Zelal Baturay

Zelal Baturay

Zelal Baturay for Gazikentspor (January 2015).
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-07) July 7, 1996
Place of birth Eğil, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Gazikentspor
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Diyarbakır B.B. Spor 30 (84)
2014–2015 Gazikentspor 14 (4)
2015– Maraşgücü Spor 10 (28)
Total 54 (116)
National team
2013–2015 Turkey U-19 13 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 8, 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 19, 2015
Zelal Baturay playing for Gazikentspor in the 2014–15 away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

Zelal Baturay (born July 7, 1996) is a Turkish women's football forward currently playing in the First League for Gazikentspor with jersey number 21. She is a member of the Turkey women's national U-19 team.[1][2]

Career

Club

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 obtainer her license on April 7, 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]

International

Baturay was called up to the Tırkey women's national U-19 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on November 26, 2013.[2] She took part at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 4 matches, and scored one goal.[2][6] Baturay capped 11 times and scored 4 goals so far for the national U-19 team.[1][4][5]

Career statistics

As of May 8, 2016.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
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
Career total 54 116 13 4 67 120

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Oyuncular-Player Details – Demet Kılınç". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Özgülgün, Özgür (2014-01-19). "Diyarbakır'ın gol kraliçesi: Zelal Baturay". Evrensel (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  3. "Güneydoğu'da kızların futbol tutkusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  4. 1 2 3 "Sokaktan geldi, 14 maçta 39 gol attı!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  5. 1 2 "Zalal Baturay Milli Takıma Çağrıldı". Diyarbakır Söz (in Turkish). 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  6. "Türkiye Kazakistan'ı farklı geçti". Bugün (in Turkish). 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

Zelal BaturayUEFA competition record

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