Merve Aladağ

Merve Aladağ (1 March 1993) is a Turkish women's football striker currently playing in the Turkish First League for Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor with jersey number 23.[1] With her team, she has also played the Champions League. She is a member of the Turkish national team, having made her official debut on 23 November 2011 against Romania, and as a junior international she played the 2012 U-19 European Championship.[2]

Merve Aladağ
Merve Aladağ for Ataşehir Belediyespor (October 2014).
Personal information
Full name Merve Aladağ
Date of birth (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993
Place of birth Akçadağ, Malatya, Turkey
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Malatya Gençlik Spor 3 (2)
2009–2011 Altınşehir Lisesi Spor 27 (25)
2011–2015 Ataşehir Belediyespor 72 (62)
2016–2018 Kireçburnu Spor 43 (17)
2018– Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 28 (5)
National team‡
2009 Turkey U-17 8 (1)
2009 Turkey U-19 8 (3)
2011–2012 Turkey 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 8, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 19, 2012

Playing career

Club
Merve Aladağ (right) playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season home match against Adana İdmanyurduspor.
Merve Aladağ (right) playing for Kireçburnu Spor in the 2017–18 League season's home match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

She began her career in the high school team of Altınşehir Lisesi Spor, which played in the Turkish Women's Second Football League. Appeared in 17 league matches in the 2010–11 season, she scored a total of 21 goals.[1]

The next season, she was transferred by Ataşehir Belediyesi, a club competing in the Turkish Women's First League. Aladağ netted 27 goals in 21 matches in the 2011–12 season, was named Top Scorer (Turkish: Gol kraliçesi) and enjoyed her first league championship.[3] She played in three matches at the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League and scored the only goals of her team in two matches.[4][5] In the 2012–13 season, she netted 12 goals for Ataşehir Belediyesi in 17 matches.[1]

In the beginning of the 2015–16 league season, Merve Aladağ was ttransferred by Kireçburnu Spor.[6] After three seasons with the Istanbul-based club, she moved to Kdz. Ereğlispor in October 2018.[7]

International goals
DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
Ataşehir Belediyespor
13 August 2011Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina SFK 2000 SarajevoL 1–42011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 41
18 August 2011Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina CFF Olimpia ClujL 1–41
11 August 2012Lendava Sports Park Lendava, Slovenia Gintra UniversitetasW 3–22012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 11

International

Aladağ made her national team debut on 23 November 2011 in the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 match against the Romanian team.[8]

She played for the Turkey U-19 national team in four games, the first on 8 May 2012. She scored a goal in the friendly match against the Hungarian team on 8 May 2012.[9]

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)
DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
Turkey women's U-19
24 September 2009Byca Arena Buca, Turkey GeorgiaW 13–02010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 72

areer statistics
As of March 8, 2020.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malatya Gençlik Spor 2006–2009 Second League 32––3062
Total 32––3062
Altınşehir Lisesi Spor 2009–10 Second League 104––93197
2010–11 Second League 1721––001721
Total 2725––933628
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2011–12 First League 212732412830
2012–13 First League 171231402413
2013–14 First League 143––00143
2014–15 First League 1517––001517
2015–16 First League 53––0053
Total 726263818666
Kireçburnu Spor 2015–16 First League 74––0074
2016–17 First League 195––00195
2017–18 First League 178––00178
Total 4317––004317
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 2018–19 First League 122––00122
2019–20 First League 163––00163
Total 285––00285
Career total 17311163204199118

Honors

Club
Turkey Women's First Football League
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Winners (1): 2011–12
Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

Individual
Turkish Women's First League
Top Scorer 2011–12 – (27 goals) with Ataşehir Belediyespor

References
  1. "Player Details-Merve Aladağ". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  2. "Merve Aldağ". UEFA. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  3. "Merve Aladağ: "Gol kraliçesi olmak gurur verdi"" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  4. "Ataşehir Belediye farklı mağlup oldu". NTV Spor (in Turkish). 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  5. "Ataşehir Belediyespor 1 – 4 Olimpia Cluj" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  6. Ayyıldız, Emin (2016-01-20). "Merve Aladağ Kireçburnu'nda". Sarıyer Martı (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  7. "Ereğli'ye golcü geldi..." Yeni Adım (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2013 Finalleri (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 1–2 Romanya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  9. "Özel Maç (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Macaristan 1–5 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
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