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İpek Kaya

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İpek Kaya
Kaya with the Fenerbahçe
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-10-28) 28 October 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth L'Aigle, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 17
Youth career
2004–2010 FC du Pays Aiglon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Condé 86 (4)
2015–2016 Soyaux 2 (0)
2016–2017 Brestois 29 21 (1)
2017–2020 Metz 16 (3)
2020–2022 Brestois 29 0 (0)
2022–2023 Soyaux 17 (1)
2023- Fenerbahçe 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 France U19 2 (0)
2015– Turkey 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2021

İpek Kaya (born 28 October 1994) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Fenerbahçe. Born in France, she represents Turkey at international level.

Early years

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She was born to Turkish immigrant parents in L'Aigle, Orne in France on October 28, 1994. She is a student of law.[2]

Playing career

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Club

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She began her football career at her hometown club FC du Pays Aiglon in October 2004, where she was until June 2010. The next month, Kaya was transferred by FCF Condé, then competing in the French top women's league of Division 1 Féminine.[3][4] For the 2015–16 season, the defender signed for ASJ Soyaux-Charente, another club of Division 1 Féminine.[2] She then went to Stade Brestois 29,[5] where she played the 2016–17 season.[6] Kaya transferred in the 2017–18 season to FC Metz,[5] where she played three seasons and served as the captain. In June 2020, she returned to her former club Stade Brestois 29.[6]

International

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Kaya with the Turkey women's national team

İpek Kaya was selected twice to the France women's national under-19 football team.[3] However, she switched to play for Turkey.[2]

She debuted in the Turkey women's national team in the friendly match against Georgia on February 24, 2015.[7] She took part at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 for Turkey.[8] She played in three games of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4. She took part in five matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Ipek Kaya". Footofeminin.fr (in French).
  2. ^ a b c "Une internationale turque à l'ASJ Soyaux" (in French). 18 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Ipek Kaya" (in French). Fédération Française de Football. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Ipek Kaya" (in French). FCF Condé. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "17 Ipek Kaya" (in French). Metz. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Ipek Kaya s'engage au Stade Brestois" (in French). Actualité du Stade Brestois 29. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 4–2 Gürcistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2016 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 1–4 Hırvatistan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: İpek Kaya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Furbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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