Selda Akgöz

Selda Akgöz (born June 9, 1993) is a Turkish women's football goalkeeper currently playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League for ALG Sor with jersey number 1. She is a member of the Turkey women's team.[1]

Selda Akgöz
Selda Akgöz for Trabzon İdmanocağı (December 2014)
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-09) June 9, 1993
Place of birth Çaycuma, Zonguldak, Turkey
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 ALG Spor
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Ovacık Gençlik Spor 26 (2)
2011–2014 Fomget Gençlik ve Spor 37 (1)
2014–2017 Trabzon İdmanocağı 67 (1)
2017–2018 Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 17 (0)
2018–2020 Ataşehir Belediyespor 21 (0)
2020– ALG Spor
National team‡
2010 Turkey U-17 3 (0)
2011–2012 Turkey U-19 14 (0)
2014 Turkey U-21 1 (0)
2015– Turkey 22 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 6, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 23, 2020

Early years

Selda Akgöz was born in Çaycuma town of Zonguldak Province on June 9, 1993.[2] Already in school years, she began playing handball before she switched over to volleyball. In the end, she found herself in football through her teacher's suggestion. From the beginning on, she wanted to be a goalkeeper and got enthusiastic about diving save, which she still performs.[3]

Club career
Selda Akgöz playing for Trabzon İdmanocağı in the 2014–15 season's away match against Ataşehir Belediyespor.

Selda Akgöz obtained her license on March 5, 2009 for the Regional League team Ovacık Gençlik Spor in Karabük.[2] After graduation from the high school and playing 26 matches in two seasons, she moved to Fomget Gençlik ve Spor in Ankara to play in the Women's First league and to begin with her university study in physical education and sports there.[3] She became captain of the team,[4] and appeared at 37 matches in three seasons before she was transferred by Trabzon İdmanocağı in the 2014–15 season.[1][2][3]

By August 2017, she transferred to the Izmir-based league-champion Konak Belediyespor,[5] and took part at the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League as the reserve goalkeeper.[2][6][7][8] In October of the same year, she left Konak Belediyespor to join Kdz. Ereğlispor in the 2017–18 season.[2]

On June 1, 2018, Akgöz signed with the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor before the club's participation at the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.[9] She played in two of the three matches of the qualification round.[10][11]

By August 2020, she transferred to the Gaziantep-based 2019-20 Women's League season top club ALG Spor.[12]

International career
Selda Akgöz (yellow) concedes a goal for Turkey (red) from Germany (white/black) at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5 match.

Selda Akgöz was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team for the 2010 UEFA Championship qualifying round – Group 4 matches. However, she played first time at the International Friendly Tournament in the match against Bulgaria on June 27, 2010. She capped 3 times for the U-17 nationals.[1][3][4]

She was called up to the Turkey women's U-19 team for the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9, at which she served as substitute only. She debuted in the 2011 Kuban Spring Tournament match against China on March 10. Finally, Akgöz participated at the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship – Group A matches.[13] She played 14 times in total for the Turkey women's U-19 team.[1][3]

On November 26, 2014, Selda Akgöz played the goalkeeper of the Turkey women's U-21 team in the friendly game against Belgium.[1][14]

Selda Akgöz debuted in the Turkey women's team in a friendly match against Georgia on February 26, 2015.[1]

Career statistics
As of October 23, 2020.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ovacık Gençlik Spor 2009–10Regional League 90––20110
2010–11Second League 172––40212
Total 262––60322
Fomget Gençlik ve Spor 2011–12First League 180––80260
2012–13First League 171––30201
2013–14 Second League 20––0020
Total 371––110481
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2014–15First League 160––20180
2015–16First League 171––40211
2016–17First League 240––50290
Total 671––110781
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 2017–18First League 170––20190
Total 170––20190
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2018–19First League 1002030150
2019–20First League 1100050160
Total 2102080310
ALG Spor 2020–21First League 2020
Total 2020
Career total 1684204002104

Honours
Turkish Women's First League
Trabzon İdmanocağı
Third places (2): 2014–15, 2015–16

References
  1. "Player Details – Selda Akgöz". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  2. "Flaş... Flaş... Flaş... Ereğli'ye A Milli Kaleci". Şafak (in Turkish). 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  3. Gülyurt, Hilal (2012-07-05). "'Rakiplerimizin kaşını gözünü ezberledik'". FourFourTwo (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  4. Boz, Mustafa (2013-04-01). "Selda kgöz Çok Üzüldü". Spor 01 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  5. "Konak Belediyespor'dan çifte transfer". Ege'de Son Söz (in Turkish). 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  6. "Mikheil Meskhi-2 – Tbilisi 22/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak-Martve". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  7. "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  8. "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra". UEFA. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  9. "Ataşehir Belediyespor'dan Avrupa Başarısı İçin Transfer Atağı". itv Haber (in Turkish). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. "III. Kerületi TVE – Budapest 07/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Slavia Praha 7–2 Ataşehir". UEFA. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  11. "Hidegkúti Nándor – Budapest 10/08/2018 Qualifying – Group 4 Ataşehir (TUR) 2–2 MTK Hungária (HUN)". UEFA. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  12. "ALGSpor, Milli kaleci Selda Akgöz'ü transfer etti". Telegraf (in Turkish). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  13. "Kadın Millilerimiz Portekiz'le yenişemedi". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  14. "Kadın U21 Milli Takımı, Belçika Karşısında". SporHaberler.com (in Turkish). 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.