Dilan Yeşim Taşkın

Dilan Yeşim Taşkın (born 17 October 2001) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian Football First League club SV Horn and the Turkey women's national team. Born in Austria, she represents Turkey at international level.[1]

Dilan Yeşim Taşkın
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001
Place of birth Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Lower Austria
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
SV Horn
Number 21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 SV Neulengbach Juniors 18 21 (0)
2016–2018 SKN St. Pöltenn KM II 46 (2)
2019– SV Horn 28 (1)
National team
2017–2018 Turkey U17 10 (1)
2018–2019 Turkey U19 13 (0)
2020– Turkey 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 September 2020

Early and personal life

Dilan Yeşim Taşkın was born to Turkish parents in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Lower Austria, Austria on 17 October 2001.[1] She studied at "Höhere Lehranstalt für wirtschaftliche Berufe" (Public higher educational facility for professions in economics) in Sankt Pölten.<r name="mb1"/> She lives in Schrems, Lower Austria.[2][3][4]

In March 2020, Taşkın started an insurance advisor business in Gmünd.[5]

Club career

Taşkın began playing football at the age of five.[2] She played futsal in the girls' under-1010 team of JHG Waldviertel in Waldviertel, Lower Austria.[4] Until the age of 13, she played for ASV Schrems in various age categories together with boys.[2] In November 2014, she took part in the "Bundesländer Nachwuchs Meisterschaft Frauen U14" (Federal states young talent championship girls' under-14).[6]

In 2015, she transferred to SV Neulengbach Juniors 18, and capped in 21 games.[7] In May 2016, she played for NMS Schrems in the "Uniqa Landesfinale Niederösterreich" ("State finals Lower Austria"), and was named a member of the "dream team" after the match.[8]

By October 2016, she joined SKN St. Pöltenn KM II,[9] scoring two goals in 46 matches in two seasons.[2][7] On 1 February 2019, she moved to SV Horn.[7][10]

The 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) tall sportswoman at 59 kg (130 lb) plays in defender position.[11]

International career

Taşkın tried several times to take a sporting entrance exam for the Austria women's national team without success. She was discovered for the Turkey national team by a Turkish talent scout during an away match of her team in Vienna. Without further examination, just based on what the talent scout had observed during the match in Vienna, she was called up to the women's national team of Turkey. Her mother Nilüfer supported the young girl in her decision.[2]

By September 2017, she was called up to the Turkey girls' national under-15 team camp.[12] However, she did not play in any competition that took place later, due to her advanced age.[1]

She was admitted to the Turkey girls' national U17 team,[2][3] debuting on 1 October 2017. She took part in three 2018 UEFA Women's U17 Championship qualification - Group 7 matches, and three Elite round - Group 6 matches. She scored one goal in ten games for the Turkey girls' U17 team.[1][13]

On 30 August 2018, she played for the first time in the Turkey women's U19 team. She participated in two of the 2019 UEFA Women's U19 Championship qualification - Group 2 matches and three of the Elite round - Group 6 matches, as well as in two of the 2020 UEFA Women's U19 Championship qualification - Group 12 matches. She capped in 13 games for the Turkey women's U19 team.[1]

By September 2020, she was called up to the Turkey women's national team.[14] She debuted at the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A match against Slovenia on 18 September 2020.[15][16]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)
DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultScored
Turkey U-17
October 7, 2017A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 7W 4-01[17]

Honours

By the end of February 2020, she was honored with the "Gute Seele des Sports" ("Good soul of sport") award of the Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (NÖN) in the women's category that is determined by the readers of the regional weekly newspaper.[3]

References

  1. "Oyuncular - Futbolcular Dilan Yeşim Taşkın" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. Jungmann, Eva (10 October 2017). "Dilan Taskin spielt für Türkische Frauen-National-Mannschaft". Mein Bezirk (in German). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Taskin und Graf sind die großen Abräumer". Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). 26 February 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. "U10 Hallenturnier in Waldhausen" (in German). JHG Waldviertel. 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. "Wirtschaft vom 13 März 2020 - Neugründungen in der Region - Gmünd : Taskin Dilan Yesim" (PDF). Niederösterreichische Wirtschaft (in German). 13 March 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  6. "Bundesländernachwuchsmeisterschaft Frauen U14" (in German). Niederösterreichischer Fußball-Verband. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. "04 Dilan Taskin" (in German). Österreichischer Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  8. "Landesfinale Niederösterreich" (in German). Uniqa. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  9. "Dilan Taskin, SKN St. Pölten, Fußball". Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  10. "#4 Dilan Taskin" (in German). SV Horn. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  11. "4 Dilan Taskin". Playmaker. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  12. "U15 Kız Milli Takımı'nın hazırlık kampı aday kadrosu açıklandı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  13. "UEFA Avrupa Şampiyonası Grup Eeleme (Kızlar U-17 Milli) Estonya 0-4 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  14. "Kadın A Milli Takımı, Slovenya maçı hazırlıklarına devam ediyor" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  15. "Slovenia 3-1 Turkey". UEFA Women's Euro 2022 England. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  16. "Kadın A Milli Takımı, Slovenya'ya 3-1 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  17. "UEFA Avrupa Şampiyonası Grup Eleme 2018 - Estonya 0-4 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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