Zelal Baturay (born 7 July 1996) is a Turkish women's football forward currently playing in the Women's Super League for Fatih Vatan Spor with jersey number 21. She is a member of the Turkey women's national U-19 team.[1][2]
.JPG) Zelal Baturay for Gazikentspor (January 2015). | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Eğil, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fatih Vatan Spor | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Diyarbakır B.B. Spor | 30 | (84) |
| 2014–2015 | Gazikentspor | 14 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Maraşgücü Spor | 10 | (28) |
| 2016–2020 | Amed S.K. | 57 | (26) |
| 2020– | Fatih Vatan Spor | 42 | (16) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2015 | Turkey U-19 | 13 | (4) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 March 2015 | |||
Club career
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Zelal Baturay was discovered by Filiz Atay, the female manager of the women's football team Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor, renamed later to Amed Sportif Faaliuetler, as she was playing football with boys on the street in Diyarbakır. Atay was hard put to persuade her parents for Baturay's football playing.[3]
She obtained her license on 7 April 2011 for her hometown club Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor. After playing three seasons in the Second League, at which she scored 84 goals in 30 games,[2][4][5] she was transferred by Gazikentspor of Gaziantep in the 2014–15 season to play in the Women's First League.[1]
In the 2012–13 season, Zelal Baturay became top scorer of the Second League's Division of Southeast Anatolia-Mediterranean Region with 33 goals in 10 matches.[2][4]
After three seasons with her hometown club Diyabakır B.B. Spor in the Second League, she transferred to Gazikentspor of Gaziantep in the 2014–15 season, which was newly promoted to the First League. With her team's relegation in the 2015–16 season, she moved to the Third-League team Maraşgücü Spor in Kahramanmaraş. In the 2016–17 season, Baturay returned to her hometown to play for Amed S.K. in the Second League.[1]
In the second half of the 2019–20 Women's First League season, Baturay moved to the Istanbul-based club Fatih Vatan Spor.[1] In the 3030–21 season, her team became runner-up losing to Beşiktaş J.K. in the play-off final match. She was honored with award of Top goalGoalscorer fotting seven goals in the six natcgamf the season.[6]
International career
editBaturay was called up to the Tırkey women's national U-19 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on 26 November 2013.[2] She took part at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 4 matches, and scored one goal.[2][7] Baturay capped 11 times and scored 4 goals so far for the national U-19 team.[1][4][5]
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey women's national U-19 football team | |||||
| August 1, 2014 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova |  Romania |
2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament | W 7–0 | 1[8] |
| August 30, 2014 | Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova |  Ukraine |
W 2–1 | 1[9] | |
| September 18, 2014 | İnegöl İlçe Stadium, Bursa, Turkey |  Kazakhstan |
2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification round – Group 4 | W 6–1 | 1[10] |
Career statistics
edit- As of 5 February 20232.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Continental | National | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Diyarbakır B.B. Spor | 2011–12 | Second League | 8 | 15 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 2012–13 | Second League | 10 | 33 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33 | |
| 2013–14 | Second League | 12 | 36 | – | – | 6 | 1 | 18 | 37 | |
| Total | 30 | 84 | – | – | 6 | 1 | 36 | 85 | ||
| Gazikentspor | 2014–15 | First League | 14 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 3 | 21 | 7 |
| Total | 14 | 4 | – | – | 7 | 3 | 21 | 7 | ||
| Maraşgücü Spor | 2015–16 | Third League | 10 | 28 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 |
| Total | 10 | 28 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28 | ||
| Amed S.K. | 2016–17 | Second League | 17 | 13 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 |
| 2017–18 | First League | 16 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | First League | 16 | 7 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | |
| 2019–20 | First League | 8 | 4 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
| Total | 57 | 26 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 57 | 26 | ||
| Fatih Vatan Spor | 2019–20 | First League | 4 | 2 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | First League | 6 | 7 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2021–22 | Super League | 21 | 9 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | |
| 2022–23 | Super League | 11 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 18 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 42 | 18 | ||
| Career total | 153 | 160 | – | – | 13 | 4 | 166 | 164 | ||
Honours
editClub
edit- Turkish Women's First League
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- Fatih Vatan Spor
- Runners-up (1): 2020–21
Individual
edit- Top goalscorer: 2020–21 with Fatih Vatan Spor
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Oyuncular-Player Details – Zelal Baturay". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Özgülgün, Özgür (19 January 2014). "Diyarbakır'ın gol kraliçesi: Zelal Baturay". Evrensel (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Güneydoğu'da kızların futbol tutkusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 3 July 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Sokaktan geldi, 14 maçta 39 gol attı!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Zalal Baturay Milli Takıma Çağrıldı". Diyarbakır Söz (in Turkish). 6 March 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde şampiyon Beşiktaş JK Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Türkiye Kazakistan'ı farklı geçti". Bugün (in Turkish). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Romanya 0–7 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Türkiye 2–1 Ukrayna" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Türkiye, Kazakistan'a fark attı: 6–1". Milliyet (in Turkish). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
External links
editZelal Baturay – UEFA competition record (archive)
