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Zelal Baturay
Zelal Baturay for Gazikentspor (January 2015).
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 (age 28)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 March 2015

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]

Club career

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Zelal Baturay of Amed S.K. in the 2018–19 Women's First League.
Zelal Baturay playing for Gazikentspor in the 2014–15 League's away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.
Zelal Baturay attacking for Amed S.K. in the 2017–18 Turkish Women's First League in the away match against Beşiktaş J.K.

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

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Baturay 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]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)
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

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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

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Club

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Turkish Women's First League
Fatih Vatan Spor
Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Oyuncular-Player Details – Zelal Baturay". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Özgülgün, Özgür (19 January 2014). "Diyarbakır'ın gol kraliçesi: Zelal Baturay". Evrensel (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Güneydoğu'da kızların futbol tutkusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 3 July 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Sokaktan geldi, 14 maçta 39 gol attı!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Zalal Baturay Milli Takıma Çağrıldı". Diyarbakır Söz (in Turkish). 6 March 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde şampiyon Beşiktaş JK Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Türkiye Kazakistan'ı farklı geçti". Bugün (in Turkish). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  8. ^ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Romanya 0–7 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  9. ^ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Türkiye 2–1 Ukrayna" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Türkiye, Kazakistan'a fark attı: 6–1". Milliyet (in Turkish). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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Zelal BaturayUEFA competition record (archive)