İpek Kaya

İpek Kaya (born 28 October 1994) is a French-born Turkish footballer who plays as a defender for Division 2 Féminine club Stade Brestois 29 and the Turkey women's national team.[2][3]

İpek Kaya
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-28) 28 October 1994
Place of birth L'Aigle, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Brest
Youth career
2004–2010 FC du Pays Aiglon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Condé 86 (4)
2015–2016 Soyaux 2 (0)
2016–2017 Brestois 29 21 (1)
2017–2020 Metz 16 (3)
2020– Brestois 29 0 (0)
National team‡
2015– Turkey 31 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2020

Early years

She was born to Turkish immigrant parents in L'Aigle, Orne in France on October 28, 1994. She is a student of law.[4]

Playing career

Club

She began her football career at her hometown club FC du Pays Aiglon in October 2004, where she was until June 2010. The next month, Kaya was transferred by FCF Condé, then competing in the French top women's league of Division 1 Féminine.[5][6] For the 2015–16 season, the defender signed for ASJ Soyaux-Charente, another club of Division 1 Féminine.[4] She then went to Stade Brestois 29,[7] where she played the 2016-17 season.[8] Kaya transferred in the 2017-18 season to FC Metz,[7] where she played three seasons and served as the captain. In June 2020, she returned to her former club Stade Brestois 29.[8]

International
İpek Kaya (#17) playing for Turkey women's national at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match against Germany in Istanbul, Turkey

İpek Kaya was selected twice to the France women's national under-19 football team.[5] However, she preferred to play for Turkey.[4]

She debuted in the Turkey women's national team in the friendly match against Georgia on February 24, 2015.[9] She took part at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 for Turkey.[10] She played in three games of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round - Group 4. She took part in five matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A.[2]

References
  1. "Ipek Kaya". Footofeminin.fr (in French).
  2. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: İpek Kaya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  3. "Soyaux vs La Roche-sur-Yon 2–3". Scoresway. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  4. "Une internationale turque à l'ASJ Soyaux" (in French). 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  5. "Ipek Kaya" (in French). Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  6. "Ipek Kaya" (in French). FCF Condé. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  7. "17 Ipek Kaya" (in French). Metz. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  8. "Ipek Kaya s'engage au Stade Brestois" (in French). Actualité du Stade Brestois 29. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  9. "Özel Maç (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 4–2 Gürcistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  10. "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2016 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 1–4 Hırvatistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2015-10-17.


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