Eda Karataş (born June 15, 1995) is a Turkish

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defender, who plays in the

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for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

with jersey number 5. She is a member of the Turkish national team.

Early life

Eda Karataş was born to Fahri Karataş and his wife Zeliha in

Beykoz Beykoz () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 310 km2, and its population is 247,875 (2022). It lies at the northern end of the Bosphorus on the Anatolian side. The name i ...

district of

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on June 15, 1995. She has three sisters. She completed her secondary education at Ataşehir Mevlana High School in Istanbul.

Club career

She received her license on March 7, 2007, for

Marmara Üniversitesi Spor Marmara Üniveritesi Spor Women's Football () is a women's association football, women's football team based in Istanbul playing in the Turkish Women's Football First League, Turkish Women's First Football League. It was established in 2003 as ...

, where she played until October 2012. In the 2012–13 season, Eda Karataş transferred to

Trabzon İdmanocağı İdmanocağı or İdman Ocağı is a Turkish sports club based in Trabzon, Turkey. The club had a strong rivalry with another club, İdmangücü, which matched the Istanbul derby between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray. İdmanocağı were compared ...

. In the 2013–14 season, she stood away from football, returned however to the football field in the beginning of the 2014–15 season. In the second half of the 2016–17 season, Karataş signed with İlkadım Belediyesi. After playing in the first half of the 2018–19 First League season for

Kireçburnu Spor Kireçburnu Spor Women's Football () is a women's association football, women's football team based in Kireçburnu, Sarıyer, Istanbul playing in the Turkish Women's First Football League. It was formed in 2010 as part of the 1951-established Foot ...

, she transferred to

Ataşehir Belediyespor Ataşehir Belediyespor is a Turkish sports club based in the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. It is known for its women's association football, women's football team that won the Turkish League championship in 2011, the fourth year of its existence. ...

ALG Spor

In the 2021–22 Women's Super League season, she transferred to

ALG Spor ALG Spor, formerly known as Güneykent Spor, is a women's association football, women's football club based in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Founded in 1998. The club is named after its local sponsor ALG Textile. The club's president is Ali Göz ...

. She enjoyed her team's league champion title. On 18 August 2022, she debuted in the

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Galatasaray

She signed a one-year contract with

on 4 August 2023.

International career

Elif Deniz was called up to the Turkey girls' U-15 national team, and debuted in the match against Georgia at the

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and scored one goal. She capped seven times for the Turkey U-15 team. In June 2010, she became member of the Turkey girls' U-17 national team playing in the International Friendship Tournament matches. She played in all matches oat the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round Group 6, and of 2012 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualifying round Group 7. Karataş capped 12 times and scored two goals for the Turkey girls' U-17 team. She played her first ever match for the Turkey women's U-19 national team against

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at the Kuban Spring Tournament in 2011. She took part at the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship – Group A matches. The

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named her one of the "10 most talented footballers" of the championship. She capped in total 16 times for the Turkey women's U-19 national team and scored two goals. On June 21, 2012, Eda Karataş debuted in the

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match against

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for the Turkey women's national team.

Career statistics

Honours

; Turkish First League :; Trabxon İdmanocağı :: ''Third places'' (1): 2014–15 :; Turkidh Super League :; ALG :: ''Winners'' (1): 2021–22 :;

:: ''Winners'' (1): 2023–24

References

External links

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