Meryem Özyumşak (orn 10 November 1979) is a Turkish football manager and former footballer. She was a member of the Turkey women's U19 and Turkey national teams.[1]

Meryem Özyumşak
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-11-10) 10 November 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Adana, Turkey
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Adana İdman Yurdu
Youth career
Adana İdman Yurdu
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Samsungücü
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ankara Gürtaşspor
1997–1998 Bursa Delphi Packard Spor
2006–2007 Marmara Üniversitesispor
2007–2008 Adana İdman Yurdu
2008–2009 Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor
2009–2010 İzmit Belediyespor
2010–2011 Adana İdman Yurdu
International career
1997 Turkey U19 1 (0)
2000–2010 Turkey 10 (0)
Managerial career
2016– Adana İdman Yurdu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 August 2010

Private life

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Meryem Özyumşak was born in Adana on 10 November 1979.[1]

After completing her education at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun,[2] she began to work as a teacher for Physical Education.[3]

Club career

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Inspired by her footballer brother, Özyumşak played football with boys in the school. She started her playing career with the support of her family at age 12 at Adana İdman Yurdu, the only women's football club in her hometown.[4] She plays in the goalkeeper position.[3][4]

Apart from Adana, she played for clubs in various cities such as in Ankara, Bursa, Samsun and Istanbul.[4] She was with the clubs Ankara Gürtaşspor,[3] Bursa Delphi Packard Spor (1997–98),[5] Samsungücü, (1999–2003),[3] Marmara Üniversitesispor (2006–07),[6] Adana İdman Yurdu (2007–08),[7] Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor (2008–09) and İzmit Belediyespor (2009–10).[8] She finally returned to her initial club Adana İdman Yurdu.[4] After the 2002–03 season, she enjoyed the league champion title with her team Samsungücü.[3]

She ended her active playing career at her hometown club Adana İdman Yurdu following the 2010-1 season.[3][4][9]

International career

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Özyumşak was admitted to the Turkey U19 in 1997, and appeared in one match of the 1998 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship qualifying roun.[3][5] She took part at the 2005 Summer Universiade held in İzmir, Turkey.[2]

She became a member of the Turkeu women's national team in 2000 and between 2006 and 2010,[10] capping ten times. She played at the UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying,[3] and the UEFA Women's Support International Tournaments.[8]

Managerial career

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In 2010, Özyumlak obtained an UEFA B coaching licance. She took part at a training course in Spain held by FC Barcelona.[4]

She was appointed manager of her initial club Adana İdman Yurdu in the 2016-17 Turkish Women's First League.[3][4][11] She has been managing the team since then.[12]

Managerial statistics

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As of 23 January 2022
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Adana İdman Yurdu
2016 2017 26 7 1 18 026.92
2017 2018 14 6 0 8 042.86
2018 2019 28 22 4 2 078.57
2019 2020 16 3 0 13 018.75
2020 2021 4 2 2 0 050.00
2021 2022 7 5 2 0 071.43
Total 2016 2022 95 45 9 41 047.37
Grand total 2016 2022 95 45 9 41 047.37

Honours

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Turkish Women's Football league
Samsungücü
Champions (1): 2002–03

References

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  1. ^ a b "Meryem Özyumşak" (in Turkish). Mackolik. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "23. Dünya Üniversiteler Yaz Spor Oyunşarı - 23rd Summer Universiade- 11-21 August 2005 İzmir, Türkiye" (PDF) (in Turkish). Universiad 2005 İzmir. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Meryem Özyumşak Röportajı". Sabah İdmanı (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Adanalı Meryem Özyumşak'ın futbol aşkı". Menemen Haber (in Turkish). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "U19 Milli Takım Maçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Kadın Futbolu Ligleri » Arşiv » Kadınlar Ligi 2006-2007 Sezonu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Kadın Futbolu Ligleri » Arşiv » Kadınlar Ligi 2007-2008 Sezonu 1. Kademe" (in Turkish). Türkiiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "A Milli Takım Maçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Kadınlar 1.Ligi - Adana İdmanyurduspor 1-0 Gölcükspor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  10. ^ "A Bayan Milli Takımı'nın Avusturya maçı aday kadrosu açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Kadınlar 1.Lig - Adana İdmanyurduspor 2-5 Beşiktaş A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Meryem Özyumşak: Galibiyet serimizi devam ettirmek istiyoruz". Fanatik (in Turkish). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.