Bilgesu Aydın (born June 8, 1994) is a Turkish women's footballer who plays as a

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in the Turkish Women's First Football League for

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 ...

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 ...

. She is member of the Turkey women's national team.

Life

Bilgesu Aydın was born in

Denizli Denizli is a city in Aegean Region, Aegean Turkey, and seat of the province of Denizli Province, Denizli. The city forms the urban part of the districts Merkezefendi and Pamukkale, Denizli, Pamukkale, with a population of 691 783 in 2024. Denizl ...

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

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University () 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 fourth oldest unive ...

Playing career

She began football playing encouraged by her mother, who took her to the local football club in İzmir, 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 Association football, football club based in Buca, İzmir. Formed in 1928, Bucaspor were nicknamed Fırtına (Storm). The club colours were yellow and navy. It was dissolved in 2020. History Bucaspor was the ...

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 Gazi Üniversitesispor is a women's association football, women's football club from Ankara, Turkey. It is the team of the Gazi University and played in Turkey's top level league, the Turkish Women's Football Premier League. History The club was ...

, 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 1994 births Living people Footballers from Denizli Ege University alumni Women's association football goalkeepers Turkish women's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportswomen Turkey women's youth international footballers Turkey women's international footballers Bucaspor women's players Gazi Üniversitesispor players Ataşehir Belediyespor players Konak Belediyespor players