Medine Erkan

Medine Erkan (born 10 September 1995) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the Turkish Women's Third League for ALG Spor with jersey number 8. She plays for the Turkish women's national team.[1]

Medine Erkan
Medine Erkan in the 2014–15 season.
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995
Place of birth Eskişehir, Turkey
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Eskişehirspor 49 (15)
2013–2014 Derince Belediyespor 17 (2)
2014–2016 Ataşehir Belediyespor 40 (1)
2018–2019 Kocaeli Bayan FK 28 (13)
2019–2022 ALG Spor 30 (3)
International career‡
2010 Turkey U-15 2 (0)
2012–2014 Turkey U-19 26 (0)
2016– Turkey 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2021

Career

Club
Medine Erkan for Ataşehir Belediyespor (2014–15 season).
Medine Erkan playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season.

Medine Erkan received her license on February 9, 2010, for her hometown club Eskişehirspor, where she played four seasons in the Regional League, Women's Second League and finally Women's First League.[2][3] In the 2013–14 season, she transferred to Derince Belediyespor.[4][5] After one season, Derince Belediyespor withdrew from the league, and Erkan moved to play with Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season.[6]

By end September 2019, she transferred to ALG Spor in Gaziantep.[1] She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.[7]

International

Medine Erkan was admitted to the Turkey U-15, and debuted in the 2010 summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, and capped four time.[1]

On September 26, 2012, Erkan played for the first time at the Turkey U-19 appearing in the friendly match against Wales. She played in the 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 5, 2013 Kuban Spring Tournament,[8] 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10,[2] 2014 Kuban Spring Tournament and 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 5 matches. She capped 32 times for the women's national U-19 team.[1][3][6][9][10][11]

Erkan was admitted to the national team and played in three matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5.[1]

Career statistics
As of match played 12 June 2022
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eskişehirspor 2009–10 Regional League 100––20120
2010–11 Regional League 101––00101
2011–12 Second League 118––00118
2012–13 First League 186––100286
Total 4915––1206115
Derince Belediyespor 2013–14 First League 172––160332
Total 172––160332
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2014–15 First League 171––00171
2015–16 First League 170––30200
2016–17 First League 60––0060
Total 401––30431
Kocaeli Bayan FK 2017–18 Third League 84––0084
2018–19 Second League 209––50259
Total 2813––503313
ALG Spor 2019-20 First League 101––60161
2020–21First League 60--0060
2021–22 Super League 142––00142
Total 303––60363
Career total 16434––42020634

Honours
Turkish Women's First Football League
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Runners-up (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
Third places (1): 2016–17
ALG Spor
Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021-22
Third places (1): 2020–21
Turkish Women's Second Football League
Kocaeli Bayan FK
Third places (1): 2018-19

References
  1. "Oyuncu Bilgileri- Medine Erkan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  2. "Medine Erkan'lı Milliler Turladı". 2 Eylül (in Turkish). 2013-09-28. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  3. "Gururumuz Medine Erkan". Almanak Spor (in Turkish). 2013-03-28. Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  4. "Ataşehir Belediyespor Bayan Futbol Takımı Maçı 5–0 Aldı". Ataşehir Aktüel (in Turkish). 2014-08-26. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  5. "Derincespor çalışmalara yoğunlaştı". Spor 365 (in Turkish). 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  6. Şeker, Serkan. "Eskişehir'in milli gururu artık İstanbul'da!". Spor 26 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  7. "Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon ALG Spor". TRT Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. "Milliler ABD karşısına çıkıyor". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  9. "U19 Kadın Milliler elit turda". TRT (in Turkish). 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  10. "Damla ve Medine milli takıma seçildi". Anadolu Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2013-08-17. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  11. "Kızlar Bosna'yı devirdi". Ereğli Önder (in Turkish). 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Medine Erkan.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.