Berna Yeniçeri (born January 26, 1996) is a Turkish

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defender, who plays in the

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for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

. She has been a member of the Turkish national team since 2011.

Club career

Yeniçeri made her professional debut on November 9, 2006, for her hometown club, Kdz. Ereğlispor. She helped them gain promotion to the Women's First League at the end of 2010–11 season. After playing six seasons for Kdz. Ereğlispor, she transferred to the

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

-based league-champions

Konak Belediyespor Konak Belediyespor Women's Football () is the women's association football, women's football team of the Turkey, Turkish multi-sport club Konak Belediyespor based in Konak, Izmir, Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. The team was established by the ...

on July 25, 2014. With her new team, she took part at the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round matches. She played in three matches of the

2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round The 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played on 11, 13 and 16 August 2015. A total of 32 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide eight of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champio ...

, and scored one goal. At the end of the 2015–16 season, Konak Belediyespor won the

Turkish Women's Football Super League The Women's Football Super League, also known as the Turkcell Women's Football Super League () for sponsorship reasons, is the top level women's Association football, football league of Turkey. In the 2024–25 Turkish Women's Football Super Leagu ...

. Yeniçeri played in three matches of the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round. By mid-August 2017, she had transferred to the

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-based rival

Ataşehir Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's association football, women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. ...

after three seasons with Konak Belediyespor. In the 2018–19 First League season, she returned to her former club Konak Belediyespor. By mid April, right before the 2020-21 Turkcell Women's Football League season started, she joined Beşiktaş J.K. in

, and helped them to win the league in that season.

Galatasaray

On August 9, 2022, she was transferred to the

club.

International career

Yeniçeri made her first Turkey girls' U-17 national team appearance in the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification – Group 10 match against

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on August 28, 2012. She played also against

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and

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at the same competition. Yeniçeri was capped seven times for the Turkish U-17 national team. At the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 10 match against

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on September 21, 2013, she made her entrance into the Turkey women's U-19 national team. Her debut in the Turkey women's national team took place in the

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match against

on June 14, 2014.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First Football League :; Kdz. Ereğlispor :: ''Third places'' (2): 2011–12,

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:; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (3): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 :: ''Third places'' (1): 2018–19 :; Ataşehir Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (3): 2017–18 :; Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (1): 2020-21 :; Galatasaray :: ''Winners'' (1): 2023–24

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yeniceri, Berna 1996 births Living people People from Karadeniz Ereğli Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Women's association football defenders Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Karadeniz Ereğlispor players Konak Belediyespor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players Turkish Women's Football Super League players Galatasaray S.K. (women's football) players