Ece Tekmen (born 23 February 2002) is a Turkish women's football

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, who plays for

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and the

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Club career

Tekmen started her football career at the Second League women's football club Harb-İş Spor in Kocaeli. Ahe played for the

Kocaeli Bayan FK Kocaeli Bayan Futbol Kulübü, shortly Kocaeli Bayan FK, is a Turkish sole women's football sports club, based in İzmit city of Kocaeli. It was founded by Hasan Alemdaroğlu in 2016. Currently, they play in the Turkish Women's Second Football L ...

. In 2019, she suffered

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rupture, which caused a stay off from the pitch for five months in the beginning of the 2019–20 Turkish Women's First Football League season. The team finished the 2018–19 Turkish Second Football League season as runner-up, and was promoted to the First League. She transferred to

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.< She enjoyed her team's third place in the

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. She enjoyed the 2021–22 Women's Super League champion title of her team. On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the

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International career

;Turkey girls' U17 She was called up to the training camp of the national girls'U17 team. She internationally debuted in the

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against

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on 25 January 2017. She took part in five matches of the UEFA Women's U17 Development Tournament in 2017, scoring a goal against

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. She played at the 2018 UEFA U17 Championship qualification – Group 7 and Elite round – Group 6 matches. She netted two goals in the friendly game against North Ireland on 6 February 2018. She participated at the 29018 UEFA Women's U16 Development Tournament, and the 2019 UEFA U7 Championship qualification – Group 6 matches. She capped 29 timesin total for the Turkey girls' U17 team. ;Turkey women's U19 On 10 September 2019, Tekmen played her only match for the Turkey women's U19 team. ;Turkey women's By October 2020, she was called up to the

. She played for the national team in July and September 2021.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

; Turkish Women's Second League :;Kocaeli Bayan FK ::''Runner-ups'' (1): 2018–19 ;Turkish Women's First League :;ALG Spor :: ''Winners'' (1): 2021–22 ::''Third places'' (1):

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Individual

; ''Top goalscorer'' :; Turkish Women's Second League: with Kocaeli Bayan FK (33 goals)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tekmen, Ece 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from İzmit Turkish women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Turkey women's international footballers Kocaeli Bayan FK players ALG Spor players Turkish Women's Football Super League players