Bilgesu Aydın (born June 8, 1994) is a Turkish women's football

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currently playing in the

Turkish Women's First Football League The Turkish Women's Football Super League ( tr, Kadınlar Süper Ligi), formerly the First Women's Football League (also known as the ''Turkcell Women's Football Super League'' for sponsorship reasons), is the top level women's football league of ...

for

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

İzmir İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...

with jersey number 88. She is member of the Turkey women's national team. Bilgesu Aydın was born in

Denizli Denizli is an industrial city in the southwestern part of Turkey and the eastern end of the alluvial valley formed by the river Büyük Menderes, where the plain reaches an elevation of about . Denizli is located in the country's Aegean Region. ...

on June 8, 1994. She studied physical education and sports at

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...

in Izmir.

Playing career

She began football playing encouraged by her mother, who took her to the local football club in Izmir, where the family moved to, and registered her. She bought her goalkeeper glove and shoes knowing that her daughter wanted to be a goalkeeper.

Club

Aydın received her license for

Bucaspor Bucaspor was a professional Turkish football club based in Buca, Izmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor were nicknamed Fırtına (Storm). The club colours were yellow and navy. It was dissolved in 2020. History Bucaspor was the fifth football club to ...

on May 29, 2009. She played two seasons for the team, capping 19 times during this time. In the 2011–12 season, she transferred to the Ankara-based Gazi Üniversitesispor, where she played one season and appeared in 16 games. On October 22, 2012, Bilgesu Aydın signed for Ataşehir Belediyespor in Istanbul. In the beginning of the second half of the 2015–16 season, she was transferred by the

-based club

.At the end of the season, she enjoyed her team's champion title. She debuted and played at the Group 9 of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round.

International

In December 2011, she was called up to the Turkey women's U-19 national team, and debuted in the friendly match against the Russian junior women on February 18, 2012. She took part in three matches of the 2013 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 5. Aydın capped 7 times for the nationals so far. Aydın debuted in the Turkey women's national team playing in the 2017 Goldcity Women's Cup against

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Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish Women's First League :; Ataşehir Belediyespor :: ''Runners-up'' (3):

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, 2013–14, 2014–15 :; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (2): 2015–16, 2016–17 :: ''Third places'' (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aydin, Bilgesu Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Denizli Ege University alumni Women's association football goalkeepers Turkish women's footballers Turkey women's international footballers Bucaspor women's players Gazi Üniversitesispor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Konak Belediyespor players