Zelal Baturay

Zelal Baturay

Zelal Baturay for Gazikentspor in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Eğil, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Fatih Vatan Spor
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Diyarbakır B.B. Spor	30	(84)
2014–2015	Gazikentspor	14	(4)
2015–2016	Maraşgücü Spor	10	(28)
2016–2020	Amed S.K.	57	(26)
2020–	Fatih Vatan Spor	42	(16)
International career‡
2013–2015	Turkey U-19	13	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 March 2015

Zelal Baturay (born 7 July 1996) is a Turkish women's footballer who plays as a forward in the Women's Super League for Fatih Vatan Spor. She is a member of the Turkey women's national U-19 team. ^{[1] [2]}

Club career

Zelal Baturay of Amed S.K. in the 2018–19 Women's First League

Zelal Baturay was discovered by Filiz Atay, the female manager of the women's football team Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor, renamed later to Amed Sportif Faaliuetler, as she was playing football with boys on the street in Diyarbakır. Atay was hard put to persuade her parents for Baturay's football playing. ^[3]

She obtained her license on 7 April 2011 for her hometown club Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor. After playing three seasons in the Second League, at which she scored 84 goals in 30 games, ^{[2] [4] [5]} she was transferred by Gazikentspor of Gaziantep in the 2014–15 season to play in the Women's First League. ^[1]

In the 2012–13 season, Zelal Baturay became top scorer of the Second League's Division of Southeast Anatolia-Mediterranean Region with 33 goals in 10 matches. ^{[2] [4]}

After three seasons with her hometown club Diyabakır B.B. Spor in the Second League, she transferred to Gazikentspor of Gaziantep in the 2014–15 season, which was newly promoted to the First League. With her team's relegation in the 2015–16 season, she moved to the Third-League team Maraşgücü Spor in Kahramanmaraş. In the 2016–17 season, Baturay returned to her hometown to play for Amed S.K. in the Second League. ^[1]

In the second half of the 2019–20 Women's First League season, Baturay moved to the Istanbul-based club Fatih Vatan Spor. ^[1] In the 3030–21 season, her team became runner-up losing to Beşiktaş J.K. in the play-off final match. She was honored with award of Top Goalscorer of the season. ^[6]

International career

Baturay was called up to the Tırkey women's national U-19 team, and debuted in the friendly match against Azerbaijan on 26 November 2013. ^[2] She took part at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification – Group 4 matches, and scored one goal. ^{[2] [7]} Baturay capped 11 times and scored 4 goals so far for the national U-19 team. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

International goals
(Friendly matches not included)

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Scored
Turkey women's national U-19 football team
August 1, 2014	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	Romania	2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Development Tournament	W 7–0	1 [8]
August 30, 2014	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	Ukraine		W 2–1	1 [9]
September 18, 2014	İnegöl İlçe Stadium, Bursa, Turkey	Kazakhstan	2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification round – Group 4	W 6–1	1 [10]

Career statistics

As of 5 February 20232. ^[1]

Club	Season	League			Continental		National		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Diyarbakır B.B. Spor	2011–12	Second League	8	15	–	–	0	0	8	15
	2012–13	Second League	10	33	–	–	0	0	10	33
	2013–14	Second League	12	36	–	–	6	1	18	37
	Total		30	84	–	–	6	1	36	85
Gazikentspor	2014–15	First League	14	4	–	–	7	3	21	7
	Total		14	4	–	–	7	3	21	7
Maraşgücü Spor	2015–16	Third League	10	28	–	–	0	0	10	28
	Total		10	28	–	–	0	0	10	28
Amed S.K.	2016–17	Second League	17	13	–	–	0	0	17	13
	2017–18	First League	16	2	–	–	0	0	16	2
	2018–19	First League	16	7	–	–	0	0	16	7
	2019–20	First League	8	4	–	–	0	0	8	4
	Total		57	26	–	–	0	0	57	26
Fatih Vatan Spor	2019–20	First League	4	2	–	–	0	0	4	2
	2020–21	First League	6	7	–	–	0	0	6	7
	2021–22	Super League	21	9	–	–	0	0	21	9
	2022–23	Super League	11	0	–	–	0	0	12	0
	Total		42	18	–	–	0	0	42	18
Career total			153	160	–	–	13	4	166	164

Honours

Club

Turkish Women's First League

Fatih Vatan Spor

Runners-up (1): 2020–21

Individual

• Top goalscorer: 2020–21 with Fatih Vatan Spor

References

1. "Oyuncular-Player Details – Zelal Baturay". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
2. Özgülgün, Özgür (19 January 2014). "Diyarbakır'ın gol kraliçesi: Zelal Baturay". Evrensel (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
3. "Güneydoğu'da kızların futbol tutkusu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 3 July 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
4. "Sokaktan geldi, 14 maçta 39 gol attı!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
5. "Zalal Baturay Milli Takıma Çağrıldı". Diyarbakır Söz (in Turkish). 6 March 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
6. "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Ligi'nde şampiyon Beşiktaş JK Vodafone Kadın Futbol Takımı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
7. "Türkiye Kazakistan'ı farklı geçti". Bugün (in Turkish). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
8. "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Romanya 0–7 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
9. "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) (Grup Eleme) Türkiye 2–1 Ukrayna" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
10. "Türkiye, Kazakistan'a fark attı: 6–1". Milliyet (in Turkish). 18 September 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

External links

Zelal Baturay – UEFA competition record ( archive )