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 Galatasaray in Istanbul with jersey number 17. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.[1]
 Handan Kurğa for Konak Belediyespor (December 2015) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 September 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Digor, Kars, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| 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) |
| 2019–2022 | Konak Belediyespor | 30 | (0) |
| 2022– | Galatasaray | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Turkey U-17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Turkey U-19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2017 | |||
Club career
Ataşehir Belediyespor
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.[1]
Lüleburgaz 39 Spor
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]
Konak Belediyespor
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]
Ataşehir Belediyespor
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]
ALG Spor
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]
Konak Belediyespor
In the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season, she transferred to her former club Konak Belediyespor.[1]
Galatasaray
On 10 August 2022, the Turkish Women's Football Super League team was transferred to the Galatasaray club.[7]
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
| 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 | 8 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | First League Gr. D | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Super League Gr. B | 20 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2022–23 | Super League | 8 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 131 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 3 | ||
Honours
- ALG Spor
- Runners-up (1): 2018–19
References
- "Oyuncular – Futbolcular-Handan Kurğa". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonun. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
- Asker, Serhan (2013-07-25). "Futbolda da kadının adı yok". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Zurich". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- "Kulübümüz, milli kaleci Handan Kurğa'yı kadrosuna kattı!". twitter.com. Official Twitter Account of Galatasaray Women's Football Team. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
External links
- Handan Kurğa – UEFA competition record (archive)
