Gizem Gönültaş

Gizem Gönültaş (born July 13, 1993) is a Turkish women's football forward currently playing in the Turkish Women's First League for Beşiktaş J.K. with jersey number 10. She played in the national teams of Turkish girls' U-17, women's U-19, women's U-21 and lately in the Turkey women's team.[1]

Gizem Gönültaş

Gizem Gönültaş in the 2014–15 season.
Personal information
Date of birth	July 13, 1993
Place of birth	Ordu, Turkey
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Beşiktaş J.K.
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Altaş Soya Spor	28	(9)
2011–2012	Orduspor	9	(3)
2012	Çamlıcaspor	18	(3)
2013–2014	Adana İdmanyurduspor	21	(5)
2015–	Beşiktaş J.K.	93	(58)
National team^‡
2008–2010	Turkey U-17	15	(4)
2009–2012	Turkey U-19	31	(1)
2016	Turkey	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 January 2020

Early life

Gizem Gönültaş was born to a blind mother Atiye Gönültaş in Ordu, Turkey on July 13, 1993. She has an older brother and a younger sister, İrem, who is also a footballer.[2] Both sisters are supported by their mother in sports.[3]

She is a student of physical education and sports at Marmara University to become a teacher.[3]

Career

She began football playing already in the primary school. After the formation of a girls' football team Soyaspor, Gönültaş began her sports career.[3]

Club

Gizem Gönültaş playing for Adana İdmanyurduspor in the away match vs Ataşehir Belediyespor (2014–15 season).

Gizem Gönültaş playing for Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2016–17 season's play-off match.

Gizem Gönültaş received her license on May 9, 2007 for her hometown club Soyaspor, where she played in the Women's Second League during the 2008–09 season. After two more seasons with Soyaspor in the Turkish Women's Regional League,[4] she transferred to Orduspor to play in the Second League.[2][3][5] In the 2012–13 season, she moved to Çamlıcaspor, which played in the Women's First League. After one season, she became part of Adana İdmanyurduspor.[1][6]

In the second half of the 2014–15 season, she was transferred by the newly established women's football side of Beşiktaş J.K., which started in the Turkish Women's Third League.[7] Scoring 21 goals in 10 appearances, she played an important role for her team's promotion to the Women's Second League for the 2015–16 season.[8] Following her team's promotion, she played in the 2016–17 Turkish Women's First Football League.[1] She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018-19 season.[1] She took part at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 matches.[9][10][11]

International

Gönültaş was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted in the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship – Group 5 match against the Netherlands on October 20, 2008.[12] She took part at the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship – Group 4 matches.[5][13] She capped in 15 matches in total and scored four goals.[1]

She played her first match with the Turkey women's U-19 team on August 15, 2009 against Moldova. Gönültaş played in the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 7, 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 1, 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9 and 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 3 matches.[3][5] She capped 33 times for the women's U-19 team.[1]

Gönültaş was also part of the Turkey women's U-21,[6] and the Turkey women's teams.[14]

Career statistics

As of 1 March 2020.[1]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Altaş Soya Spor	2008–09	Second League	6	0	–	–	5	1	11	1
	2009–10	Regional League	10	7	–	–	22	4	32	11
	2010–11	Regional League	12	2	–	–	12	0	24	2
	Total		28	9	–	–	39	5	67	14
Orduspor	2011–12	Second League	9	3	–	–	7	0	16	3
	Total		9	3	–	–	7	0	16	3
Çamlıcaspor	2012–13	First League	18	3	–	–	0	0	18	3
	Total		18	3			0	0	18	3
Adana İdmanyurduspor	2013–14	First League	12	2	–	–	0	0	12	2
	2014–15	First League	9	3	–	–	1	0	10	3
	Total		21	5	–	–	1	0	22	5
Beşiktaş J.K.	2014–15	Third League	10	21	–	–	0	0	10	21
	2015–16	Second League	19	11	–	–	3	0	22	11
	2016–17	First League	17	8	–	–	0	0	17	8
	2017–18	First League	14	5	–	–	0	0	14	5
	2018–19	First League	18	8	–	–	5	0	23	8
	2019–20	First League	15	5	3	0	4	0	22	5
	Total		93	58	3	0	12	0	108	58
Career total			169	78	3	0	59	5	231	83

Honours

Turkish Women's First League

Beşiktaş J.K.

Winners (1): 2018–19

Runners-up (2): 2016–17, 2017–18

Turkish Women's Second League

Beşiktaş J.K.

Winners (1): 2015–16

Turkish Women's Third League

Beşiktaş J.K.

Winners (1): 2014–15

References

1. "Oyuncu Bilgileri- Gizem Gönültaş" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
2. "İki Kardeş Orduspor'un Başarısı İçin Çalışıyor". Amatörün Dünyası (in Turkish). 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
3. Gücüklüoğlu, Gökhan & Eyüp Elevülü (2012-05-03). "Görmeyen Annelerine Futbolla Işık Oluyorlar – Orduspor Bayan Takımı Futbolcuları Kız Kardeşler Gizem ile İrem". Haber 3 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-09.
4. "Erkek futbolculara rakip." Ajans Spor (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-09.
5. Öztürk, Hüseyin (2011-12-24). "Gizem Gönültaş Milli Takıma Çağrıldı". Mor Beyaz (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-09.
6. "Kadın millilerin Belçika sınavı". Spor Haber (in Turkish). 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
7. "Kız Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
8. "Beşiktaş ve Ağrı Birlikspor Kadınlar 2.Ligi'ne yükseldi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
9. "Beşiktaş (TUR) 1-1 Górnik Leczna (POL)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
10. "Twente (NED) 2-2 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
11. "Alashkert (ARM) 0-3 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
12. "U17 Bayanlar, Faroe Adaları'nı 4–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkisye Futbol Federasyonu. 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
13. "U 17 Bayanlar, Slovenya'yı 1–0 Yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Amatör Kulüpler Konfederasyonu. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
14. Fatih (2013-09-19). "A Milli Kadın Futbol Takımı'nın İngiltere Kadrosu". onedio (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-09.

External links

Gizem Gönültaş – UEFA competition record