Handan Kurğa

Handan Kurğa (born 10 September 1993) is a Turkish women's football goalkeeper currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Konak Belediyespor in İzmir with jersey number 16. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Handan Kurğa

Handan Kurğa for Konak Belediyespor (December 2015)
Personal information
Date of birth	10 September 1993
Place of birth	Digor, Kars, Turkey
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	ALG Spor
Number	16
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Ataşehir Belediyespor	28	(2)
2011–2012	Lüleburgaz 39 Spor	11	(0)
2012–2017	Konak Belediyespor	35	(0)
2017–2018	Ataşehir Belediyespor	10	(0)
2019	ALG Spor	9	(1)
2019–	Konak Belediyespor	7	(0)
National team^‡
2008	Turkey U-17	2	(0)
2012	Turkey U-19	2	(0)
2017–	Turkey	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 April 2017

Club career

Handan Kurğa obtained her license during her high school education on 11 May 2007. She became part of her high school's team Düvenciler Lisesispor, which played in the Turkish Women's Second Football League. In the 2009–10 season, the team was renamed Ataşehir Belediyespor and was promoted to the First League. The next season, her team won the league.championship. After capping 28 times for Ataşehir Belediyespor, Kurğa transferred to Lüleburgaz 39 Spor in the 2011–12 season, where she played one season only because the team folded.[1]

From 19 October 2012 she was the substitute goalkeeper at the Izmir-based Konak Belediyespor,[2] where she enjoyed twice consecutive league champion titles.[1] She spent the games of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League on the bench. She appeared in two of the three matches of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying matches.[3][4] She appeared twice at the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[5][6]

In August 2017 she transferred to her former club Ataşehir Belediyespor. At the end of the 2016–17 season, she enjoyed her team's league champion title.[1]

In the beginning of the 2018-19 First league season's second half, Kurğa joined the recently-promoted Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor. Her team finished the season equal on points with the league leader. They lost the play-off match, and became runners-up.[1] In the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season, she transferred to her former club Konak Belediyespor.[1]

International career

Handan Kurğa became international with the Turkey girls' U-17 team in 2008. She was twice part of the Turkey women's U-19 team.[1]

She debuted in the Turkey women's national football team in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round match against Luxembourg on 8 April 2017.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 123 February 2020.[1][7]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2008–09	Second League	8	1	–	–	2	0	10	1
	2009–10	First League	14	1	–	–	0	0	14	1
	2010–11	First League	6	0	–	–	0	0	6	0
	Total		28	2	–	–	2	0	30	2
Lüleburgaz 39 Spor	2011–12	First League	11	0	–	–	2	0	13	0
	Total		11	0	–	–	2	0	13	0
Konak Belediyespor	2012–13	First	11	0	–	–	0	0	11	0
	2013–14	First League	3	0	–	–	0	0	3	0
	2014–15	First League	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0 League
	2015–16	First League	9	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
	2016–17	First League	10	0	1	0	1	0	12	0
	Total		35	0	5	0	1	0	41	0
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2017–18	First League	10	0	-	-	0	0	10	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
ALG Spor	2018–19	First League	9	1	-	-	0	0	9	1
	Total		9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
Konak Belediyespor	2019–20	First League	7	0	-	-	0	0	7	0
	Total		7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Career total			100	3	5	0	5	0	110	3

Honours

Turkish Women's First League

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Winners (2): 2010–11, 2017–18

Konak Belediyespor

Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

ALG Spor

Runners-up (1): 2018–19

References

1. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular-Handan Kurğa". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonun. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
2. Asker, Serhan (2013-07-25). "Futbolda da kadının adı yok". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-08-16.
3. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
4. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Zurich". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
5. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
6. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
7. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.

External links

• Handan Kurğa – UEFA competition record