Handan Kurğa

Handan Kurğa
Handan Kurğa for Konak Belediyespor (December 2015)
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-10) September 10, 1993
Place of birth Digor, Kars, Turkey
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Ataşehir Belediyespor
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Ataşehir Belediyespor 28 (2)
2011–2012 Lüleburgaz 39 Spor 11 (0)
2012–2017 Konak Belediyespor 35 (0)
2017– Ataşehir Belediyespor 10 (0)
Total 84 (2)
National team‡
2008 Turkey U-17 2 (0)
2012 Turkey U-19 2 (0)
2017– Turkey 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 18, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 8, 2017

Handan Kurğa (born September 10, 1993) is a Turkish women's football goalkeeper currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Ataşehir Belediyespor in Istanbul with jersey number 1. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Playing career

Club

Handan Kurğa obtained her license during her high school education on May 11, 2007. She became part of her high school's team Düvenciler Lisesispor, which played in the Turkish Women's Second Football League. In the 2009–10 season, the team was renamed Ataşehir Belediyespor and was promoted to the First League. The next season, her team won the league.championship. After capping 28 times for Ataşehir Belediyespor, Kurğa transferred to Lüleburgaz 39 Spor in the 2011–12 season, where she played one season only because the team folded.[1]

Since October 19, 2012, she is the substitute goalkeeper at the Izmir-based Konak Belediyespor,[2] where she enjoyed twice consecutive league champion titles.[1] She spent the games of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League on the bench. She appeared in two of the three matches of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying matches.[3][4] She appeared twice at the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[5][6]

In August 2017, she transferred to her former club Ataşehir Belediyespor.[1]

International

Handan Kurğa became international with the Turkey girls' U-17 team in 2008. She was twice part of the Turkey women's U-19 team.[1]

She debuted in the Turkey women's national football team in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round match against Luxembourg on April 8, 2017.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played April 18, 2018.[1][7]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2008–09 Second League 81––20101
2009–10First League 141––00141
2010–11First League 60––0060
Total 282––20302
Lüleburgaz 39 Spor 2011–12First League 110––20130
Total 110––20130
Konak Belediyespor 2012–13First 110––00110
2013–14First League 30––0030
2014–15First League 20200040 League
2015–16First League 902000110
2016–17First League 1001010120
Total 3505010410
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2017–18First League 100--00100
Total 1000000100
Career total 8425050942

Honours

Turkish Women's First League
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Winners (2): 2010–11, 2017–18
Konak Belediyespor
Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Oyuncular – Futbolcular-Handan Kurğa". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonun. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  2. ↑ Asker, Serhan (2013-07-25). "Futbolda da kadının adı yok". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  3. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  4. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Zurich". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  5. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  6. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  7. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
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