Fatma Kara Şahinbaş
Fatma Kara for Fenerbahçe (October 2023)
Personal information
Birth name Fatma Kara
Date of birth (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Herten, Recklinghausen, NRW, Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 1. FFC Recklinghausen 11 (5)
2009 SG Lütgendortmund 12 (5)
2010 TuS Harpen 7 (0)
2010–2011 Trabzonspor 22 (9)
2011–2014 Trabzon İdmanocağı 48 (10)
2014–2017 Ataşehir Belediyespor 63 (28)
2017–2018 Beşiktaş J.K. 17 (5)
2018–2019 HK/Víkingur 34 (3)
2020 ÍBV 16 (2)
2021 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2 (0)
2021– Fenerbahçe 23 (10)
International career‡
2007 Turkey U-17 10 (0)
2007–2010 Turkey U-19 32 (18)
2009– Turkey 45 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 September 2020

Fatma Kara Şahinbaş (born Fatma Kara; 15 June 1991) is a Turkish women's football midfielder, who plays in Turkish Women's Football Super League for Fenerbahçe. She is a member of the Turkish national team.

Early life

Fatma Kara was born in Herten district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on June 15, 1991.[1][2] Her father Hasan Kara is a Turkish immigrant. Her parents, initially, did not allow her to play football. The father of her German schoolmate, however, succeeded to convince the parents. At the age of nine, Kara entered the local football club JK SpVgg. Herten.[3]

Her three-year younger sister Ayşe Kara is also a footballer, who follows her footsteps.[3]

Playing career

Club

Fatma Kara for Ataşehir Belediyespor (March 2014)
Fatma Kara(white/red) driving the ball for Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season's home match against Kdz. Ereğlispor.
Fatma Kara (#5) attacking Konak Belediyespor for Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2017–18 season's home match.

Fatma Kara played in Germany for the hometown club 1. FFC Recklinghausen[4][5][6] in the German Regionalliga West. In the 2008–09 season, she moved to SG Lütgend Dortmund upon an offer to accomplish her high school education there. The next season, she joined TuS Harpen.[3]

After her graduation, she moved to Turkey, and signed for Trabzonspor. She scored nine goals in 22 matches she appeared with Trabzonspor. After playing one season, the women's side of the club dissolved, and she transferred to the rival club Trabzon İdmanocağı in the 2010–11 season. In the two seasons with Trabzon İdmanocağı, Kara netted 10 goals in 40 appearances.[1]

On January 10, 2014, Kara was transferred by the Istanbul-based club Ataşehir Belediyespor.[7]

After four seasons by Ataşehir Belediyespor, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2017–18 season.[1]

In May 2018, Kara signed with the Reykjavík-based club HK/Víkingur of the Icelandic women's league Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[8] She scored two goals in 17 matches of the 2018 season for her team.[9] In November 2019, Kara signed with ÍBV.[10] After one season in Vestmannaeyjar, Kara returned to her initial club 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003 in the German Frauen-Regionalliga West, for which she had played until 2009.[11][12]

International

Fatma Kara for Turkey women's national team in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Belarus.

In 2007 still living in Germany, she was called up for the Turkey girls' U-17 national team, and made her debut in the friendly match against the Azeri team on May 27.[13] Until October 2007, she capped ten times in the youth national team, and participated also at the 2008 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualification round matches.[1]

Fatma Kara debuted in the Turkey U-19 national team in the friendly match against Maceonian juniors on September 16, 2007.[14] She capped 32 times until April 2010, and played in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 qualification matches of UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[6][15][16][17]

Kara appeared for the first time in the women's national team playing against Azerbaijan team in the UEFA Support International Tournament on May 11, 2009.[16] She also took part in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 and UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2 matches. As of end September 2014, she capped 25 times in the national team scoring 4 goals.[1]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 May 2009 Poladi Stadium, Rustavi, Georgia  Georgia 0–4 0–4 UEFA Women's Support International Tournament
2. 7 May 2014 Spartak Stadium, Mogilev, Belarus  Belarus 1–2 1–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3. 19 June 2014 Stadion pod Malim brdom, Petrovac, Montenegro  Montenegro 2–3 2–3 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4. 17 September 2014 Minareliçavuş Spor Tesisleri, Bursa, Turkey  Belarus 1–0 3–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5. 8 October 2019 Kocaeli Stadium, İzmit, Turkey  Slovenia 1–6 1–6 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Career statistics

As of 15 October 2022

Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1. FFC Recklinghausen 2007–09 Verbandsliga Westfalen 11 5 – – 32 13 43 18
Total 11 5 – – 32 13 43 18
SG Lütgendortmund 2009–10 Frauen-Regionalliga 12 5 – – 5 4 17 9
Total 12 5 – – 5 4 17 9
TuS Harpen 2009–10 Frauen-Regionalliga 7 0 – – 15 2 22 2
Total 7 0 – – 15 2 22 2
Trabzonspor 2010–11 First League 22 9 – – 8 0 30 9
Total 22 9 – – 8 0 30 9
Trabzon İdmanocağı 2011–12 First League 22 6 – – 0 0 22 6
2012–13 First League 18 4 – – 0 0 18 4
2013–14 First League 8 0 – – 0 0 8 0
Total 48 10 – – 0 0 48 10
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2013–14 First League 9 12 – – 6 3 15 15
2014–15 First League 17 8 – – 5 0 22 8
2015–16 First League 13 4 – – 0 0 13 4
2016–17 First League 24 4 – – 0 0 24 4
Total 63 28 – – 11 3 74 31
Beşiktaş J.K. 2017–18 First League 17 5 – – 2 0 19 5
Total 17 5 – – 2 0 19 5
HK/Víkingur 2018 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 17 2 – – 2 0 19 2
2019 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 17 1 – – 10 1 27 2
Total 34 3 – – 12 1 46 4
ÍBV 2020 Úrvalsdeild kvenna 16 2 – – 2 0 18 2
Total 16 2 – – 2 0 18 2
1. FFC Recklinghausen 2020–21 Frauen-Regionalliga 2 0 – – 0 0 2 0
Total 2 0 – – 0 0 2 0
Fenerbahçe 2021–22 Super League 22 8 – – 0 0 22 8
2022–23 Super League 1 2 - - 0 0 1 2
Total 23 10 – – 0 0 23 10
Career total 255 77 – – 87 23 342 100

Honors

Verbandsliga Westfalen
1. FFC Recklinghausen
Winners (1): 2008–09[3]
Turkish Women's First Football League
Ataşehir Belediyespor
Runners-up (3): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
Beşiktaş J.K.
Runners-up (1): 2017–18

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Player Details-Fatma Kara". Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. ^ "Fatma Kara". UEFA. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  3. ^ a b c d Backs, Thomas. "Kick it like Kara" (PDF). Herten Erleben (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  4. ^ "Genç bayanlar bugün kampta". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  5. ^ "U17 Bayanlarımız, Bulgaristan'ı 2–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  6. ^ a b "U19 Bayanlar, Avusturya'ya 3–2 yenildi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  7. ^ "Ataşehir Belediye transferde hızlı". Yerel Futbol (in Turkish). 2014-01-10. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  8. ^ Guðmundur Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson (2 May 2018). "Tyrknesk landsliðskona komin í HK/Víking (Staðfest)". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  9. ^ F. Kara, Soccerway, retrieved 31 December 2018
  10. ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (18 November 2019). "Fatma Kara og Kristjana Sigurz í ÍBV (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  11. ^ Magnús Már Einarsson (21 January 2021). "Fatma Kara farin frá ÍBV til Þýskalands". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ^ Holz, Heike (6 January 2021). "Zurück im alten Revier - 1. FFC Recklinghausen 2003 freut sich über namhafte Verstärkung". 24Vest (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Özel Maç (Kızlar U-17 Milli) aZARBAYCAN 2–1 tÜRKİYE" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  14. ^ "Özel Maç (Kadınlar U-19 Milli)" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  15. ^ "Avrupa Şampiyonası 2008 Grup Eleme (Kadınlar U-19 Milli) Türkiye 1–7 Polonya" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  16. ^ a b "UEFA Support Uluslararası Turnuva (Kadınlar Milli) Türkiye 1–0 Azerbaycan" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  17. ^ "U19 Bayan Milliler, Moldova'yı 8–0 yendi" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2014-01-02.

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