Feride Akgün

Feride Akgün

Personal information
Date of birth	1973 (age 51–52)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1997	Dinarsuspor
1997–2001	Marshall Boyaspor
International career^‡
1995–2002	Turkey	29	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 May 2002

Feride Akgün (born 1973) is a Turkish former footballer, who played as forward in the Turkish Women's League for various clubs, and the Turkey women's national team. She was named the league's top goalscorer three times.

Early years

Akgün professionally played volleyball at Galatasaray. She then switched over to football.[1]

Club career

Akgün played for the Istanbul-based Turkish Women's League clubs Dinarsuspor (1990-1997) and Marshall Boyaspor (1997–2001).[2][3] She enjoyed four league champion and one Federation Cup champion titles. During her time at Dinarsuspor, she became the most goalscorer with 54 goals.[1] She was named three times top goalscorer.[3]

In 2001, she went to Germany, and played trials with FCR 2001 Duisburg and the B-team of FC Bayern Munich.[3]

International career

Akgğn was a member of the Turkey national team between 1995 and 2002,[2][3][4] capping 29 matches and scoring one goal. She played at the UEFA Euro 1997 qualifying, 1999 FIFA World Cup qualification,[1] UEFA Euro 2001 qualifying,[4] and 2003 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[2]

Later years

In 2016, "İstanbul Akademi Futbol Okulları" (Istanbul Academy Football Schools), an institution for football infrastructure, added Akgün to their staff.[5]

References

1. Yaşar, Sadi Kemal (27 September 1997). "Feride sultan". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
2. "A Milli Takım Maçları" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
3. "Feride, Bayern Münih Antrenmanında" (in Turkish). Bianet. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
4. "Bayan Futbol Milli Takımı belli oldu". Türkiye (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
5. Kordu, İskender (6 November 2016). "Akademi Futbol'da Dev Yatırım" (in Turkish). İstanbul Amatör. Retrieved 25 January 2022.