Benan Altıntaş (born 10 November 2001) is a Turkish women's football

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, who plays for

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club Galatasaray, and the Turkey women's national team.

Club career

Fomget Gençlik ve Spor

Altıntaş started her career entering the

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-based club

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in 2016. She played her first match in the 2016-17

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on 13 November 2016. At the end of the season, she enjoyed her team's promotion the Second League. At the end of the 2018–19 season, her team became champion and was promoted to the Fşrst League.

Galatasaray

She signed a one-year contract with Galatasaray on 4 August 2023.

International career

Altıntaş was admitted to the Turkey girls' U-17 team, and debuted internationally at the UEFA Development Tournament against

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on 12 May 2017. She participated at the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification - Group 7 matches. She capped in 12 matches and scored four goals in total for the Turkey U-17 team.. In 2018, she was called up to the Turkey U-19 team. She played in two friendly matches. She became a member of the Turkey women's national team in the friendly match on 14 June 2021.

International goals

Social activity

On 12 June 2021, the

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, Altıntaş joined with some of her teammates a social activity launched on the

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by the Turkish "World Academy of Local Government and Democracy" (WALD) ( tr, Dünya Yerel Yönetim ve Demokrasi Akademisi) in cooperation with the

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Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's Second League :; Fomget Gençlik ve Spor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2018-19 :: ''Third places'' (1): 2017-18 :; Galatasaray :: ''Winners'' (1): 2023–24 ; Turkish Women's Third League :; Fomget Gençlik ve Spor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2016-17

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Altintas, Benan 2001 births Living people Turkish women's footballers Women's association football forwards Turkey women's international footballers Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fomget Gençlik ve Spor players 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people) Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) players