Ayşe Önal (footballer)

Ayşe Önal (born February 14, 1996) is a Turkish women's football forward currently playing in the First League for Karşıyaka BESEM Spor with jersey number 7. She played in the Turkey girls' U-17 national team before joining the Turkey women's national U-19 team.[1]

Ayşe Önal

Ayşe Önal for Karşıyaka BESEM Spor in the 2014–15 season.
Personal information
Date of birth	February 14, 1996
Place of birth	Konak, Izmir, Turkey
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Karşıyaka BESEM Spor
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–	Karşıyaka BESEM Spor	68	(58)
National team^‡
2012	Turkey U-17	6	(1)
2013–	Turkey U-19	21	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 1, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 18, 2014

Early life

Ayşe Önal was born in Konak district of Izmir on February 14, 1996.[2] She was schooled in Karşıyaka High School in Karşıyaka district of Izmir.[3]

Önal was inspired in football playing by her elder brothers.[2]

Playing career

Club

Ayşe Önal began football playing in her hometown club Karşıyaka BESEM Spor after receiving her license on June 10, 2008. She became part of the senior team in the 2008–09 season. At the end of the 2013–14 season, her team was promoted to the Women's First League.

International

Ayşe Önal was called up to the Turkey women's U-17 team, and debuted in the match against Azerbaijan on April 19, 2012 at the UEFA Women's Under-17 Development Cup scoring also her first international goal.[4] Further, she took part in the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification round – Group 10 matches.[5][6][7] She capped six times for the Turkey girls' U-17 national team.

In March 2013, she was admitted to the Turkey women's national U-19 team, and played at the Kuban Spring Tournament. She took part at the 2014 UEFA Championship First qualifying round – Group 10,[8][9] 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Cup and 2015 UEFA Championship First qualifying round – Group 4 matches.[10] As of September 18, 2014, she capped 21 times in total for the Turkey women's national U-19 team.

Career statistics

As of February 1, 2015

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Karşıyaka BESEM Spor	2008–09	Second League	8	5	–	–	0	0	8	5
	2009–10	Regional League	8	0	–	–	0	0	8	0
	2010–11	Regional League	10	10	–	–	0	0	10	10
	2011–12	Second League	7	14	–	–	2	1	9	15
	2012–13	Second League	10	11	–	–	11	0	21	11
	2013–14	Second League	14	13	–	–	10	0	24	13
	2014–15	First League	11	5	–	–	4	0	15	5
	Total		68	58	–	–	27	1	95	59
Career total			68	58	–	–	27	1	95	59

References

1. "Player Details – Ayşe Önal". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
2. "Futbol erkek oyunu değildir, futbol futboldur" (in Turkish). Ülker. 2008-08-12. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
3. "Karşıyaka Lisesi'nden yüzde 80'lik başarı". Gazete Dokuz Eylül (in Turkish). 2013-04-24. Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
4. "UEFA Development Cup (Women's U-17 Team) Turkey 3–1 Azerbaijan". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
5. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) – Wales 0–2 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
6. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) – Norway 5–1 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
7. "European Championship Qualifying Group 2013 (Women's U-17 Team) – Turkey 1–0 Latvia". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
8. "2014 European Championship Finals (Women's National Team) – Turkey 3–2 Hungary". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
9. "2014 European Championship Finals (Women's National Team) – Montenegro 1–3 Turkey". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
10. "2014 European Championships Qualifying Group 2015 (Women's National Team) – Turkey 0–1 Italy". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-05.

External links

• Ayşe Önal – UEFA competition record