Çiğdem Belci

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Çiğdem Belci
Çiğdem Belci for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2013–14 season.
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-06-17) 17 June 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Mersin, Turkey
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Beylerbeyi
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2008 Mersin Camspor 11 (2)
2008–2009 Mersingücü Cengiz Topelspor 17 (4)
2009–2010 Trabzonspor 17 (3)
2010–2015 Ataşehir Belediyespor 88 (11)
2015–2016 Kireçburnu Spor 18 (5)
2016–2018 Ataşehir Belediyespor 41 (2)
2018–2022 Beşiktaş 49 (6)
2022–2023 Fatih Karagümrük 15 (1)
2023– Beylerbeyi 13 (0)
International career‡
2003 Turkey U-19 5 (0)
2006–2020 Turkey 48 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2020

Çiğdem Belci (born 17 June 1987) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the Women's Super League for Beylerbeyi in Istanbul with jersey number 5. She is a member of the Turkish national team since 2003.[2][3]

Early life[edit]

Çiğdem Belci was born on 17 June 1987 in Mersin, southern Turkey. She has three older sisters and a younger brother, who follows her footsteps playing in a feeder club in Mersin.[4]

At the age of eight, she began playing football with boys in the neighborhood. Convinced by her daughter's interest, the father took her then to Mersin Camspor, and registered her. However, feared of her daughter's future, he wanted her leave the club. Her mother supported Çiğdem, and was able to stop the father's pressure. Her father changed his mind when she transferred to successful clubs and continued with her higher education.[4]

She studied physical education and sports at Ondokuz Mayıs University in Samsun. After graduation, she was appointed a teacher.[4]

Club career[edit]

Çiğdem Belci playing for Beylerbeyi in the 2023–24 season.
Çiğdem Belci playing for Kireçburnu Spor in the 2015–16 season.
Çiğdem Belci of Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2018–19 Women's First League s season.

Çiğdem Belci obtained her license from her hometown club Mersin Camspor on 1 September 1999, where she played until the end of 2007–08 season and capped 13 times scoring three goals. She moved to Mersingücü Cengiz Topelspor and after one season, she transferred to the Black Sea club Trabzonspor for the 2009–10 season.[2]

The next season, Belci signed for the Istanbul-based club Ataşehirspor, and enjoyed two consecutive league championships in 2011 and 2012. She debuted in the UEFA Women's Champions League playing against Lithuanian side Gintra Universitetas on 11 August 2011. She participated in three group matches of the qualifying round. The next year, she played again in three qualifying round matches. However, her team was not successful either in 2011–12 or in 2012–13 to advance further to the knockout stage.[5][6]

For the 2015–16 season, she signed with Kireçburnu Spor, which was recently promoted to the Women's First League. Belci serves as the captain of the team.[7] In the 2016–17 season, she returned to her former club Ataşehir Belediyespor.[2]

In the 2018–19 league season, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K.[8] She enjoyed the champion title of her team in the 2018–19 season.[2] She took part at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League – Group 9 matches.[9][10][11] She played in one matc of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.[12] In the 2022–23 Super League season, she transferred to Fatih Karagümrük S.K.[2]

End July 2023, she transferred to Beylerbeyi, which play for the first time in the Super League[2]

International career[edit]

Çiğdem Belci (white) in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Belarus.

Belci made her first appearance in the Turkey women's U-19 national team in the match against Romania juniors at the International Norte Alentejano Tournament held in Portugal on 28 May 2003. She capped five times in the junior women's national team.[2]

On 6 August 2003, she debuted in the national team playing in the friendly match against Russia. Her international participations followed at the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying round (Northern Ireland, Croatia and Georgia), at the UEFA Support International Tournaments (Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Croatia, Malta, Latvia and Macedonia). Belci played in seven of the eight matches at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 matches (Spain, England, Malta and Austria) as well as in eight of ten matches at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 (Spain, Kazakhstan, Romania, Germany and Switzerland). In 2013, she participated in all the three 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 matches against English and Montenegron women.[2]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 23 December 2023.[2]
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mersin Camspor 1999–2008 First League 11 2 – – 12 0 23 2
Total 11 2 – – 12 0 25 2
Mersingücü Cengiz Topelspor 2008–09 First League 17 4 – – 4 0 21 4
Total 17 4 – – 4 0 21 4
Trabzonspor 2009–10 First League 17 3 – – 4 0 21 3
Total 17 3 – – 4 0 21 3
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2010–11 First League 22 6 – – 4 0 26 6
2011–12 First League 19 3 3 0 7 0 29 3
2012–13 First League 17 1 3 0 2 0 22 1
2013–14 First League 15 1 – – 7 0 22 1
2014–15 First League 15 0 – – 3 0 18 0
Total 88 11 6 0 23 0 117 11
Kireçburnu Spor 2015–16 First League 18 5 – – 9 0 27 5
Total 18 5 – – 9 0 27 5
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2016–17 First League 23 0 – – 0 0 23 0
2017–18 First League 18 2 – – 0 0 18 2
2018–19 First League 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 41 2 3 0 0 0 44 2
Beşiktaş J.K. 2018–19 First League 16 4 – – 0 0 16 4
2019–20 First League 11 2 3 0 1 0 15 2
2020–21 First League 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2021–22 Super League 16 0 1 0 0 0 17 0
Total 49 6 4 0 1 0 55 6
Fatih Karagümrük S.K. 2022–23 Super League 15 1 – – 0 0 15 1
Total 15 1 – - 0 0 15 1
Beylerbeyi S.K. 2023–24 Super League 13 0 – – 0 0 13 0
Total 13 0 4 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 269 34 13 0 53 0 335 34

Honours[edit]

Turkish Women's First Football League

Ataşehir Belediyespor
Winners (3): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2017–18
Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Third places (1): 2016–17
Beşiktaş J.K.
Winners (2): 2018–19, 2020–21

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Çiğdem Belci" (in German). soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Player Details – Çiğdem Belci". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Çiğdem Belci". UEFA. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Çiğdem Belci "Kadın olarak zor bir iş yapıyoruz" /Hürriyet Röportajı" (in Turkish). Bilgin Defterli. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Ataşehir Belediyespor 1–4 Olimpia Cluj" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Ataşehir Belediyespor 2–4 Pomurje" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Kireçburnu yine gururlandırdı". Sarıyer Posta (in Turkish). 4 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Ataşehir Belediyespor 0–2 Beşiktaş A.Ş." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Beşiktaş (TUR) 1–1 Górnik Leczna (POL)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Twente (NED) 2–2 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Alashkert (ARM) 0–3 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  12. ^ "St.Pölten (AUT) 7–0 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

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