Necla Akdoğan

Necla Akdoğan (born November 10, 1971) is a Turkish former women's footballer, referee and manager. She was a member of the Turkey women's national team. She serves a teacher of physical education.

Necla Akdoğan
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-11-10) November 10, 1971
Place of birth Çarşamba, Samsun, Turkey
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Bursa Delphi Packardspor
1998 Gürtaşspor
International career
1995–1998 Turkey 13 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2013 Ankara Gençlik Gücü Spor
2013 Ankara 1910 Spor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Necla Akdoğan
Domestic
Years League Role
2003–2009 TFF Third 1st Ass. referee
2003–2009 Amateur, TFF Third 2nd Ass. referee
2004–2008 TFF Third Fourth official
2005–2009 Amateur, Women's First Referee
International
Years League Role
2006–2008 UEFA U-19 Champ. Ass. referee

Private life

Necla Akdoğan was born in Çarşamba district of Samsun Province, northern Turkey on November 10, 1971.[1] She has three sisters and a brother.[2]

Akdoğan was inspired in playing football by her elder brother, a footballer. Her brother used to choose her as a partner for training. She decided to pursue a footballer career when she aspired the female footballer in the television film Zafere Kaçış ("Escape to Victory"), she had watched once. In her youth, she performed athletics. She won titles in middle-distance and long-distance running.[2]

She graduated in physical education from the Karadeniz Technical University in Trabzon. She was appointed to a school in Anlkara as a teacher of physical education.[2]

Sports career

Club

She began her football playing career during her university years.[2] She obtained her license for the Bursa Delphi Packardspor on August 15, 1997. The next season, she transferred to the newly established Gürtaşspor in Ankara playing in the Women's League.[1][2][3]

She is the first ever recipient of the Fair Play Award of the Women's League in the 1994–95 season.[2]

International

Bulut was admitted to the Turkey women's team, and debuted in the friendly match against Romania on September 8, 1995. She played in two matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualification – Group 8 against Hungary and Bulgaria in 1995 and 1996. She appeared in five games of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) – Group 7 against Georgia, Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia in 1997 and 1998. She capped thirteen times for the Turkey national team.[1]

Referee

Akdoğan served as referee between 2003 and 2009.[2] She officiated in total 69 matches in the men's and women's leagues of Amateur, TFF Third and Women's First as assistant referee, fourth official and referee.[4]

Between 2006 and 2008, she served as a FIFA-listed assistant referee.[3][5][6][7] She was assigned assistant to FIFA-listed female Turkish referee Dilan Deniz Gökçek in the matches at the 2007 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualifying round in Italy on April 10–15.[8] She officiated as assistant referee the 7th European Women's Championship in Turkey in November 2006.[9]

In February 2010, she resigned from her referee post when her expectation to become a FIFA-listed referee did not realize.[2][3]

She is occasionally invited to officiate unofficial friendly matches even after her retirement.[10]

Manager

Akdoğan served as an instructor for children of age 7–8 in the farm of Gençlerbirliği S.K. in Ankara in 2011. She also had the a mother role although not married.[2]

She was in charge of manager of the women's football clubs in Ankara. She coached Ankara Gençlik Gücü Spor three seasons beginning in the 2010–11 season. She then transferred to the Ankara 1910 Spor for the 2013–14 season.[11]

Akdoğan was on the board member of the Turkey Football Managers Association's (Turkish: Türkiye Futbol Antrenörleri Derneği) Ankara Branch.[12]

Honours
  • Fair Play Award (1994–95).[2]

References
  1. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Necla Akdoğan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  2. "G.Birliği'ne kadın futbol antrenörü". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  3. "Bayan FIFA Yardımcı Hakemi Akdoğan'dan Şok Karar!" (in Turkish). Kural 18. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  4. "Hakem Bilgi Kartı: Necla Akdoğan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  5. "FIFA Hakem Listeleri" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  6. "UEFA'dan bayan hakem Gökçek'e görev" (in Turkish). 2007-03-27. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  7. "FIFA'dan 2008 için hakemlerimize onay" (in Turkish). Şampiyon 10. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  8. "Deniz Dilan Gökçek'e UEFA'dan görev" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  9. "Mersin: 7. Avrupa Bayanlar Futbol Şampiyonası Grup Eleme Maçı". Son Dakika (in Turkish). 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  10. "TÜFAD 3. Olgunlar Futbol Turnuvası". Radikal (in Turkish). 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  11. "Necla Akdoğan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  12. "Yönetim Kurulu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Antrenörleri Derneği-Ankara Şubesi. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
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