Didem Karagenç (born 16 October 1993) is a Turkish women's football defender currently playing in the First League for Beşiktaş with jersey number 3. She is a member of the Turkish national team.

Private life

Didem Karagenç was born in

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, Turkey, on 16 October 1993. She works as a teacher of physical education and sports in a school.

Club career

Karagenç received her license for Sakarya Yenikent Güneşspor on 27 October 2004, where she was until January 2007. During this time, no leagues were held in the country. With the reestablishment of the women's football leagues, she transferred to her hometown club Gazi Üniversitesispor. In the six seasons, she played for Gazi Üniversitesispor, she capped 70 times, scored a total of 32 goals, and enjoyed three league championships in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2009–10. For the 2012–13 season, she signed for te

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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 ...

. She became again champion in her first season with the team. She played with Konak Belediyespor at the

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in the qualification round matches in August 2013 and in the knockout stage matches in October 2013. By October 2015, she transferred to the Istanbul-based team Beşiktaş J.K. to play in the Second League. At the end of the 2015–16 season, she enjoyed the league champion title and the promotion of her team to the First League. At the end of the 2018-19 First League season, she enjoyed the champion title of her team. She took part at the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9 matches. In the

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season, she enjoyed the second champion title with her team. She played in two matches of the

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International career

Didem Karagenç was called up to the Turkey girls' U-17 national team debuting in the match against

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at the 2009 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying round on 18 October 2008. She played also against the teams

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at the same competition. She participated at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-17 Championship qualifying playing against

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. She capped 16 times and scored two goals in the girls' U-17 national team. On 19 September 2009 she made her first appearance in the women's U-19 national team playing against

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at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 7 match. At the same tournament, she played also against

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and

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. Karagenç participated at the 2010 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship Second qualifying round – Group 1 matches against Sweden,

and

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. her further appearances in the women's U-19 national team were at the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship First qualifying round – Group 9 (

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and

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), at the

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) as well as at the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship – Group A (

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and

). In the women's U-19 national team, she capped 32 times netting one goal. She played for the first time for the women's national team on 15 April 2009 in a friendly match with

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ian women. Karagenç was team member in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 match against

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. She played in nine matches of the

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round against

, Switzerland,

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. In 2013, Karagenç took part at the

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matches against the

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n women. Karagenç appeared in four games of the

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against

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Career statistics

Honours

;Turkish Women's First Football League :;Gazi Üniversitesispor :: ''Winners'' (3): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10 :: ''Third places'' (1): 2008–09 :;Konak Belediyespor :: ''Winners'' (3):

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, 2013–14, 2014–15 :;Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Winners'' (2): 2018–19,

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:: ''Runners-up'' (2): 2016–17, 2017–18 ;Turkish Women's Second Football League :;Beşiktaş J.K. :: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2015–16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karagenc, Didem Living people 1993 births Sportspeople from Ankara Turkish women's footballers Women's association football defenders Turkey women's international footballers Turkish schoolteachers Gazi Üniversitesispor players Konak Belediyespor players Beşiktaş J.K. women's football players Turkish Women's Football Super League players