She played against Montenegro and Luxembourg in two matches of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4.[7][8]

Career statistics

As of match played February 23, 2019

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
İzmit Saraybahçe Belediyespor	2008–09	Second	8	0	–	–	0	0	8	0
	Total		8	0	–	–	0	0	8	0
İzmit Belediyespor	2009–10	Regional	10	0	–	–	0	0	10	0
	2010–11	Second	21	11	–	–	2	0	23	11
	2011–12	First	19	10	–	–	2	0	21	10
	Total		50	21	–	–	4	0	54	21
İzmit Çenesuyu Plajyoluspor	2012–13	Second	14	14	–	–	9	0	23	14
	Total		14	14	–	–	9	0	23	14
Karşıyaka Koleji Spor	2013–14	Second	11	12	–	–	15	2	26	14
	2014–15	Second	22	7	–	–	14	0	36	7
	Total		33	19	–	–	29	2	62	21
1207 Antalyaspor	2015–16	First	12	4	–	–	7	1	19	5
	2016–17	First	20	1	–	–	5	0	25	1
	2017–18	First	17	1	–	–	0	0	17	1
	Total		49	6	–	–	12	1	61	7
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor	2018–19	First	7	0	–	–	0	0	7	0
	Total		7	0	–	–	0	0	7	0
Career total			161	60	–	–	54	3	215	63

References

1. "Oyuncu Bilgileri – Serra Çağan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
2. "Serra Çağan'a Milli davet". Demokrat Gebze (in Turkish). 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
3. "Milliler ABD karşısına çıkıyor". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
4. "Serra Çağan Antalya'da". Antalya'da Spor (in Turkish). 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
5. "Serra ve Beyza milli takımda". Bizim Kocaeli Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
6. "2017 Kadınlar Avrupa Şampiyonası Elemeleri". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
7. "FIFA Women's World Cup – Turkey 3–0 Montenegro". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
8. "FIFA Women's World Cup – Turkey 9–1 Luxembourgro". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-06-21.

External links

Serra Çağan – UEFA competition record