Busem Şeker (born 19 July 1998) is a Turkish-German

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currently playing in the

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

Private life

Busem Şeker was born in

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, Germany on 19 July 1998. She resides in

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, a borough of Hamburg. She is a high school student, and hopes to pass the ''

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'' at the end of the 2016/17 term. She also jobs in the hotel and restaurant business. She did a 'Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr' in 2017/18 in Hamburg.

Club career

Şeker got interested in football playing already at the age of four. She began her playing career in the youth team of FTSV Lorbeer Rothenburgsort. There, she was the only girl among boys. She made it to become also captain of the youth team, at which she was respected by her male playmates. At the age of 17, she transferred to

ASV Bergedorf 85 ASV Bergedorf is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the borough of Bergedorf in the city state of Hamburg. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that includes departments for Aikido, badminton, dance, gymnasti ...

. After one season, she signed with

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in the German 2nd Women's Football Bundesliga North. She coached the "F-Jugend" team (age group 7–8 years old) of her initial club, at which still only boys play. On 11 October 2018, she went to Turkey to play for the

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-based club

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 ...

in the 2018–19 Women's First League. After playing one season, at which she scored five goals in 16 matches, she returned to Germany on 27 August 2019. On 15 April 2021, she joined her former club Konak Belediyespor to play in the 2020-21 Turkish Women's Football League. After two seasons and seven goals in 27 matches, she transferred to Fenerbahçe S.K. in

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on 10 October 2022 to play in the

2022–23 Women's Super League The 2022–23 Women's Super League season (also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons) is the 12th season of the Women's Super League (WSL) since it was formed in 2010. It is the fifth season after the rebranding of ...

season.

International career

Şeker was approached by

Çağla Korkmaz Çağla Korkmaz (born November 14, 1990) is a Turks in Germany, Turkish-German female Association football, football forward (association football), forward currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga (women), German 2. Bundesliga for 1. FC Lübars wi ...

, Turkish-German player of VfL Wolfsburg II, for joining the Turkey women's national team that she prompt accepted. She was admitted to the national team, and debuted internationally in the Goldcity Women's Cup 2017 on 1 March 2017. She took part at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA preliminary round – Group 4 matches.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

; Turkish Women's First Football League :; Konak Belediyespor :: ''Third places'' (1): 2018–19

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seker, Busem 1998 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg German sportspeople of Turkish descent Women's association football midfielders German women's footballers 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players Turkish women's footballers Turkey women's international footballers Turkish Women's Football Super League players Konak Belediyespor players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's football) players