Handan Kurğa

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Handan Kurğa
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Handan Kurğa for Konak Belediyespor (December 2015)
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Digor, Kars, Turkey
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 ALG Spor
Number 16
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– Konak Belediyespor 15 (0)
National team‡
2008 Turkey U-17 2 (0)
2012 Turkey U-19 2 (0)
2017– Turkey 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 January 2022
‡ 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 Konak Belediyespor in İzmir with jersey number 16. She is a member of the Turkey women's national team.[1]

Club career[]

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. 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]

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]

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]

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

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 16 January 2022.[1][7]
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 5 0 - - 0 0 5 0
Total 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 108 3 5 0 5 0 118 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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Oyuncular – Futbolcular-Handan Kurğa". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonun. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  2. ^ Asker, Serhan (2013-07-25). "Futbolda da kadının adı yok". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  3. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  4. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Zurich". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  5. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Minsk-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  6. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015–16 Qualifying round Sarajevo-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  7. ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 2016-08-28.

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