Elif Deniz

Elif Deniz

Elif Deniz for Trabzon İdmanocağı (December 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Trabzon İdmanocağı
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2012	Kdz. Ereğlispor	61	(27)
2012–present	Trabzon İdmanocağı	51	(7)
Total		112	(34)
International career^‡
2008–2009	Turkey U-17	11	(0)
2011	Turkey U-19	23	(1)
2014	Turkey U-21	1	(0)
2011–2015	Turkey	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 February 2015

Elif Deniz (born 25 March 1993) is a Turkish women's football midfielder who last played in the First League for Trabzon İdmanocağı with jersey number 11. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2010.[1]

Career

Club

She received her license on 5 May 2006 for her hometown club Kdz. Ereğlispor, where she played until October 2012.[2] In the 2012–13 season, Elif Deniz transferred to Trabzon İdmanocağı.[3]

International

Elif Deniz was called for the Turkey girls' U-17 national team, and debuted in the 2009 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round match against the Irish girls on 18 October 2008.[4] She participated also at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round matches, and capped 11 times in total for the youth nationals.[1][5]

She appeared for the first time in the Turkey women's U-19 team in the match against Icelandic juniors at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round on 31 March 2011.[5] Elif Deniz participated also at the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship – Final tournament matches. She capped 23 times in total and scored one goal for the junior women's team.[2][6][7]

She made her first appearance in the women's national team on 3 February 2010 playing in a friendly match against the Russian team.[8] She participated in the qualifying round matches of UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6. As of 19 June 2014 she capped 7 times in the national team.[1]

Career statistics

As of 3 January 2016.[1]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kdz. Ereğlispor	2008–09	Second League	8	3	–	–	5	0	13	3
	2009–10	Second League	18	11	–	–	9	0	27	11
	2010–11	Second League	14	6	–	–	8	0	22	6
	2011–12	First League	21	7	–	–	12	1	33	8
	Total		61	27	–	–	34	1	95	28
Trabzon İdmanocağı	2012–13		17	4	–	–	3	0	20	4
	2013–14	First League	11	0	–	–	4	0	15	0
	2014–15	First League	14	2	–	–	2	0	16	2
	2015–16	First League	9	1	–	–	0	0	9	1
	Total		51	7	–	–	9	0	60	7
Career total			112	34	–	–	43	1	155	35

Honours

Turkish Women's First League

Kdz. Ereğlispor

Third places (1): 2011–12

Trabzon İdmanocağı

Third places (1): 2014–15, 2015–16

References

1. "Player Details – Elif Deniz". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
2. "Elif ve Ebru, Ereğli'nin Gururu Oldu". Spor Haberler (in Turkish). 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
3. "Filiz Işıkırık Trabzon'da". Bayan Futbol (in Turkish). 8 October 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
4. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2008 – 2009 (Women's U-17 Team) Ireland 2–1 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
5. "Women's EURO 2013 Team – Elif Deniz". UEFA. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
6. "European Women's Under-19 Championship Matches 2011 Second qualifying round – Iceland-Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
7. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2012 (Women's National Team)". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
8. "Friendly Match (Women's National Team) Turkey 0–0 Russia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

External links

• Elif Deniz – UEFA competition record (archive)