Ezgi Çağlar

Ezgi Çağlar

Ezgi Çağlar (November 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth	July 3, 1991
Place of birth	Konak, İzmir, Turkey
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Kireçburnu Spor
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006-2009	Bucaspor	17	(0)
2009-2011	Düvenciler Lisesispor	36	(2)
2011-2015	Ataşehir Belediyespor	38	(0)
2015-	Kireçburnu Spor	2	(0)
Total		93	(2)
National team^‡
2006-2007	Turkey U-17	10	(0)
2007-2010	Turkey U-19	20	(0)
2014-present	Turkey	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 14, 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 24, 2015

Ezgi Çağlar (born July 3, 1991) is a Turkish women's football goalkeeper currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Kireçburnu Spor in Istanbul with jersey number 1. She is member of the Turkey women's national team since 2007.^[1][2]

Playing career

Club

Ezgi Çağlar playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014-15 season.

Ezgi Çağlar saving the ball for Kireçburnu Spor in the 2015-16 season.

Ezgi Çağlar began playing football at Bucaspor after obtaining her license on April 28, 2006. Three years later, she moved to the high school girls' club Düvenciler Lisesispor in Lüleburgaz for the 2009–10 season. She played two seasons there, capped 36 times and scored also two goals.^[1]

On August 5, 2011, Çağlar was transferred by the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor, which had become newly league champion. During the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 4 matches, which started one week later of joining her new club, she had to sit on the reserve bench.^[3][4][5] At the end of the next season, she enjoyed her first championship. Çağlar debuted in the UEFA Women's Champions League on August 11, 2012 playing at the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 1 match against the Lithuanian side Gintra Universitetas.^[6] She took part also in the following two matches of the tournament.^[2][7][8]

For the 2015-16 season, she signed with Kireçburnu Spor, which was recently promoted to the Women's First League.^[9]

International

Ezgi Çağlar playing for Turkey in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 home match against Belarus.

Çağlar was called up to the Turkey girls' U-17 national team to play at the 2008 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship - Group 6 matches. She debuted in the match against the Irish girls on October 19, 2007.^[10] She capped three times in total for the girls' youth nationals.

She made her first appearance in the Turkey women's U-19 national team on September 27, 2007 playing at the 2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round match against Poland.^[11] She further took part in the qualifying round matches of the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.^[12][13] She capped 9 times for the junior women national team.

Çağlar debuted in the national team in the friendly match against Bulgaria on May 5, 2007.^[14] As of end 2013, she capped 29 times, mostly in friendly games. She is held as a reserve goalkeeper.

Career statistics

As of match played November 14, 2015

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bucaspor	2006–2008	First League			-	-	17	0	17	0
	2008–09	First League	17	0	-	-	9	0	26	0
	Total		17	0	-	-	26	0	43	0
Düvenciler Lisesispor	2009–10	First League	16	2	-	-	4	0	20	2
	2010–11	First League	20	0	-	-	0	0	20	0
	Total		36	2	-	-	4	0	40	2
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2011–12	First League	6	0	-	-	0	0	6	0
	2012–13	First League	8	0	3	0	0	0	11	0
	2013–14	First League	9	0	-	-	4	0	13	0
	2014–15	First League	15	0	-	-	3	0	18	0
	Total		38	0	3	0	7	0	48	0
Kireçburnu Spor	2015–16	First League	2	0	-	-	5	0	7	0
	Total		2	0	-	-	5	0	7	0
Career total			93	2	3	0	42	0	138	2

Honours

Women's First League

Bucaspor

Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Winners (1): 2011–12;

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

See also

• Turkish women in sports

References

1. "Player Details-Ezgi Çağlar". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
2. "Ezgi Çağlar". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
3. "Gintra-Universitetas vs Ataşehir Belediyesi 1-1". Euro 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
4. "SFK 2000 vs Ataşehir Belediyesi 4-1". Euro 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
5. "Ataşehir Belediyesi : Olimpia Universitatea 1-4" (in German). Spox. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
6. "UEFA Women's Champions League - Gintra-Universitetas vs Ataşehir Belediyesi". Opera Sports. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
7. "UEFA Women's Champions League - Zürich vs Ataşehir Belediyesi". Opera Sports. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
8. "UEFA Women's Champions League - Ataşehir Belediyesi vs Pomurje". Opera Sports. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
9. "Kireçburnu yine gururlandırdı". Sarıyer Posta (in Turkish). 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
10. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2008 (Women's U-17 Team) Ireland 5-0 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
11. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2008 (Women's National Team)". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
12. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2008 - 2009 (Women's National Team) Turkey 0-5 Austria". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
13. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2009 - 2010 (Elite Tour) Turkey 0-3 Sweden". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
14. "Friendly Match (Women's National Team) Turkey 3-0 Bulgaria". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-01-15.