Damla Demirdön

Damla Demirdön

Damla Demirdön for Ataşehir Belediyespor (March 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth	September 6, 1990
Place of birth	Ankara, Turkey
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Ataşehir Belediyespor
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005-2010	Gazi Üniversitesispor	32	(3)
2010-present	Ataşehir Belediyespor	89	(0)
Total		121	(3)
National team^‡
2006-2008	Turkey U-19	11	(0)
2007–present	Turkey	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 15, 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 19, 2012

Damla Demirdön (born September 6, 1990) is a Turkish women's football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Ataşehir Belediyespor in Istanbul with jersey number 17. She is member of the Turkey women's national team since 2007.^[1]

Career

Club

Damla Demirdön (red) playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor (2013-14).

Damla Demirdön (white/red) playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor (2014-15).

Demirdön obtained her license for Gazi Üniversitesispor on January 19, 2005. She played for the team in her hometown until the end of 2009–10 season. She won two league championship titles with Gazi Üniversitesispor in the 2007-08 and 2009-10 seasons.^[2][3][4] She capped in total 69 times.^[1] Currently, she plays for the Istanbul-based Ataşehir Belediyespor, where she joined in the 2010-11 season.^[4] With Ataşehir, she became twice more league champion in the 2010-11 and 2011–12 seasons.

She took part at the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 4,^[5][6][7] and 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 1 matches for Ataşehir Belediyespor.^[8][9][10]

International

Damla Demirdön was called up to the Turkey women's U-19 national team, and debuted at the friendly match against Macedonia on January 22, 2006.^[11] She participated at the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification round matches in 2007 and 2008.^[12][13] She capped 15 times in total for the junior women's national team until September 2008.^[1]

In 2007, Demirdön was admitted to the Turkey women's national team and played her first game against Bulgaria on November 4, 2007. She took part in three games of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 games.^[4][14]

Career statistics

As of match played November 15, 2015

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gazi Üniversitesispor	2005–2009	First League	16	1	-	-	11	0	27	1
	2009–2010	First League	16	2	-	-	0	0	16	2
	Total		32	3	-	-	11	0	43	3
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2010–11	First League	21	0	-	-	0	0	21	0
	2011–12	First League	15	0	3	0	1	0	19	0
	2012–13	First League	18	0	3	0	2	0	23	0
	2013–14	First League	18	0	-	-	0	0	18	0
	2014–15	First League	15	0	-	-	0	0	15	0
	2015–16	First League	2	0	-	-	0	0		0
	Total		89	0	6	0	3	0	96	0
Career total			121	3	6	0	14	0	139	3

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League

Gazi Üniversitesispor

Winners (2): 2007–08, 2009–10

Third place (1): 2008–09

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12

Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

References

1. "Player Details-Damla Demirdön". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
2. "Bayanlar Ligi'nde Gazi Üniversitesispor şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
3. "Bayanlar 1.Ligi şampiyonu Gazi Üniversitesispor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
4. "Yüksek Kramponlar". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
5. "Gintra-Universitetas vs Ataşehir Belediyesi 1-1". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
6. "SFK 2000 vs Ataşehir Belediyesi 4-1". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
7. "Ataşehir Belediyesi vs. Olimpia Cluj 1-4". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
8. "Gintra-Universitetas vs Ataşehir Belediyesi 2-3". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
9. "Zürich vs Ataşehir Belediyesi 4-0". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
10. "Ataşehir Belediyesi vs Pomurje 2-4". Scoresway. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
11. "Özel Maç (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 5-2 Makedonya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
12. "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2008 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 1-7 Polonya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
13. "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2008 - 2009 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 0-5 Avusturya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
14. "Qualifying group stage (Group 2) - 15/09/2012 Turkey 1-3 Switzerland". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-04-22.

External links

• Damla Demirdön – UEFA competition record