Nihan Su

Nihan Su (born 22 August 1981) is a Turkish football manager and former footballer. She was a member of the Turkey U19 and Turkey national teams.

Nihan Su
Nihan Su, coach of Fenerbahçe (May 2022)
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-08-22) 22 August 1981
Place of birth Ankara, Turkey
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Ankara BB Spor
1997–1998 Bursa Delphi Packard
1998–1999 Ankara Gürtaşspor
1999–2006 Gazi Üniversitesispor
International career
1997–1999 Turkey U-19 9 (0)
1999–2002 Turkey 17 (0)
Managerial career
2006 Gazi Üniversitesispor
2021–2022 Fenerbahçe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Private life

Nihan Su was born in Ankara in 1981. She compşeted her primary and secondary education in her home town. She studied teacher of Sports and Physical Education at Gazi University, and graduated in 2002. She took a Master's degree in 22005.[1]

She served as an academic at the Sportsand Physical Education College at the Kocaeli University.[1]

Playing career
Club

Su started her football playing career in 1995.[2] Between 1999 and 2003, she played in the clubs Ankara Metropoliten Municipality, Ankara Gürtaşspor, Bursa Delphi Packard and Gazi Üniversitesispor.[1] In 2006, she retired form active playing.[1][2]

International

She was a member of the Turkey U19 and Turkey national teams.[3][4]

She participated at the UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship qualifyings in 1998 (2 matches), 1999 (2), 2000 First (2) and Second (3).[3] For the Turkey women's national team, she played at the UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying (3 matches), and the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) (7).[4] At the 2005 Summer Universiade in İzmer, Turkey, she captained the Turkey national team.[1]

Managerial career

Su holds an UEFA coaching licence.[1]

Gazi Üniversitesispor

Her managerial career began at Gazi Üniversitesispor.[1]

Turkey women's national teams

From 2008 on, she worked at the Turkish Football Federation.[5] She served as trainer of the Turkey U15, Turkey U17, Turkey U19 and the Turkey national teans between 2006 and 2014.[1] She served as assistant trainer of the Turkey U17 (2010), Yutkey U19 (2019–2010) and the Turkey <(2011), as well as trainer of the Turkey U15 (2009–2010) and the Turkey (2008–2010, 2012).[3][4][6][7] She managed the Turkey women's national deaf football team at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics held in Samsun, Turkey.[5] In 2011, she became manager of the Turkey team.[8]

Fenerbahçe wome's

In 2021, she was appointed manager of the newly established Turkish Women's Football Super League club Fenerbahçe women's football team.[2]

References
  1. "Fenerbahçe kadın futbol takımı teknik direktörü Nihan Su kimdir?". Haber New (in Turkish). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. "Nihan Su: Güzel başarılara imza atacağız". Fanatik (in Turkish). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. "U19 Milli Takım Maçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. "A Milli Takım Maçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. "Nihan Su: Öncelikli amacımız kızlarımızı sahaya yöneltmekti". Fanatik (in Turkish). 13 July 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. "U15 Milli Takım Maçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  7. "U17 Milli Takım Maçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  8. "İstanbul Büyükçekmece'de Kadın Futbolu Paneli yapıldı" (in Turkish). Tğrkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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