Medine Erkan

Medine Erkan

Medine Erkan in the 2023–24 season.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Eskişehir, Turkey
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Eskişehirspor	49	(15)
2013–2014	Derince Belediyespor	17	(2)
2014–2016	Ataşehir Belediyespor	40	(1)
2018–2019	Kocaeli Bayan FK	28	(13)
2019–2022	ALG Spor	30	(3)
International career‡
2010	Turkey U-15	2	(0)
2012–2014	Turkey U-19	26	(0)
2016–	Turkey	16	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2021

Medine Erkan (born 10 September 1995) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the Turkish Women's Third League for ALG Spor with jersey number 8. She plays for the Turkish women's national team. ^[1]

Career

Club

Medine Erkan for Ataşehir Belediyespor (2014–15 season).

Medine Erkan playing for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season.

Medine Erkan received her license on February 9, 2010, for her hometown club Eskişehirspor, where she played four seasons in the Regional League, Women's Second League and finally Women's First League. ^{[2] [3]} In the 2013–14 season, she transferred to Derince Belediyespor. ^{[4] [5]} After one season, Derince Belediyespor withdrew from the league, and Erkan moved to play with Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season. ^[6]

By end September 2019, she transferred to ALG Spor in Gaziantep. ^[1] She enjoyed the 2021-22 Women's Super League champion title of her team. ^[7]

International

Medine Erkan was admitted to the Turkey U-15, and debuted in the 2010 summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, and capped four time. ^[1]

On September 26, 2012, Erkan played for the first time at the Turkey U-19 appearing in the friendly match against Wales. She played in the 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 5, 2013 Kuban Spring Tournament, ^[8] 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 10, ^[2] 2014 Kuban Spring Tournament and 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 5 matches. She capped 32 times for the women's national U-19 team. ^{[1] [3] [6] [9] [10] [11]}

Erkan was admitted to the national team and played in three matches of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5. ^[1]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 June 2022

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Eskişehirspor	2009–10	Regional League	10	0	–	–	2	0	12	0
	2010–11	Regional League	10	1	–	–	0	0	10	1
	2011–12	Second League	11	8	–	–	0	0	11	8
	2012–13	First League	18	6	–	–	10	0	28	6
	Total		49	15	–	–	12	0	61	15
Derince Belediyespor	2013–14	First League	17	2	–	–	16	0	33	2
	Total		17	2	–	–	16	0	33	2
Ataşehir Belediyespor	2014–15	First League	17	1	–	–	0	0	17	1
	2015–16	First League	17	0	–	–	3	0	20	0
	2016–17	First League	6	0	–	–	0	0	6	0
	Total		40	1	–	–	3	0	43	1
Kocaeli Bayan FK	2017–18	Third League	8	4	–	–	0	0	8	4
	2018–19	Second League	20	9	–	–	5	0	25	9
	Total		28	13	–	–	5	0	33	13
ALG Spor	2019-20	First League	10	1	–	–	6	0	16	1
	2020–21	First League	6	0	-	-	0	0	6	0
	2021–22	Super League	14	2	–	–	0	0	14	2
	Total		30	3	–	–	6	0	36	3
Career total			164	34	–	–	42	0	206	34

Honours

Turkish Women's First Football League

Ataşehir Belediyespor

Runners-up (2): 2014–15, 2015–16

Third places (1): 2016–17

ALG Spor

Winners (2): 2019–20, 2021-22

Third places (1): 2020–21

Turkish Women's Second Football League

Kocaeli Bayan FK

Third places (1): 2018-19

References

1. "Oyuncu Bilgileri- Medine Erkan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
2. "Medine Erkan'lı Milliler Turladı". 2 Eylül (in Turkish). 2013-09-28. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
3. "Gururumuz Medine Erkan". Almanak Spor (in Turkish). 2013-03-28. Archived from the original on 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
4. "Ataşehir Belediyespor Bayan Futbol Takımı Maçı 5–0 Aldı". Ataşehir Aktüel (in Turkish). 2014-08-26. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
5. "Derincespor çalışmalara yoğunlaştı". Spor 365 (in Turkish). 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
6. Şeker, Serkan. "Eskişehir'in milli gururu artık İstanbul'da!". Spor 26 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-12-11.
7. "Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde şampiyon ALG Spor". TRT Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
8. "Milliler ABD karşısına çıkıyor". Fanatik (in Turkish). 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
9. "U19 Kadın Milliler elit turda". TRT (in Turkish). 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
10. "Damla ve Medine milli takıma seçildi". Anadolu Gazetesi (in Turkish). 2013-08-17. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
11. "Kızlar Bosna'yı devirdi". Ereğli Önder (in Turkish). 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2014-12-11.

External links

• Medine Erkan – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Medine Erkan – FIFA competition record (archived)