İpek Kaya

İpek Kaya
İpek Kaya for Turkey women's national football team
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-28) October 28, 1994
Place of birth L'Aigle, France
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 ASJ Soyaux-Charente
Number 28
Youth career
2004–2010 FC du Pays Aiglon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 FCF Condé
2015– ASJ Soyaux-Charente
National team‡
2015– Turkey 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 27, 2017

İpek Kaya (born October 28, 1994) is a Turkish-French female football defender currently playing in the French league of Division 1 Féminine for ASJ Soyaux-Charente with jersey number 28. She is part of the Turkey women's national football team.[1][2]

Early years

She was born to Turkish immigrant parents in L'Aigle, Orne in France on October 28, 1994. She is a student of law.[3]

Playing career

Club

She began her football career at her hometown club FC du Pays Aiglon in October 2004, where she was until June 2010. The next month, Kaya was transferred by FCF Condé, then competing in the French top women's league of Division 1 Féminine.[4][5] For the 2015–16 season, the defender signed for ASJ Soyaux-Charente, another club of Division 1 Féminine.[3]

International

İpek Kaya (#17) playing for Turkey women's national at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match against Germany in Istanbul, Turkey

İpek Kaya was selected twice to the France women's national under-19 football team.[4] However, she preferred to play for Turkey.[3]

She debuted in the Turkey women's national team in the friendly match against Georgia on February 24, 2015.[6] She takes part at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 for Turkey.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: İpek Kaya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Soyaux vs La Roche-sur-Yon 2–3". Scoresway. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  3. 1 2 3 "Une internationale turque à l'ASJ Soyaux" (in French). 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  4. 1 2 "Ipek Kaya" (in French). Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  5. ↑ "Ipek Kaya" (in French). FCF Condé. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  6. ↑ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 4–2 Gürcistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  7. ↑ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2016 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 1–4 Hırvatistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-10-17.


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