Şeyma Erenli

Şeyma Erenli Kraemer
Personal information
Birth name Şeyma Erenli
Date of birth (1988-12-09) 9 December 1988
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria,Australia
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
2002 Ashburton Women's SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Ashburton Women's SC
2008–2011 Indiana State Sycamores 53
2012–2013 Ashburton Women's SC
2013 Box Hill United SC
National team
2010–2012 Turkey 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Şeyma Erenli Kraemer (born 9 December 1988) is a Turkish-Australian women's football midfielder. She was a member of the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Private life

Şeyma Erenli was born to Turkish immigrant parents Zeki and Ayşe Erenli in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 December 1988.[2][3] Her father was an amateur footballer in Turkey. He continued to play in Australia with the Turkish club Gençlik Gücü. Şeyma was inspired by her father in football, and was supported by her entire family members.[4]

She was in the high school at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology before she attended Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, the United States in 2008 to study physical education teaching.[3][4][5] She graduated early December 2011, and went back to Australia in January 2012. However, she returned to the place of her alma mater in the United States in August 2013.

She married to her college friend Koby Kraemer, an American baseball player, in Terre Haute, Indiana on 20 May 2017.

Plating career

Club

Erenli began playing football in the age of six. Her first club was Endevour United SC.[4]

She played five seasons for Ashburton Women's Soccer Club in her hometown, which competed in the Victorian Women's Premier League. She captained the team in three seasons.[4] She was named the Best Female Athlete in her class each year.[3]

The 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) tall midfielder played at World Women's Futsal Championship with the Australia women's national futsal team.[4]

During her college years in the United States, she was a member of the Indiana State Sycamores from 2008 to 2011.[4] The team competed in the Division 1, the highest level university league.[4] She capped 53 times in three seasons.[3]

After returning to Australia, she played with her former club Ashburton Women's SC. She then transferred to Box Hill United SC in her hometown.[6][7]

She is known for not missing a penalty kick. She admits that she learned successful penalty kicking from her father.[4]

International

Erenli was admitted to the Turkey women's national football team[8] and debuted in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 match against England in Walsall, England on 29 July 2010.[2][4][9][10] She took part in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 matches against Romania,[11][12] and Switzerland.[13] She capped in total five times for the Turkey national team.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Şeyma Erenli". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  2. 1 2 3 "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Şeyma Erenli" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2008 Soccer Roster – Seyma Erenli". Sycamores – Women's Soccer. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Şeyma Erenli : "Futbol en büyük tutkum"" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  5. ↑ "Abby Guerra Greets UE Teammates In Omaha". Evansville Purplr Aces – Wpmen's Soccer. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  6. ↑ Zee Ko (2013-04-19). "Seyma Erenli fitting in well at Box Hill". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  7. ↑ Moran, Shaun (2013-04-27). "Erenli brace topples Bundoora". Football Federation Victoria - Women's Premier League. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  8. ↑ Akyol, Cahit (2010-06-27). "Dişi kramponlara gurbetten doping". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  9. ↑ "Qualifying round (Group 5) England 3–0 Turkey". UEFA. 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  10. ↑ "Seyma Erenli Joins Turkish National Team For Match Against England". Sycamores – Women's Soccer. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  11. ↑ "Qualifying group stage (Group 2) Turkey 1–2 England". UEFA. 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  12. ↑ "A Milli Kadınlar Romanya ile karşılaşacak". Doğan News Agency (in Turkish). 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  13. ↑ "Qualifying group stage (Group 2) Switzerland 5–0 Turkey". UEFA. 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
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