Esra Manya

Esra Manya
Manya with 1207 Antalya Spor in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-11) 11 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Antalya, Turkey
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 1207 Antalyaspor 91 (31)
2020 Hakkarigücü Spor 3 (0)
2021–2022 1207 Antalyaspor 27 (5)
2023– Beşiktaş 38 (8)
International career‡
2014–2015 Turkey U17 17 (1)
2016–2018 Turkey U19 20 (4)
2023– Azerbaijan 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2024

Esra Manya (born 11 April 1999) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Super League club Beşiktaş. Born in Turkey, she represented her country of birth at under-17 and under-19 international levels[1] before she joined the Azerbaijan national team at senior level.[2]

Club career

Manya signed on 21 May 2013 for her hometown club 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediye Spor.[1] She began playing in the 2013–14 season in the Second League. At the end of the 2014–15 season, her team finished the league as champions and was promoted to the First League.[3][4] In the second half of the 2019-20 Second League season, she transferred to Hakkarigücü Spor to play in the 2019–20 First League and appeared in three matches. In the 2020–21 league season, she returned to her former club.[1]

In the 2022–23 Super League season, she transferred to the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş J.K.[1]

International career

Turkey

Esra Manya (red) of Turkey girls' U-17 challenging Finland player in the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Elite round match.

She was called up to the Turkey under-17 team and debuted in the UEFA Development Tournament against Portugal on 12 May 2014.[5] Manya took part at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification matches in 2015, 2015 Elite round,[6] and 2016.[7][8][9] She capped 17 times and scored one goal for the Turkey under-17 team so far.

Manya debuted for the Turkey under-19 team at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament match against Slovenia on 9 June 2016.[1] She enjoyed her team's tournament champion title.[10] She took part at the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Group 10, 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Elite round Group 2 and 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Group 10.[1]

International goals 1
Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored
Turkey under-17
18 October 2014 Stadion Kukuš Turnovo, Macedonia  North Macedonia W 5–0 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification Gr. 8 1 [11]
Turkey under-19
12 June 2016 Football Centre FRF Buftea, Romania  Azerbaijan W 2–1 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament 1 [11]
18 October 2017 Sportcentrum Bük Bük, Hungary  Hungary L 2–5 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Gr. 10 1 [12]
8 April 2018 Turners Cross Cork, Republic of Ireland  Republic of Ireland W 2–0 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification Elite round Gr. 4 1 [13]
  • 1 Friendly matches not included

Azerbaijan

Manya played for the Azerbaijan national team in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League C - Group 3[2][14] and the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B.[15][16][17]

Career statistics

As of match played on 31 May 2024
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1207 Antalyaspor 2013–14 Second League 10 6 – – 3 0 13 6
2014–15 16 8 – – 11 1 27 9
2015–16 First League 15 4 – – 6 1 21 5
2016–17 22 4 – – 5 0 27 4
2017–18 18 3 – – 12 3 30 6
2018–19 Second League 1 0 – – 0 0 1 0
2019–20 9 6 – – 0 0 9 6
Total 91 31 – – 37 5 128 36
Hakkarigücü Spor 2019-20 First League 3 0 – – 0 0 13 0
Total 3 0 – – 0 0 3 0
1207 Antalyaspor 2020-21 First League 3 0 – – 0 0 4 0
2021-22 Super League 24 5 – – 0 0 24 5
Total 27 5 – 0 0 27 5
Beşiktaş 2022-23 Super League 17 5 – – 0 0 17 5
2023-24 21 3 – – 5 0 26 3
Total 38 8 – – 5 0 43 8
Career total 159 44 – – 42 5 201 49

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's Second League
1207 Antalyaspor
Winner (1): 2014–15

International

UEFA Development Tournament
Turkey women's U-19
Winners (1): 2016

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Oyuncu Bilgileri – Esra Manya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Cyprus 0-1 Azerbaijan". UEFA Women's Nations League. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Kadınlar 2. Ligi'nde şampiyon 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa Belediyespor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Şampiyon 1207 Antalya Muratpaşa". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 26 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Antalya'nın milli gururu". Sabah (in Turkish). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Kadın milli futbol takımı Avrupa'da çeyrek final peşinde". Posta (in Turkish). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Futbol: Kızlar 17 Yaş Altı Avrupa Şampiyonası". Radikal (in Turkish). 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  8. ^ "17 yaş altı kız futbol takımımız veda etti". SporX (in Turkish). 20 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Republic of Ireland Women's Under 17s top group to qualify". Extra Time. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  10. ^ "U19 Kadın Milliler şampiyon oldu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. ^ a b "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 2–1 Azerbaycan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Hungary 5–2 Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Hungary 5–2 Turkey". UEFA. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Azerbaijan 1-0 Faroe Islands". UEFA Women's Nations League. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Hungary 1-1 Azerbaijan". UEFA European Qualifiers. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Azerbaijan 0-4 Switzerland". UEFA European Qualifiers. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Türkiye 1-0 Azerbaijan". UEFA European Qualifiers. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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