Handan Kurğa

Handan Kurğa

Handan Kurğa for Konak Belediyespor (December 2015)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Digor, Kars, Turkey
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Galatasaray
Number	17
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Ataşehir Belediyespor	28	(2)
2011–2012	Lüleburgaz 39 Spor	11	(0)
2012–2017	Konak Belediyespor	35	(0)
2017–2018	Ataşehir Belediyespor	10	(0)
2019	ALG Spor	9	(1)
2019–2022	Konak Belediyespor	30	(0)
2022–	Galatasaray	11	(0)
International career^‡
2008	Turkey U-17	2	(0)
2012	Turkey U-19	2	(0)
2017	Turkey	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2017

Handan Kurğa (born 10 September 1993) is a Turkish women's football goalkeeper currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for Galatasaray in Istanbul with jersey number 17. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Club career

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Handan Kurğa obtained her license during her high school education on 11 May 2007. She became part of her high school's team Düvenciler Lisesispor, which played in the Turkish Women's Second Football League. In the 2009–10 season, the team was renamed Ataşehir Belediyespor and was promoted to the First League. The next season, her team won the league.championship.[1]

Lüleburgaz 39 Spor

After capping 28 times for Ataşehir Belediyespor, Kurğa transferred to Lüleburgaz 39 Spor in the 2011–12 season, where she played one season only because the team folded.[1]

Konak Belediyespor

From 19 October 2012 she was the substitute goalkeeper at the Izmir-based Konak Belediyespor,[2] where she enjoyed twice consecutive league champion titles.[1] She spent the games of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League on the bench. She appeared in two of the three matches of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying matches.[3][4] She appeared twice at the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[5][6]

Ataşehir Belediyespor

In August 2017 she transferred to her former club Ataşehir Belediyespor. At the end of the 2016–17 season, she enjoyed her team's league champion title.[1]

ALG Spor

In the beginning of the 2018-19 First league season's second half, Kurğa joined the recently promoted Gaziantep-based club ALG Spor. Her team finished the season equal on points with the league leader. They lost the play-off match, and became runners-up.[1]

Konak Belediyespor

In the 2019-20 Turkish Women's First Football League season, she transferred to her former club Konak Belediyespor.[1]

Galatasaray

On 10 August 2022, the Turkish Women's Football Super League team was transferred to the Galatasaray club.[7]

International career

Handan Kurğa became international with the Turkey girls' U-17 team in 2008. She was twice part of the Turkey women's U-19 team.[1]

She debuted in the Turkey women's national football team in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round match against Luxembourg on 8 April 2017.[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 December 2022.[1][8]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2008–09	Second League	8	1	–	–	2	0	10	1
	2009–10	First League	14	1	–	–	0	0	14	1
	2010–11	First League	6	0	–	–	0	0	6	0
	Total		28	2	–	–	2	0	30	2
Lüleburgaz 39 Spor	2011–12	First League	11	0	–	–	2	0	13	0
	Total		11	0	–	–	2	0	13	0
Konak Belediyespor	2012–13	First	11	0	–	–	0	0	11	0
	2013–14	First League	3	0	–	–	0	0	3	0
	2014–15	First League	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0 League
	2015–16	First League	9	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
	2016–17	First League	10	0	1	0	1	0	12	0
	Total		35	0	5	0	1	0	41	0
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2017–18	First League	10	0	-	-	0	0	10	0
	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
ALG Spor	2018–19	First League	9	1	-	-	0	0	9	1
	Total		9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
Konak Belediyespor	2019–20	First League	8	0	-	-	0	0	8	0
	2020–21	First League Gr. D	2	0	-	-	0	0	2	0
	2021–22	Super League Gr. B	20	0	-	-	0	0	20	0
	Total		30	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
Galatasaray	2022–23	Super League	8	0	-	-	0	0	8	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Career total			131	3	5	0	5	0	141	3

Honours

Turkish Women's First League

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Winners (2): 2010–11, 2017–18

Konak Belediyespor

Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

ALG Spor

Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Galatasaray

Winners (1): 2023–24

References

1. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular-Handan Kurğa". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonun. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
2. Asker, Serhan (25 July 2013). "Futbolda da kadının adı yok". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 August 2014.
3. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
4. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Zurich". UEFA. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
5. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
6. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
7. "Kulübümüz, milli kaleci Handan Kurğa'yı kadrosuna kattı!". twitter.com. Official Twitter Account of Galatasaray Women's Football Team. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
8. "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

External links

• Handan Kurğa – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Handan Kurğa at playmakerstats.com