Kezban Tağ (17 September 1993) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the Turkish First League for ALG Spor with jersey number 13. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Kezban Tağ
Kezban Tağ of Eskişehirspor (March 2015)
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
ALG Spor
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Zeytinburnuspor 2 (0)
2011–2012 Bakırköy Zara 4 (1)
2014–2015 Eskişehirspor 21 (9)
2015–2016 Kireçburnu Spor 11 (0)
2017 Ataşehir Belediyespor 15 (0)
2018 Beşiktaş J.K. 9 (1)
2018–2019 Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 15 (1)
2019– ALG Spor 58 (7)
International career
2019– Turkey 19 (1)
*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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Kezban Tağ (yellow) of Kireçburnu Spor in the 2015-16 Women's First League match against Konak Belediyespor.

Kezban Tağ obtained her license from Zeytinburnuspor on 16 October 2010. She played in two matches for Zeytinburnuspor in the second half of the Women's Second League's 2009–10 season. The next season, she was with the high school team Altınşehir Lisesi Spor. In the 2011-12 Second League season, she played four games for Bakırköy Zara. In the beginning of 2014, she moved to Eskişehir to join Eskişehirspor.[2] She enjoyed her team's promotion to the Women's First League at the end of the season. After playing the 2014-15 First League season for Eskişehirspor, she returned to her hometown Istanbul and signed with the newly promoted club Kireçburnu Spor. She played the first halves of the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons for Kireçburnu Spor. In the second half of the 2016–17 season then, she transferred to Ataşehir Belediyespor. In the 2017-18, Tağ played for Beşiktaş J.K.[3] After one season, she moved to the Black Sea town Karadeniz Ereğli to appear for Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor.[1][4] In the 2019-20 Women's First League season, she transferred to the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor.[1] She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.[5] On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.[6]

International career

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Tağ was admitted to the Turkey women's national team for the first time in January 2019,[7] remained, however, on the bench in two friendly games against Slovakia.[8] She debuted in the friendly match against Moldova on 14 June 2019.[1][9] She took part at the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A.[10]

Career statistics

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As of 11 April 2023.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zeytinburnuspor 2009-10 Second League 2 0 - - 2 0
Total 2 0 - - 2 0
Bakırköy Zara 2011-12 Second League 4 1 - - 4 1
Total 4 1 - - 4 1
Eskişehirspor 2013-14 Second League 7 6 - - 7 6
2014-15 First League 14 3 - - 14 3
Total 21 9 - - 21 9
Kireçburnu Spor 2015-16 First League 5 0 - - 5 0
2016-17 First League 6 0 - - 6 0
Total 11 0 - - 11 0
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2016-17 First League 15 0 - - 15 0
Total 15 0 - - 15 0
Beşiktaş J.K. 2017-18 First League 9 1 - - 9 1
Total 9 1 - - 9 1
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 2018-19 First League 15 1 1 0 16 1
Total 15 1 1 0 16 1
ALG Spor 2019-20 First League 15 1 1 0 16 1
2020–21 First League 6 0 - - 1 0 7 0
2021–22 Super League 23 2 10 1 33 3
2022–23 Super League 14 4 1 0 6 0 21 4
Total 58 7 1 0 18 1 77 8
Career total 135 19 1 0 19 1 155 20

Honours

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Turkish Women's First Football League
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Third places (1): 2016–17
Beşiktaş J.K.
Runners-up (1): 2017–18
ALG Spor
Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021-22
Third places (1): 2020–21
Turkish Women's Second Football League
Eskişehirspor
Winners (1): 2013–14

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Player Details-Kezban Tağ". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Ataşehirli Kızlar Dev Finalden Umutlu". Ataşehirde Gündem (in Turkish). 22 March 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Beşiktaş Kadın Futbol Takımı'ndan iki transfer". Duhuliye (in Turkish). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. ^ Aygün, Ercan (15 October 2018). "Ereğli'den transfer taarruzu..." Yeni Adım. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon ALG Spor". TRT Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Brann (NOR) 1-0 ALG Spor (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. ^ "İki Futbolcuya Milli Davet". Ereğli (in Turkish). 9 January 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. ^ "A Milli Kadın Futbol Takımı'nın rakibi Slovakya". Milliyet (in Turkish). 18 January 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Moldova ile 0-0 berabere kaldık". 222 Haber (in Turkish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Kadın A Milli Takımı, Kosova'ya 2-0 yenildi". Fanatik (in Turkish). 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.