Busem Şeker

Busem Şeker

Busem Şeker for Turkey national (April 2018)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Fenerbahçe
Number	9
Youth career
	FTSV Lorbeer Rothenburgsort
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	FTSV Lorbeer Rothenburgsort
2015–2016	ASV Bergedorf 85
2016–2018	SV Henstedt-Ulzburg	15	(1)
2018–2019	Konak Belediyespor	16	(4)
2019–2020	Hamburger SV	5	(0)
2020–2022	Konak Belediyespor	27	(6)
2022–	Fenerbahçe	14	(13)
International career^‡
2017–	Turkey	23	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 March 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2023

Busem Şeker (born 19 July 1998) is a Turkish-German football midfielder currently playing in the Turkish Women's Football Super League for Fenerbahçe.[1] She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.[2]

Private life

Busem Şeker was born in Hamburg, Germany on 19 July 1998.[3] She resides in Rothenburgsort, a borough of Hamburg.[4] She is a high school student, and hopes to pass the Abitur at the end of the 2016/17 term.[4] She also jobs in the hotel and restaurant business.[5] She did a 'Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr' in 2017/18 in Hamburg.

Club career

Şeker got interested in football playing already at the age of four. She began her playing career in the youth team of FTSV Lorbeer Rothenburgsort. There, she was the only girl among boys. She made it to become also captain of the youth team, at which she was respected by her male playmates. At the age of 17, she transferred to ASV Bergedorf 85. After one season, she signed with SV Henstedt-Ulzburg in the German 2nd Women's Football Bundesliga North.[6][3][4][5]

She coached the "F-Jugend" team (age group 7–8 years old) of her initial club, at which still only boys play.[4]

On 11 October 2018, she went to Turkey to play for the İzmir-based club Konak Belediyespor in the 2018–19 Women's First League. After playing one season, at which she scored five goals in 16 matches, she returned to Germany on 27 August 2019.[2]

On 15 April 2021, she joined her former club Konak Belediyespor to play in the 2020-21 Turkish Women's Football League. After two seasons and seven goals in 27 matches, she transferred to Fenerbahçe S.K. in Istanbul on 10 October 2022 to play in the 2022–23 Women's Super League season.[2]

International career

Busem Şeker (red/black) playing for Turkey national in the friendly match against Estonia at TFF Riva Facility on April 7, 2018.

Şeker was approached by Çağla Korkmaz, Turkish-German player of VfL Wolfsburg II, for joining the Turkey women's national team that she prompt accepted. She was admitted to the national team,[5][7] and debuted internationally in the Goldcity Women's Cup 2017 on 1 March 2017. She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 matches.[8][9]

Career statistics

As of 8 April 2023.[2]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SV Henstedt-Ulzburg	2016–18	German 2nd Bundesliga North	15	1	0	0	9	0	24	1
	Total		15	1	0	0	9	0	24	1
Konak Belediyespor	2018–19	Turkish First League	16	4	0	0	4	0	20	4
	Total		16	4	0	0	4	0	20	4
Hamburger SV	2019–20	Frauen-Regionalliga Nord	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Konak Belediyespor	2020–21	Turkish Women's First Football League	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2021–22	Turkish Women's Football Super League	23	6	0	0	4	0	27	6
	Total		27	6	0	0	4	0	27	6
Fenerbahçe	2022–23	Super League	14	13	0	0	5	1	19	14
	Total		14	13	0	0	5	1	19	14
Career total			77	24	0	0	23	1	100	25

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 April 2023	Dalga Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2.	14 July 2023	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	3–0	3–0
3.	17 July 2023		Estonia	2–0	2–2

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League

Konak Belediyespor

Third places (1): 2018–19

References

1. "Ailemize hoş geldin Busem Şeker" (in Turkish). 20 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
2. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Busem Şeker" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
3. "Busem Seker" (in German). Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
4. Hanke, Christian (28 February 2017). "SportBald Kickerin für die Türkei?". Hamburger Wochenblatt (in German). Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
5. "Busem Seker spielt für die Türkei". Sprtbuzzer Kieler Nachrichten (in German). 25 February 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
6. "15 Busem Seker" (in German). Soccer Donna. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
7. "Nominierungen". Hamburger Frauenfußball-News (in Turkish). 24 February 2017. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
8. "Kadın A Milli Takımı, Karadağ'ı 3–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
9. "Turkey 3–0 Montenegro". FIFA Women's World Cup. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

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