Elif Deniz (born 25 March 1993) is a Turkish women's football midfielder who last played in the First League for Trabzon İdmanocağı with jersey number 11. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2010.[1]

Elif Deniz
Elif Deniz for Trabzon İdmanocağı (December 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Trabzon İdmanocağı
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Kdz. Ereğlispor 61 (27)
2012–present Trabzon İdmanocağı 51 (7)
Total 112 (34)
International career
2008–2009 Turkey U-17 11 (0)
2011 Turkey U-19 23 (1)
2014 Turkey U-21 1 (0)
2011–2015 Turkey 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 February 2015

Career

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Club

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She received her license on 5 May 2006 for her hometown club Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she played until October 2012.[2] In the 2012–13 season, Elif Deniz transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı.[3]

International

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Elif Deniz was called for the Turkey girls' U-17 national team, and debuted in the 2009 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round match against the Irish girls on 18 October 2008.[4] She participated also at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round matches, and capped 11 times in total for the youth nationals.[1][5]

She appeared for the first time in the Turkey women's U-19 team in the match against Icelandic juniors at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round on 31 March 2011.[5] Elif Deniz participated also at the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship – Final tournament matches. She capped 23 times in total and scored one goal for the junior women's team.[2][6][7]

She made her first appearance in the women's national team on 3 February 2010 playing in a friendly match against the Russian team.[8] She participated in the qualifying round matches of UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6. As of 19 June 2014 she capped 7 times in the national team.[1]

Career statistics

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As of 3 January 2016.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kdz. Ereğlispor 2008–09 Second League 8 3 5 0 13 3
2009–10 Second League 18 11 9 0 27 11
2010–11 Second League 14 6 8 0 22 6
2011–12 First League 21 7 12 1 33 8
Total 61 27 34 1 95 28
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2012–13 17 4 3 0 20 4
2013–14 First League 11 0 4 0 15 0
2014–15 First League 14 2 2 0 16 2
2015–16 First League 9 1 0 0 9 1
Total 51 7 9 0 60 7
Career total 112 34 43 1 155 35

Honours

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Turkish Women's First League
Kdz. Ereğlispor
Third places (1): 2011–12
Trabzon İdmanocağı
Third places (1): 2014–15, 2015–16

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Player Details – Elif Deniz". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Elif ve Ebru, Ereğli'nin Gururu Oldu". Spor Haberler (in Turkish). 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Filiz Işıkırık Trabzon'da". Bayan Futbol (in Turkish). 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ^ "European Championship Qualifying Group 2008 – 2009 (Women's U-17 Team) Ireland 2–1 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Women's EURO 2013 Team – Elif Deniz". UEFA. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. ^ "European Women's Under-19 Championship Matches 2011 Second qualifying round – Iceland-Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  7. ^ "European Championship Qualifying Group 2012 (Women's National Team)". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Friendly Match (Women's National Team) Turkey 0–0 Russia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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