Melike Pekel

Melike Pekel (born 14 April 1995) is a German-born Turkish footballer who plays as a forward for French Division 1 Féminine club Stade de Reims and the Turkey women's national team.[1][2][3][4]

Melike Pekel
Pekel with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-14) 14 April 1995
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Reims
Number 9
Youth career
FC Schrobenhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 TSV Schwaben Augsburg II 1 (0)
2012–2014 TSV Schwaben Augsburg 39 (20)
2014–2016 Bayern München II 43 (22)
2014–2016 Bayern München 1 (0)
2017 Metz 12 (5)
2017–2019 Paris Saint-Germain 14 (0)
2019 → Bordeaux (loan) 5 (0)
2019–2020 Metz 8 (0)
2020-2021 Le Havre 10 (0)
2021- Reims 5 (0)
Total 110 (47)
International career‡
2015–2019 Turkey 26 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2019

Early life

Melike Pekel was born to Turkish immigrant parents in München, Germany on 14 April 1995.[2] After completing her vocational education in July 2015, she started to work as an optician in Schrobenhausen, Upper Bavaria, where she resides.[5]

Club career
Melike Pekel of FC Bayern München, in the warm-up.

Pekel began her career in the youth team of FC Schrobenhausen in her hometown, and displayed her high footballer talent.[6] In the 2012–13 season, she started to play for the second team of TSV Schwaben Augsburg in the German Bezirksoberliga Schwaben. Already after one game in the same season, she was promoted to the first squad of the club, which competed in the Regionalliga Süd.[7] She scored in total 20 goals in 40 matches in two league seasons.[8] Pekel became the topscorer of the Regionalliga Süd in the 2013–14 season.[9]

For the 2014–15 season, FC Bayern München transferred her in the second team of the club to play in the 2. Bundesliga Frauen Süd.[7][9][10][11] In the 12th play day of the season on 7 December 2014, manager Thomas Wörle took her into the first squad in the Bundesliga Frauen match against 1. FFC Frankfurt. She appeared in two games for the first squad until the end of the season.[12][13] She enjoyed her team's champion title in the 2014–15 Bundesliga season.[5] In the 2015–16 season, Pekel returned to her place in the second squad of the club playing in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga Süd again.[14][15] As of 22 November 2015, she scored 15 goals in 26 games for her club.[8]

At the beginning of 2017, she left Munich and transferred to FC Metz-Algrange to play in the Division 1 Féminine.[16] She made her debut in the away game against ASPTT Albi on 5 February 2017.[17] Pekel scored her first and her team's only goal in the third minute in the home match against Olympique de Marseille on 26 February 2017.[18]

Ahead of the 2017–2018 season Pekel joined Paris Saint-Germain. With her playing time limited, Pekel went on loan to Bordeaux in 2019.

In August 2019, Pekel re-signed with Metz.[19]

International career
Melike Pekel playing for Turkey national team.

Pekel was called up to the Turkey women's national team, and debuted in the friendly match against Albania on 19 August 2015.[5][13][20]

She took part in four of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 matches for the Turkish nationals.[2][11][21] She appeared in three matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5.[2] On 1 March 2017, Pekel scored her first national goal against Romania in the 2017 Goldcity Women's Cup.[2]

She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 matches.[20][22] In the second match of the tournament, she scored a hat-trick in the match against Luxembourg on 8 April 2017.[23] She scored her team's only goal in the third game of the qualification tournament against Faroe Islands.[24]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 July 2017.[8]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
TSV Schwaben Augsburg 2012–13Bezirksoberliga Schwaben 10––––10
2012–13Regionalliga Süd 194––––194
2013–14Regionalliga Süd 2016––––2016
Total 4020––––4020
FC Bayern München 2014–152. Bundesliga Frauen Süd 1712––––1712
Frauen-Bundesliga 20––––20
2015–162. Bundesliga Frauen Süd 167––90257
2016–172. Bundesliga Frauen Süd 83––0083
Frauen-Bundesliga 10––0010
Total 4422––905322
FC Metz-Algrange 2016–17Division 1 Féminine 125––661811
Total 125––661811
Paris Saint-Germain FC 2017–18Division 1 Féminine 140––00140
Total 140––00140
Career total 11047––15612553

International
International goals
(Friendly matches not included)
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Turkey women's national team
8 April 2017Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Luxembourg2019 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round - Group 4W 9–13,[23]
11 April 2017 Faroe IslandsL 1–21,[24]

Honours
Frauen-Bundesliga
FC Bayern München
Winners (1): 2014–15.[5]

Individual

References
  1. "Spieltag/Tabelle: Staffel Süd: 2. Frauen-Bundesliga – Melike Pekel" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Melike Pekel" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Fußball: Türkinnen chancenlos gegen Deutschland". Deutsch-Türkisches Journal (in German). 26 October 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. "Melike Pekel (FC Bayern München)" (in German). Frauenfussball. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. Kaufmann, Roland (22 November 2015). "'Ohne Kicken fehlt mir einfach etwas'". Donau Kurier (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. "'Fußball gehört ganz einfach zu meinem Leben'". Donau Kurier (in German). 18 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  7. "Melike Pekel besucht FC Paartal". Donau Kurier (in German). 19 July 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  8. "Persönliche Daten – Melike Pekel" (in German). FuPa. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  9. Gerhardt, Ansgar (18 October 2014). "Herausforderung nach erstem Saisonsieg". Bietigheimer Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  10. "Pekel zu Bayern". Ausburger Allgemeine (in German). 16 August 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  11. "Fußballerin durch und durch". IN TV (in German). 6 November 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  12. "Allianz Frauen-Bundesliga, 2014/2015, 12. Spieltag" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  13. "Türkei im Porträt: Gegner der DFB-Frauen in Sandhausen" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  14. Schmidt, Luca (23 March 2015). "Frauenfußball: Wichs frühes Tor führt auf Siegesstraße". Südwest Presse (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  15. "Melike Pekel – Einsätze 2. Bundesliga Süd" (in German). Südbadens Doppelpass. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  16. Kaufmann, Roland (9 February 2017). "Neue Herausforderung in Frankreich". Donau Kurier (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  17. "Championnat de France de D1 2016-2017 - 13e journee" (in French). footofféminin. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  18. "Profitez de 100% de votre magazine" (in French). footofféminin. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  19. "Metz: Wieder am Ausgangspunkt". donaukurier.de (in German).
  20. "Friendly Match (Women's National Team) (Group Qualifying) Albania 1–0 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  21. "Das halbe Dutzend ist voll". Donau Kurier (in German). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  22. "Turkey 3–0 Montenegro". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  23. "Turkey 9–1 Luxembourg". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  24. "Faroe Islands 2-1 Turkey". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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