Melike Pekel

Melike Pekel

Melike Pekel for Turkey women's national (April 2016)
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-14) April 14, 1995
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Bayern München
Number 25
Youth career
FC Schrobenhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2012–2014 TSV Schwaben Augsburg 40 (20)
2014– FC Bayern München 26 (15)
Total 66 (35)
National team‡
2015– Turkey 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 22, 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 30, 2015

Melike Pekel (born April 14, 1995) is a Turkish-German footballer who plays as a forward for FC Bayern München and the Turkey women's team.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Melike Pekel was born to Turkish immigrant parents in München, Germany on April 14, 1995.[2] After completing her vocaional education in July 2015, she started to work as an optician in Schrobenhausen, Upper Bavaria, where she resides.[5]

Player career

Club

Melike Pekel began her career in the youth team of FC Schrobenhausen in her hometown, and displayed her high footballer talent.[6] In the 2012–13 season, she started to play for the second team of TSV Schwaben Augsburg in the German Bezirksoberliga Schwaben. Already after one game in the same season, she was promoted to the first squad of the club, which competed in the Regionalliga Süd.[7] She scored in total 20 goals in 40 matches in two league seasons.[8] Pekel became the topscorer of the Regionalliga Süd in the 2013–14 season.[9]

For the 2014–15 season, FC Bayern München transferred her in the second team of the club to play in the 2. Bundesliga Frauen Süd.[9][10][11][7] In the 12th play day of the season on December 7, 2014, manager Thomas Wörle took her into the first squad in the Bundesliga Frauen match against 1. FFC Frankfurt. She appeared in two games for the first squad until the end of the season.[12][13] She enjoyed her team's champion title in the 2014–15 Bundesliga season.[5] In the 2015–16 season, Pekel returned to her place in the second squad of the club playing in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga Süd again.[14][15] As of November 22, 2015, she scored 15 goals in 26 games for her club.[8]

International

Melike Pekel was called up to the Turkey women's national team, and debuted in the friendly match against Albania on August 19, 2015.[5][13][16]

She took part in four of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 matches for the Turkish nationals.[2][11][17]

Career statistics

As of match played November 30, 2015.[8]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TSV Schwaben Augsburg 2012–13 Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 1 0 – – – – 1 0
2012–13 Regionalliga Süd 19 4 – – – – 19 4
2013–14 Regionalliga Süd 20 16 – – – – 20 16
Total 40 20 – – – – 40 20
FC Bayern München 2014–15 2. Bundesliga Frauen Süd 16 12 – – – – 16 12
2014–15 Bundesliga Frauen 2 0 – – – – 2 0
2015–16 2. Bundesliga Frauen Süd 83 – – 6 0 14 3
Total 26 15 – – 6 0 32 15
Career total 66 35 – – 6 0 72 35

Honours

Club

FC Bayern München
Frauen-Bundesliga
Winners (1) 2014–15.[5]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Spieltag/Tabelle: Staffel Süd: 2. Frauen-Bundesliga – Melike Pekel" (in German). Deutcher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. 1 2 3 "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Melike Pekel" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Fußball: Türkinnen chancenlos gegen Deutschland". Deutsch-Türkisches Journal (in German). 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  4. ↑ "Melike Pekel (FC Bayern München)" (in German). Frauenfussball. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Kaufmann, Roland (2015-11-22). "'Ohne Kicken fehlt mir einfach etwas'". Donau Kurier (in German). Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  6. ↑ "'Fußball gehört ganz einfach zu meinem Leben'". Donau Kurier (in German). 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  7. 1 2 "Melike Pekel besucht FC Paartal". Donau Kurier (in German). 2015-07-19. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  8. 1 2 3 "Persönliche Daten – Melike Pekel" (in German). FuPa. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  9. 1 2 3 Gerhardt, Ansgar (2014-10-18). "Herausforderung nach erstem Saisonsieg". Bietigheimer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  10. ↑ "Pekel zu Bayern". Ausburger Allgemeine (in German). 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  11. 1 2 "Fußballerin durch und durch". IN TV (in German). 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  12. ↑ "Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga, 2014/2015, 12. Spieltag" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  13. 1 2 "Türkei im Porträt: Gegner der DFB-Frauen in Sandhausen" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  14. ↑ Schmidt, Luca (2015-03-23). "Frauenfußball: Wichs frühes Tor führt auf Siegesstraße". Südwest Presse (in German). Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  15. ↑ "Melike Pekel – Einsätze 2. Bundesliga Süd" (in German). Südbadens Doppelpass. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  16. ↑ "Friendly Match (Women's National Team) (Group Qualifying) Albania 1–0 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. line feed character in |title= at position 39 (help)
  17. ↑ "Das halbe Dutzend ist voll". Donau Kurier (in German). 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2015-12-05.

External links

Melike Pekel – UEFA competition record

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