Zehra Borazancı (born September 16, 1989) is a Turkish-Cypriot women's football midfielder who plays in the Turkish Super League for Beylerbeyi with jersey number 22.[1] She is also a successful international football tennis player for her country.
.jpg) Zehra Borazancı for Konak Belediyespor (December 2017) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 16, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Famagusta, Northern Cyprus | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beylerbeyi | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Akdeniz Spor Birliği | ||
| 2011–2012 | Istanbul Nurçelik | 12 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | Adana İdmanyurduspor | 11 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | AGE Rotterdam | ||
| 2014–2017 | Adana İdmanyurduspor | 35 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Konak | 20 | (0) |
| 2018 | Ataşehir | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | ALG | 16 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Kireçburnu | 8 | (3) |
| 2020 | 1207 Antalyaspor | 2 | (3) |
| 2020–21 | Fomget | 6 | (3) |
| 2021– | ALG | 73 | (2) |
| 2024– | Beylerbeyi | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024 | |||
Personal life
editZehra Borazancı was born in Famagusta (Turkish: Gazimağusa), Northern Cyprus, on September 16, 1989.[1]
Football career
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Borazancı began playing football at a very young age.[2] She played in her country Northern Cyprus for the Kyrenia (Turkish: Girne)-based sports club Akdeniz Spor Birliği in the Women's League organized by the Cyprus Turkish Football Association (KTFF) between 2008 and 2012. She enjoyed her team's champion title in four seasons in a row, and became top scorer with 14 goals in 2010.[3]
In 2012, she played for Girne American University at the Northern Cyprus Inter-University Women's Football and Futsal Championship, and enjoyed her team's champion title.[4]
She moved to Turkey, and obtained her Turkish license from Akdeniz Nurçelk Spor on December 2, 2011. She played the 2011–12 season in the Turkish Women's Second League for Istanbul Nurçelik Spor.[3] The next season, she was transferred by Adana İdmanyurduspor, which played in the Women's First League. After one season, Borazancı went to the Netherlands, and signed with AGE Rotterdam playing in the Durch Women's Second League. At the end of the season, she returned to her former club Adana Idmanyurduspor, where she played two full seasons. In the second half of the 2016–17 season, she moved to the Izmir-based successful club Konak Belediyespor.[1] She enjoyed her first Turkish Keague champion title with Konak Belediyespor, which became the fifth time champion in a row.[3]
Borazancı made her international debut with Konak Belediyespor in the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round – Group 1 match against WFC Martve in Tbilisi, Georgia on August 22, 2017.[5] She took part in three matches of the tournament.[6][7]
Borzancı signed with the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor before the club's participation at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[8] She played in two of the three matches of the qualification round.[9][10]
In October 2018, she joined the Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor, which were promoted to the Women's First Leagıe in the 2018–19 season. By October 2019, she transferred to Kireçburnu Spor in Istanbul. After playing 8 games and scoring three goals in the first half of the 2019–20 First League season, she moved to 1207 Antalyaspor to play in the Second League.[1]
Borazancı transferred to the Ankara-based Fomget Gençlik ve Spor in the 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League.[11]
In June 2021, she joined her former club ALG Spor to play in the Turkish Women's Super League.[12] She enjoyed the 2021–22 Women's Super League champion title of her team.[13] On 18 August 2022, she playedin the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League.[14]
In the 2024–25 Turkish Super League season, she joined Beylerbeyi in Istanbul.[1]
Football tennis career
editBorzancı took part at the 11th World Footballtennis Championship 2014 held in North Nicosia representing her country Northern Cyprus, and became runners-up in the Women's single event.[15] In 2015, she became silver medalist with her teammate Gizem Yahat in the Women's double event at the European Football Tennis Championship in Târgoviște, Romania.[16] As part of the Northern Cyprus women's national football team, she participated at the 2016 FIFTA World Football Tennis Cup held in Northern Cyprus, she placed the third rank in the Women's double event with her teammate Ayşe Mullacuma.[17] In 2017, Borazancı was a member of her country's team at the 2017 European Football Tennis Championship held in Bucharest, Romania.[18][19][20]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 22 September 2024.
| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Akdeniz Spor Birliği | 2008–2011 | Cyprus Turkish League | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Istanbul Nurçelik Spor | 2011–12 | Turkish Second League | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 4 |
| Total | 12 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 4 | ||
| Adana İdmanyurduspor | 2012–13 | Turkish First League | 11 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| AGE Rotterdam | 2013–14 | Dutch Second League | – | – | ||||||
| Adana İdmanyurduspor | 2014–15 | Turkish First League | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | Turkish First League | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | Turkish First League | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 35 | 1 | – | – | 35 | 1 | ||||
| Konak Belediyespor | 2016–17 | Turkish First League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | Turkish First League | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| Ataşehir Belediyespor | 2018–19 | Turkish First League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| ALG | 2018–19 | Turkish First League | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 3 |
| Kireçburnu Spor | 2019–20 | Turkish First League | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 3 |
| 1207 Antalyaspor | 2019–20 | Turkish Second League | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 3 |
| Fomget | 2020–21 | Turkish First Keague | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 3 |
| ALG | 2021–22 | Turkish Super League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Super League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | Super League | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | |
| Total | 73 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 74 | 2 | ||
| Beylerbeyi | 2024–25 | Turkish Super League]] | 3 | * | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
Honours
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Player Details – Zehra Borazancı". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Kadın futbolu sadece futbol değil". Evrensel (in Turkish). 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ a b c "Zehra Borazancı hedef büyüttü". Halkın Sesi (in Turkish). 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Üniversiteler Çifte Şampiyonu GAÜ" (in Turkish). Girne American University. 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2018-05-03.|
- ^ "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra". UEFA. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Zehra'lı Ataşehir Şampiyonlar Ligi'nde..!". Arena Sporkolik (in Turkish). 7 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 07/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Slavia Praha 7–2 Ataşehir". UEFA. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 13/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 – KFF Mitrovica (KOS) 1–6 Ataşehir (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde grup maçları tamamlandı". Fanatik (in Turkish). 24 April 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Zehra Borazancı, eski yuvasında". Reform Haber (in Turkish). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon ALG Spor". TRT Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Brann (NOR) 1–0 ALG Spor (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Zehra Borazancı dünya ikincisi oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Avrupa'da iki ikincilik". Havadis (in Turkish). 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "KKTC'de düzenlenen Futbol Tenisi Dünya Kupası sona erdi". Gündem Kıbrıs (in Turkish). 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Futbol Tenisi Milli Takımı Bükreş'e Uçuyor..!". Arena Sporkolik (in Turkish). 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "KKTC Futbol Tenisi Milli Takımı Romanya'da tarih yazdı". NPN (in Turkish). 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Futbol tenisinde önemli başarı". Havadis (in Turkish). 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
External links
edit- Zehra Borazancı – UEFA competition record (archive)
