Berivan İçen

Berivan İçen (born 15 July 2003) is a Turkish footballer who plays for the Turkish Women's First League team Beşiktaş as a midfielder. She was a member of the Turkey women's national under-17 football team and now represents the Turkish women's national team.[1]

Berivan İçen
Berivan İçen of Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor (December 2018)
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-07-15) 15 July 2003
Place of birth Mazıdağı, Mardin Province, Turkey
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Beşiktaş
Number 21
Youth career
2015–2016 Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Beşiktaş 0 (0)
2018–2019 Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor 14 (15)
2019– Beşiktaş 9 (2)
National team‡
2017–2019 Turkey U17 25 (12)
2020– Turkey 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 September 2020

Private life

Berivan İçen was born in Mazıdağı district of Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey, on 15 July 2003.[1] She has nine siblings.[2]

Club career

İçen began playing football at age six in 2010. She was discovered as she drew the attention of the chairman of amateur club Cennet Barbarosspor's in Küçükçekmece, district of Istanbul Province. She was playing with the football on the touchline. The club chairman convinced her father to let her join by promising to finance the girl's education expenses. In 2012, she entered the team of her age group, which consisted of boys only. That year, the left-footed girl was instrumental for her team's advance to the quarter-finals at a tournament organized by the Municipality of Küçükçekmece in the National Sovereignty and Children's Day.[2]

Berivan İçen (#90) of Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor attacking Osmaniye Kadın Spor in the 2018–19 Second League match

İçen obtained her license to play for Galatasaray on 17 April 2015.[1] She scored eleven goals in a match of the 7th round in the 2016 Girls' under-13 League (Minik Kızlar Ligi) that ended 15–0 for her team Galatasaray.[3] In October 2016, after Galatasaray closed the women's football department,[4] she transferred to Beşiktaş In the 2018–19 season, she joined Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor in Küçükçekmece to play in the Women's Second League. She scored 15 goals in 14 matches. In the 2020–21 season, she returned to her former club Beşiktaş, where she scored two goals in nine games.[1]

International career

İçen was called up to the Turkey women's national under-17 football team, and debuted in the friendly match against Russia on 21 December 2017. She played in two of the 2018 UEFA Women's under-17 Championship qualification matches. She took part in three 2018 UEFA Women's Under-16 Development Tournament matches. Further, she played in three 2020 UEFA Women's under-17 Championship qualification matches. She has been capped 25 times by the Turkey women's under-17 team, and scored 12 goals in total.[1]

In September 2020, she was called up to the Turkey women's national team.[5] She debuted at the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying match against Slovenia on 18 September 2020.[6][7]

Career statistics
As of match played 18 September 2020.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beşiktaş 2017–18First League 00––7171
Total 00––7171
Akdeniz Nurçelik Spor 2018–19Second League 1415––1052420
Total 1415––1052420
Beşiktaş 2019–20First League 92––86178
2020–21First League ––1010
Total 92––96188
Career total 2317––26124929

Honours
Turkish Women's First League
Beşiktaş
Runners-up (1): 2019–20 1

References
  1. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular – Berivan İçen" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. "Cennet Barbaros'un 'Messi Berivan'ı..." Radikal (in Turkish). 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. Yıldız, Serkan (7 August 2016). "Berivan İçen istedi Cimbom gol yağdırdı". Amatör Lig (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. Bucak, Efkan (6 October 2016). "Galatasaray, kadın futbol şubesini kapattı". Karar (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. "Kadın A Milli Takımı, Slovenya maçı hazırlıklarına devam ediyor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. "Slovenia 3–1 Turkey". UEFA Women's Euro 2022 England. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  7. "Kadın A Milli Takımı, Slovenya'ya 3–1 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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