Melike Öztürk (born 1 April 2001) is a Turkish women's football forward, who plays in the First League for Beşiktaş with jersey number 14. She was a member of the girls' national U-17 and women's U-19 teams before she was admitted to the Turkey women's team.

Melike Öztürk
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Turkey
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Beşiktaş
Number 14
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Denizli Pamukkale Üni GS 12 (24)
2016–2018 İncirliova Belediyespor 26 (67)
2018 Horozkent Spor 7 (16)
2018–2019 İncirliova Belediyespor 8 (13)
2019–2020 Ataşehir Belediyespor 15 (5)
2020– Beşiktaş 17 (5)
International career
2016–2018 Turkey U-17 25 (13)
2018–2012 Turkey U-19 14 (2)
2020– Turkey 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 November 2021

Private life

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Melike Öztürk was born in Gelibolu district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey on 1 April 2001.[1]

Playing career

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Club

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Melike Öztürk (blue) of Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2019–20 Women's First League match against Beşiktaş J.K.

Öztürk received her license for Denizli Pamukkale Üniversitesi Gençlikspor on 13 November 2015. She capped in 12 matches for the Denizli-based university team in the 2015–16 Turkish Women's Third League season, and netted 24 goals. The next season, she moved to Aydın to join İncirliova Belediyespor. After scoring 67 goals in 26 games, she transferred to Horozkent Spor in Denizli in the second half of the 2017–18 Women's Third League season. After scoring 16 goals in seven matches for Horozkent, Öztürk returned to her former club İncirliova Belediyespor for the 2018–19 Third League season, where she netted 13 goals in eight games.[1][2]

By early August 2019, Öztürk signed with the Istanbul-based Ataşehir Belediyespor to play in the Women's First League. She scored five goals in 15 matches of the 2019-20 season, which was discontinued due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.[1][2][3] In the 2021 Turkcel League season, she transferred to Beşiktaş J.K., and enjoyed her team's champions title.[4] She played in two matches of the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.[5][6]

International

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Turkey girls' U-17

Öztürk was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team debuting in the match against Portugal in the UEFA Development Tournament on 13 May 2016. She appeared in 2017 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualification - Group 7, 2018 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualification - Group 7 and Elite round Group 6 matches. She capped in a total of 25 matches and scored 13 goals for the Turkey girls' U-17 team.[1][2]

Turkey women's U-19

She was called up to the Turkey women's U-19 team for the friendly match against Poland on 28 August 2018. She took part at the 2019 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualification - Group 2 and Elite round Group 6 as well as 2020 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship qualification - Group 12 matches. She played in 14 games and scored two goals total.[1][2]

Turkey women's

Öztürk was first named for the Turkey women's team in the beginning of Deceöber 2019.[7] In the away match against Slovenia in the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A, she sat on the bench.[8] She played in the same tournament's home match against Kosovo on 23 October 2020.[9]

International goals
(Friendly match goals not included)
Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored
Turkey girls' U-17 team
12 May 2017 Municipal Stadium, Seia, Portugal   Russia W 2–1 2017 UEFA Development Tournament 1[10]
14 May 2017 [Municipal Stadium, Seia, Portuga   Portugal L 6-7 2[11]
1 Luly 2017 Rīgas Hanzas vidusskola, Riga, Latvia   Latvia W 7–0 2017 UEFA Development Tournament 2[12]
4 October 2017 [Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia   Czech Republic L 1-2 2018 UEFA Women's U-17 Champ qualification Gr. 7 1[13]
25 March 2018 [Novi Gradski Stadion, Ugljevik, Bosnia Herzegovina   Bosnia and Herzegovina D 2-2 2018 UEFA Women's U-17 Champ qualification - Elite round Gr. 6 2[14]
Turkey women's U-19 team
3 October 2018 Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey   Azerbaijan W 2–0 2019 UEFA Women's U-19 Champ qualification - Gr. 2 2[15]

Career statistics

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As of match played 9 March 2022.[1]
Club Season League Continental National Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Denizli Dumlupınar Üni. GS 2015–16 Third League 12 24 3 0 15 24
Total 12 24 3 0 15 24
İncirliova Belediyespor 2016–17 Third League 19 47 8 3 27 50
2017–18 Third League 7 20 11 8 18 28
Total 26 67 19 11 45 78
Horozkent Spor 2017–18 Third League 7 16 3 2 10 18
Total 7 16 3 2 10 18
İncirliova Belediyespor 2018–19 Third League 8 13 10 2 18 15
Total 8 13 10 2 18 15
Ataşehir Belediyespor 2019-20 First League 15 5 4 0 19 5
2020-21 First League 0 0 2 0 2 0
Total 15 5 6 0 21 5
Beşiktaş J.K. 2020–21 First League 6 2 0 0 1 0 7 2
2021–22 Super League 11 3 2 0 6 0 19 3
Total 17 5 2 0 7 0 26 5
Career total 85 130 2 0 48 15 135 145

Honours

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Turkish Women's First League
Beşiktaş J.K.
Winners (1): 2020–21

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Oyuncular-Futbolcular – Öelike Öztürk" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Kenan, Recep (6 August 2019). "Milli Futbolcu Melike Öztürk Ataşehir Belediyespor'da". itv Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ^ "2019-2020 Sezonu Kadın Ligleri Yönetim Kurulu Kararı" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. ^ Meşe, Bilal (24 May 2021). "Beşiktaş'ın yıldızı Melike Öztürk: Bir video ile A Milli oldum". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ "St.Pölten (AUT) 7-0 Beşiktaş (TUR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Beşiktaş (TUR) 4-0 Kamenica Sasa (MKD)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "A Milli Kadın Takımı'nın aday kadrosu açıklandı". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 11 December 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Avrupa Şampiyonası Grup Eleme * Slovenya 3-1 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Turkey 0-0 Kosovo". UEFA Women's Euro 2022 England. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  10. ^ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası - Rusya 1-2 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  11. ^ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası - Portekiz1-7-6 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  12. ^ "UEFA Gelişim Turnuvası - Letonya 0-7 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  13. ^ "UEFA Avrupa Şampionası Grup Eeleme 2018 (Kızlar U-17 - Çek Cumhuriyeti 2-1 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  14. ^ "UEFA Kızlar U17 Avrupa Şampiyonası Elit Tur 2017/18 - Turkiye 2-2 Bosna-Hersek" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  15. ^ "UEFA Kadınlar U19 Avrupa Şampiyonası Eleme Turu - Azerbaycan 0-2 Türkiye" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 25 October 2020.