Ece Tekmen (born 23 February 2002) is a Turkish women's football midfielder, who plays for Beşiktaş JK and the Turkey women's national football team.

Ece Tekman
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Kocaeli, Turkey
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Beşiktaş JK
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Derince Belediyespor
2016–2018 Kocaeli Harb-İş Spor 30 (23)
2018–2020 Kocaeli Bayan FK 24 (32)
2020– ALG Spor 47 (7)
International career
2016 Turkey U-15 2 (4)
2017–2018 Turkey U-17 30 (6)
2019 Turkey U-19 1 (0)
2021– Turkey 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 APril 2023

Club career

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Tekmen started her football career at the Second League women's football club Harb-İş Spor in Kocaeli.[1]

Ahe played for the Kocaeli Bayan FK. In 2019, she suffered cruciate ligament rupture, which caused a stay off from the pitch for five months in the beginning of the 2019–20 Turkish Women's First Football League season.[2] The team finished the 2018–19 Turkish Second Football League season as runner-up, and was promoted to the First League.[3]

She transferred to ALG Spor in Gaziantep.<[4][5] She enjoyed her team's third place in the 2020–21 Turkcell Women's Football League.[6] She enjoyed the 2021–22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.[7] On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.[8]

International career

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Turkey girls' U17

She was called up to the training camp of the national girls'U17 team.[1] She internationally debuted in the friendly match against Russia on 25 January 2017.[9] She took part in five matches of the UEFA Women's U17 Development Tournament in 2017, scoring a goal against Latvia.[10] She played at the 2018 UEFA U17 Championship qualification – Group 7 and Elite round – Group 6 matches. She netted two goals in the friendly game against North Ireland on 6 February 2018.[11][12] She participated at the 29018 UEFA Women's U16 Development Tournament,[13] and the 2019 UEFA U7 Championship qualification – Group 6 matches.[14] She capped 29 timesin total for the Turkey girls' U17 team.

Turkey women's U19

On 10 September 2019, Tekmen played her only match for the Turkey women's U19 team.[15]

Turkey women's

By October 2020, she was called up to the Turkey women's national football team.[16] She played for the national team in July and September 2021.[17][18]

Career statistics

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As of 11 April 2023[19]
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Derince Belediyespor 2015–16 Second League 2 4 2 4
Total 2 4 2 4
Kocaeli Harb-İş Spor 2016–17 Second League 16 5 7 0 23 5
2017–18 Second League 14 18 16 5 30 23
Total 30 23 23 5 53 28
Kocaeli Bayan FK 2018–19 Second League 24 32 7 1 31 33
2019–20 First League 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 24 32 8 1 32 33
ALG Spor 2020–21 First League 6 2 0 0 6 2
2021–22 Super League 27 3 9 0 36 3
2022–23 Super League 14 2 1 0 0 19 2
Total 47 7 1 0 13 0 61 7
Career total 101 62 1 0 46 10 148 72

Honours

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Club

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Turkish Women's Second League
Kocaeli Bayan FK
Runner-ups (1): 2018–19
Turkish Women's First League
ALG Spor
Winners (1): 2021–22
Third places (1): 2020–21

Individual

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Top goalscorer
Turkish Women's Second League
with Kocaeli Bayan FK (33 goals)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Harb-İş'te milli gurur". Büyük Kocaeli (in Turkish). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ "İzmitli şampiyonlar için sıkıntı yok!". Kocaeli (in Turkish). 2 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Kocaeli Bayan Futbol Kulübü'nde Büyük Sevinç! 1. Ligi garantilediler!". Bugün Kocaeli (in Turkish). 6 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ "ALG Sporlu oyuncular efor testinden geçti". Gazikent 27 (in Turkish). 25 September 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ^ "ALG Spor'dan Milli takıma 9 futbolcu". Foto Spor (in Turkish). 11 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Turkcell Kadınlar Futbol Ligi'nin üçüncüsü ALG Spor". Edirne Gündem (in Turkish). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon ALG Spor". TRT Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Brann (NOR) 1–0 ALG Spor (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Özel Maç (Kızlar U-17 Milli) – Türkiye 0–2 Rusya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  10. ^ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kızlar U-17 Milli) Letonya 0–4 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Özel Maç (Kızlar U-17 Milli) Türkiye 4–0 Kuzey İrlanda" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Gururumuz Ece Tekmen". Özgür Kocaeli (in Turkish). 7 February 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  13. ^ "UEFA Kızlar U16 Gelişim Turnuvası (Kızlar U-17 Milli) Avusturya 1–0 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  14. ^ "UEFA WU17 Avrupa Şampiyonası 2019 – Eleme Turu Maçları (Kızlar U-17 Milli) – Türkiye 1–3 Portekiz æ" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) – Portekiz 3–0 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Gülbin ile Ece milli takımda". Demokrat Kocaeli (in Turkish). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar Mill) – Arnavutluk 1–2 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar Milli) – Ukrayna 1–0 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Ece Tekmen" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 13 April 2023.